Mac and Cheese

[RandomGuy]

I can't stand mac and cheese, homemade, storebought, or with additives.

Hmm. Would you say you were more of a communist, or simply evil?

[phyzik]

Velveeta is horrible. Both their mac & cheese and in general.

Horrible.

If I believed in any religion, I would label you the definate anti-christ.

[TheProfessor]

adding goat cheese or Gruyere also works quite well.

I add both, some bacon, and then panko breading on top.

[mrsmaalox]

Hmm. Would you say you were more of a communist, or simply evil?

Well, I don't feel like a communist!

[bigzak25]

blasphemy funt!

without velveeta and her little friend rotel, there would be no queso to go with the chips!

and if you don't like chips and queso, you best steer clear of san antonio on the way to nola!

[RandomGuy]

If you MUST eat the box stuff, the best way to prepare it is to do the sauce separately in a large glass measuring cup. Put the liquid ingredients into measuring cup and put it in the microwave, heat it for like 1 minute, then add the powdered cheese stuff. Stir well, and heat up a bit more if needed to thicken the sauce just a bit. Pour over the cooked macaroni and stir, then serve.

If you prepare it per the instructions on the box, doing everything in the sauce pan, you wind up with a bunch of yellow/orange macaroni and NO ING SAUCE. The cooked macaroni absorbs the milk almost immediately, and the powdered cheese is just like powder coating color at that point.

My solution to this problem is to get the butter into the pan first, and mix it in with the really hot macaroni until it all melts, then add the milk, then the cheese powder.

The butter will coat the macaroni in non water-soluable oils, so that the noodles can't absorb the water in the milk.

[RandomGuy]

Well, I don't feel like a communist!

Ever tried any homemade recipes?

It is possible to make some pretty decent ones.

[Dex]

One time my sister made a pot of Mac & Cheese. Then ate it straight out of the pot. Straight off the living room carpet watching TV.

My parents were none too pleased with the hole in the rug.