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Preparing macaroni and cheeses

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Originally Posted by odoreater
The most classic is preparing it by the directions on the side of the box.
Agreed. That's absolutely the most classically American way to make it.
If you don't want to use or can't get the Kraft, making it from scratch the "classic" way is actually kind of of a pain **********, involving making a white sauce, lots of stirring, etc.
 

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This thread got me hungry. So I made the "Cafeteria Mac & Cheese" on all recipes last weekend, with some added diced slab bacon, and extra old white cheddar. It was fantastic. Had some baked chicken drumsticks and salad on the side.
 

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Originally Posted by wilson brother
Hey Acidic-

thats elementary to America
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..have you visited before?


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Yes, several times, actually. Lived a few times in L.A. and the Bay Area- where I had the opportunity to pursue graduate studies and later a career there, but I turned them down. How about you?
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Back to topic: Sorry guys, I never really saw, even when I was in the United States, how mac n' cheese is so loved and accepted. The few times I had classic soul food there I always preferred having collar'd greens or black eyed peas as side dishes. I always thought it is a boxed instant pasta meal, like preparing a can of Campbell's minestrone or chicken noodle soup.
 

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It's king of the comfort food, along with PB&J, although in recent years it has taken on a gourmet taste. Fred's 62 in LA, for example, offers several home recipes with modern twists including their Molten Balls: crusted mac n' cheese balls with jalepeños. (I'd step over my own dead mother for a Juicy Lucy right about now...)

I always think of it as food you don't plan on eating but never really mind having. I ate those easy mac bowls all the time in college and it never failed.
 

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Side of the box recipe +
2 or 3 cut up hot dogs, or kielbasa/sausage etc., if you want to be all gourmet

Serve with ketchup and tall glass of milk

Eat

Nap
 

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Originally Posted by acidicboy
I always thought it is a boxed instant pasta meal, like preparing a can of Campbell's minestrone or chicken noodle soup.
yup seconded. For me it rates on the culinary scale somewhere above instant noodles and below baked beans.
 

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If you grew up eating mac and cheese, there is a certain visceral attraction to it that reflects the nostalgia of childhood times and evokes certain memories that only the senses of taste and smell can.
 

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Originally Posted by whodini
It's king of the comfort food, along with PB&J, although in recent years it has taken on a gourmet taste. Fred's 62 in LA, for example, offers several home recipes with modern twists including their Molten Balls: crusted mac n' cheese balls with jalepeños. (I'd step over my own dead mother for a Juicy Lucy right about now...)

I always think of it as food you don't plan on eating but never really mind having. I ate those easy mac bowls all the time in college and it never failed.

+1 on Fred's
I used to live about 2 blocks from there. Now i'm hungry.
 

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Originally Posted by j
Side of the box recipe +
2 or 3 cut up hot dogs, or kielbasa/sausage etc., if you want to be all gourmet

Serve with ketchup and tall glass of milk

Eat

Nap

Ground beef instead of hot gods, no ketchup, and sometimes beer instead of milk. A college staple for me. (Packaged mac and cheese is one of those classics, like ramen, where you can get a hell of a lot of tasty calories for little money if you're poor. If you can buy it - like my roommates and I did - at a super-discount grocery store that sells at rock-bottom prices groceries that ares overstocked, in slightly damaged packaging, or near the expiration date, so much the better. I probably wouldn't have survived college without such a market on University Ave in Berkeley, the Orowheat Outlet the Emeryville Charlie Brown's happy hour.
 

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Originally Posted by j

Side of the box recipe +
2 or 3 cut up hot dogs, or kielbasa/sausage etc., if you want to be all gourmet

Serve with ketchup and tall glass of milk
Eat

Nap


IF we are talking college routine/cuisine here, you left out the all important 1st step with that recipe:

1. Fire up a doobie the size of a baby's arm.
 

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Originally Posted by acidicboy
Yes, several times, actually. Lived a few times in L.A. and the Bay Area- where I had the opportunity to pursue graduate studies and later a career there, but I turned them down. How about you?
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Hey Acidic-

I dont want to be a judgemental guy..but I think you should learn about the culture of a place you visit
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thats why I'm doing my research first.


-Danny Wilson
 

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Originally Posted by lawyerdad
Ground beef instead of hot gods, no ketchup, and sometimes beer instead of milk. A college staple for me. (Packaged mac and cheese is one of those classics, like ramen, where you can get a hell of a lot of tasty calories for little money if you're poor. If you can buy it - like my roommates and I did - at a super-discount grocery store that sells at rock-bottom prices groceries that ares overstocked, in slightly damaged packaging, or near the expiration date, so much the better. I probably wouldn't have survived college without such a market on University Ave in Berkeley, the Orowheat Outlet the Emeryville Charlie Brown's happy hour.

OT, reminds me of my college years when for a while I had to subsist on KFC dinner rolls (about 6 will do) and a cup of gravy for meals.
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Originally Posted by acidicboy
OT, reminds me of my college years when for a while I had to subsist on KFC dinner rolls (about 6 will do) and a cup of gravy for meals.
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Hey Acidic-

maybe you could of prepared macaroni and cheese for the same price
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