The macaroni cheese thread

[ringo]

lil fraction had black eyed peas with mac and cheeese in the states

Sounds like a line from one of those hip hop records they have there.

 

[Jackobi]

Worst is when someone eats half a can and then just leaves the other half in the fridge still in the can

 

[fractionMan]

I also do that. Well, when my fridge is working anyway.

 

[Badgers]

Nobody on earth is lower than you after this week

 

[nagapie]

Sweetcorns place is in the bin. Vile stuff. One advantage of no longer being with the former mrs b is never having to eat the filth again. Any future candidates for the role will be carefully vetted to ensure they hate it too.

Sweetcorn only belongs on the cob. Anywhere else is vile.

 

[fractionMan]

I'm going to start referring to more than kernel of corn as sweetcorns. As in, a tin of sweetcorns.

 

[ringo]

Just picked up some Red Leicester for tonight's macaroni cheese. Reckon we'll have some breadcrumbs on the top to make a change

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I like mine with peas in

My mum put peas, onions and bits of bacon in hers. Also sliced tomatoes under the cheese topping.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I don't buy tins of sweetcorn. The best is fresh corn on the cob but for general sweetcorn convenience I buy frozen so only use what I need. Top use of sweetcorn chez Magpie is when I do this one-pot chorizo and bean thing. Always bung a bit of corn in that.

 

[ringo]

Just picked up some Red Leicester for tonight's macaroni cheese. Reckon we'll have some breadcrumbs on the top to make a change

Amazing, mixed some Gruyere, mushrooms & mustard powder in

 

[zenie]

Did it with red onion and plum tomatoes tonight

 

[ringo]

My standard recipe:


Macaroni Cheese

Serves 4 although I have eaten the whole lot myself before.

400g Macaroni
25g butter
25g plain flour
500ml milk
Small handful sliced mushrooms
250g grated hard cheese (Gruyere, cheddar, comte etc)
A pinch of English mustard powder or nutmeg
Salt & pepper
Handful of halved cherry tomatoes


Preheat oven to 180 degrees
Boil the macaroni according to packet instructions
Melt the butter, stir in the flour to the consistency of wet cement and stir for a minute.
Gradually add the milk a little at a time, whisking if necessary to remove all lumps.
Add the mushrooms so that they cook in the sauce and season. Stir until the first bubbles appear, then remove from the heat and stir in most of the cheese.
Add a pinch of English mustard powder or nutmeg.
Drain the pasta.
Combine the pasta & sauce in an oven dish. Top with the tomatoes, sliced side up, and then the remaining cheese.
Bake in oven for 25 minutes.

Alternatives: Add some spinach in with the mushrooms. Use exciting cheeses. Use the green leafy ends of leeks as a topping. Mix the last of the cheese with breadcrumbs for a crunchy topping. Some freaks put plum tomatoes in the sauce. Ignore them.

Weirdly, we always eat it with baked beans.

 

[Miss Caphat]

why do you people insist on calling it sweetcorn? I feel a rant coming on It's just corn. Thanks, mgmt.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

why do you people insist on calling it sweetcorn? I feel a rant coming on It's just corn. Thanks, mgmt.

actually sweetcorn indicates it's a particular subspecies of corn.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I used to eat this shit. Lots of it. But I've reached the critical mass point in my life for the consumption of gelatinous, chemical-laced food substitutes.

 

[Miss Caphat]

actually sweetcorn indicates it's a particular subspecies of corn.

ok, but it's from the Americas, and we don't call it that

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

why do you people insist on calling it sweetcorn? I feel a rant coming on It's just corn. Thanks, mgmt.

Judging by british threads, I always thought sweetcorn had something to do with shit, or elimination.

I thought the British renamed corn that has passed through your body undigested, as 'sweetcorn'.

As in: 'When I examined my turds in the toilet this morning, it was studded with sweetcorn'. I always got the impression that they took it for some kind of accomplishment.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

ok, but it's from the Americas, and we don't call it that

going by that logic shouldn't you be arguing calling all of it maize?

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_corn

 

[Miss Caphat]

going by that logic shouldn't you be arguing calling all of it maize?

guilty as charged, but still....

 

[Miss Caphat]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_corn

that proves nothing. nobody except Brits calls it that. Nobody.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

going by that logic shouldn't you be arguing calling all of it maize?

No-o?

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

that proves nothing. nobody except Brits calls it that. Nobody.

what about australians? a quick google says they do.

 

[Miss Caphat]

what about australians? a quick google says they do.

well, same thing. they do whatever Brits do, as most of them are descended from Brits.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

ctually doing a google i found this canadian site which has sweetcorn in it

http://commonground.ca/2012/09/gm-sweet-corn-kills-bugs/

and this US department of agriculture statistics page.

http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1564

looks to me that there are a few non brits using the term

i'll accept it might be less common but not non existant

 

[Miss Caphat]

it's only really used in technical documents like you linked to, I guess in order to differentiate it from other corn crops. feel free to keep trying though.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

ok then nobody uses it except brits nobody but brits and australians as well as americans and canadians in some circumstances.

 

[Miss Caphat]

ok then nobody uses it except brits nobody but brits and australians as well as americans and canadians in some circumstances.

lol, I love how you don't believe me. that's funny. come visit some time and find out for yourself and then get back to me.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

lol i love how you misinterpret my posts

i'm perfectly happy to believe it's uncommon in the states and usually only referred to in technical documents.

what i was pointing out to you is that "nobody but the brits call it sweetcorn" isn't true.

also i've been to america i've spent like 4 months in michigan. didn't eat much corn.

 

[Yossarian]

"Closed because nobody understood the term."