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« on: February 11, 2011, 01:46:34 AM »

Who likes mac & cheese? Fess up and share your love for this classic American dish.

I've been making Buffalo Wings Mac & Cheese twice a month ever since I found the recipe last year. Yesterday I found a "new" recipe which I will try out this weekend. It's from John Thorne's Simple Cooking book published in 1989. Apparently foodies are drooling over that one.

The secret to good mac & cheese? Eggs, evaporated milk and stirring every five minutes. If you use and do that the sauce will be silky smooth, which sets it apart from the common mac & cheeses.

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1/2 pound elbow macaroni
4 tablespoons unsalted butter -- cut into bits
1 Dash Tabasco sauce
1 can evaporated milk -- (12 ounce)
1 pound sharp cheddar cheese -- grated
2 large eggs -- beaten
1 teaspoon dry mustard -- dissolved in 1 tsp
water
2 teaspoons Salt
Pepper
Toasted Bread Crumbs (CI version)
1 cup fresh bread crumbs
1 pinch salt
1 1/2 tbsp unsalted butter -- melted

Preheat oven to 350. Boil the macaroni until just barely done in salted
water. Drain and toss with the butter in a large, ovenproof mixing bowl.
Mix the Tabasco into the evaporated milk. Reserving about 1/3 cup, stir
the milk into the macaroni, then add 3/4 of the cheese, the eggs and the
mustard. When well combined, season to taste with salt and pepper and
set the bowl in the oven. Every five minutes, remove it briefly to stir
in some of the reserved cheese, adding more evaporated milk as necessary
to keep the mixture moist and smooth. When all the cheese has been
incorporated and the mixture is nicely hot and creamy (which should take
20 minutes all told), serve at once with a plate of toasted common
crackers to crumble over.

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« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2011, 04:18:03 AM »

I don't much care for the cheapo crap out of the box.  Shells and cheese are good.  I find myself adding slices and milk to make it super goopy.  My grandma used to make really good mac and cheese.. TONS of Velveeta, and she'd add chopped up link sausage and use BIG elbow maccaroni.  I greatly prefer the homemade baked mac and cheese dishes over the $1 boxed garbage that you see on sale at the store.
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« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2011, 11:13:36 AM »

What's a mac 'n' cheese? Question
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« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2011, 11:19:03 AM »

Mac 'n' Cheese

Retrorussell is correct: the homemade version is much better than the cheap boxed stuff, but a guilty late-night pleasure of mine is a box spruced up with some extra cheese.

The 'fancier' boxed mac n cheese from Velveeta (heaven help me) with the cheese in a foil bag is better than the really cheap stuff with the powered cheese. It's easier to make, too!  Thumbup
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« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2011, 01:08:43 PM »

We always just make it out of a box.  Usually the powdered cheese stuff, though I seem to remember years ago getting the really good stuff with actual liquid cheese in a foil pouch.  I always put a few slices of American cheese in with it, since it's not very cheesy sometimes.  A little shredded Parmesan is good too.
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« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2011, 01:31:33 PM »

I love the stuff, especially homemade and if no one sneaks in sneaky onions... But I'll eat the box kind if necessary,
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« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2011, 07:49:42 PM »

don't get me started on the awesomeness that is Mac and Cheese!!!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2011, 08:16:06 PM »

The kid loves boxed mac and cheese, which is what I grew up with. I like something a little fancier, but seldom get the chance to do it, since my wife can't eat cheese. As with most things I make, there's no recipe. Cook your pasta, and while it's boiling, throw equal parts butter and flour into a saucepan on medium heat. Stir it constantly, and after it's bubbled for a couple of minutes, start stirring in milk. It will thicken and get nice and creamy. What you have is a bechamel sauce. Use enough milk that it's a bit on the thin side, so you can stir in the cheese. Lower the heat and grab the generous amount of cheese you grated up before starting. I like a bit of sharp cheddar for some zip, along with a good melting cheese like gruyere or muenster. Stir that into your bechamel a bit at a time, and keep stirring as it melts. You now have a mornay sauce. Take it off the heat, season to taste (salt and pepper does it for me), and mix it into your drained pasta. It's good to go just like that, or you can put it in a casserole dish with a breadcrumb top and toss it in the oven. The amounts are decided on the fly, depending on how much I'm making, so I have no more specific recipe than that.
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« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2011, 09:46:10 PM »

I prefer homemade but lately when I've been having it haven't had any crackers or bread crumbs.  I like that crunch factor on top and keep forgetting it when I want to make it. 
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« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2011, 09:53:36 AM »

Mac-n-cheese without chopped up hot-links and salsa is like, well, I dunno, babbabooiebabbabooiehowardsternspenis.
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« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2011, 12:28:07 AM »

I buy the box stuff,add some real cheese,tuna fish-and peas!

I wrote a song about it!

Sweet Dreams macaroni and cheese
who am I to add green peas
tuna fish,pass the hot sauce please
everybody's got to eat something-
oooooooowww-AHHhhh!
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« Reply #12 on: April 08, 2011, 12:50:03 AM »

I usually eat the Kraft kind.  Never, ever eat the generic stuff.  It tastes awful.
My favorite is the Kraft Spiral mac & cheese.  Throw some bits of tuna in it and it's the bomb!  No peas for me though.  (can't stand peas...blech!)

Kraft also makes a grillable version.  It comes in a foil pan and you put it right on the grill.  It's not too bad!
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« Reply #13 on: April 08, 2011, 01:38:25 AM »

I haven't had a nice and gooey mac and cheese since I was a kid. Good stuff

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« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2011, 02:15:36 AM »

The good Rev. beat me to the punch with that Matt Mulholland link.

I used to hate mac & cheese because my only exposure was that cheap cheese powder garbage. That stuff is garbage.

Real mac & cheese is amazing! I'm too lazy to make it myself, but it's delicious.
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