MACARONI AND CHEESE !!! !!!

http://www.cabotcheese.com/recipes/um_images/BakedMacaroniandCheese.jpg

My mother used to make this occasionally as an exotic treat. Mmmm, pretty tasty. I remember eating it once while listening to "Wish You Were Here" for the first time, oh the Proustianity.

My mother still makes this - both English style topped with cheddar and breadcrumbs, and Italian style with fresh parmesan and a mixture of other cheeses [I forget which]. We don't use macaroni though - penne seems to work better because there's more room inside for the sauce.

i made a gruyere/prosciutto mac n' cheese once, baked in the oven. mmmmmlkfdlknglfdkn

you know what is really really good in mac and cheese?? a tiny pinch of nutmeg.

frunkfurter slices are nice in mac n cheese.

blecch

imagine pork and cheese in the same pasta dish! OMG

Mmm many cheeses, pref very sharp ones and a sharp cheddar base or you just get creamy feel with no taste. Nutmeg, a little curry powder, some people like onions (not me), some kielbasa browned and sliced, or Italian sweet sausage, or (YES) other cured meats but should be at least a little hearty. I don't like breadcrumbs, they just seem like unnecessary starch on starch.

GODDAMN IT, WEATHER TURN COLD ALREADY.

Laurel what's yr address I'm coming over pls feed me.

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Chicago Kevin can vouch, I've fed him mac before. He's got a prized recipe, too, but I'm not sure whether it's mine or a different version.

Another ILXor has been promising me mac w/ vegetables in it for a couple of weeks, we'll see where that goes....

yes, the baked pasta with treviso radichhio. don't worry - i haven't forgotten!

uh, radicchio.

There you are! There was a Viggo Mortensen thread yesterday and you weren't on it -- naturally I thought maybe you got hit by a bus or something.

Macaroni and cheese pizza. Yes. Yes.

really? i tend not to like pizza/pasta hybrids (eg alfredo pizza)

tracer OTM re: nutmeg also

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more mac and cheese pizza for me, then, excellent

do they not sell it in the UK then? this kraft cheese dinner that u speak of?

I had a macaroni and cheese pie in Scotland a couple of years ago and it was ohmygodamazinglydelicious.

I'm going to be in Portland this weekend and I can't wait to get the mac and cheese at Montage.

my mac n cheese recipe calls mostly for gruyere and parmazing cheese, but also some sharp white cheddar if it is aroud. secret ingredients: pancetta, cayenne pepper, nutmeg.

it's a damn shame the lady is intolerant of lactose.

You can make it for me, Ian.

i will make it for ME, but you can have some too.

Chicago Kevin can vouch, I've fed him mac before. He's got a prized recipe, too, but I'm not sure whether it's mine or a different version.

Laurel's mac 'n' cheese is the stuff of gods. my prized recipe is based on yours with a few minor tweaks (i use more cheese and a couple of different kinds and other things) but i give proper credit when giving out the recipe as jenny will attest.

and laurel, the weather has turned cold here but my oven doesn't work so no mac and cheese for me. though maybe i can halve the recipe and put it in a smaller dish and make it in the toaster oven? when i get enough money to buy food again i'll find out.

think i'm gonna make some ANNIE'S mac & cheese tonight.

You know what else you can get here? Macaroni and cheese, cut into triangular wedges, then DEEP FRIED.

this is why i want to buy a deep fryer. i want to take all my favorite things from Feed, bring them home, and deep fry them. deep fried chicken, deep fried mashed potatoes, deep fried mac 'n' cheese, deep fried green beans, deep fried okra, and deep fried banana pudding.

put the words "deep fried" in front of any food i like and i'm automatically intrigued.

Deep Fried Mars Bar was totally disappointing (sorry to take the focus off wonderful, wonderful mac and cheese for the moment)

Deep fried mashed potatoes, on the other hand, are fantastic. Gregoire's in Berkeley makes them.

More pictures!

Last time I made Annie's (the bunnies/white cheddar) I stirred in right at the very end some blanched asparagus tips and smoked salmon and chopped pecans. And I ate the whole thing.

My son bless him put mac n cheese on a burger then put barbeque sauce on it then put it on a bun and ate it in like 4 bites. I am so proud of my little man.

last time I bought mac & cheese (a couple weeks ago) all the boxes had black people on them. It was kind of odd since nothing else in the store that I noticed had such targeted marketing.

I do like at restaurants when they put like crunchy bread crumbs on top.

Someone asked if we get Kraft Cheese Dinner in the UK.
This is our variant:
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I have been trying to find a secret London stash of Stouffer's for years.

Try Harry Hill's loft.

kraft mac an cheese and other abominations against the name of food can be found in Selfridges food hall.

Aldo, hahaha.

Ed, I am not loking for yucky nuclear Kraft anything. Stouffer's = imagine lovely M&S frozen comfort-food M&C made with a "red" cheese instead.

I bought a big hunk of Raclette at the weekend just for making macaroni cheese with. The recipe also calls for dijon mustard, grain mustard and pecorino. It feels kind of exotic - usually I just make a white sauce and grate cheddar into it.

raclette in mac and cheese sounds great but two kinds of mustard is a bit much of a muchness