The macaroni cheese thread

[Miss-Shelf]

I have just made a macaroni cheese and it's browning nicely in the oven

 

[kittyP]

It was definitely too low in the sauce department but good and cheesy.



The finished product

On the plate with yummy peas.

 

[ringo]

I am making the macaroni cheese tonight, thought I'd have another read through this thread to find an alternative to my usual baked beans side as we'll be having them tomorrow with baked spuds. Sweetcorn FFS

Anyway, heading off to Waitrose in a bit to choose some posh cheese, maybe Gruyeye, and might get some Portobello mushrooms to put in the sauce. Definitely halved cherry tomatoes on top, no bacon as the veggie littlun will be eating it. Might go for this sausage idea some of you have mooted, and possibly peas, though I'm not sure what veggie sausages Waitrose do. Lindas, praps.

 

[Orang Utan]

Aw, I want some now. Haven't had any in aaaages.

 

[Orang Utan]

You put the tomatos on top?
They'd get burnt if I did that as I like a nice thick scab.

 

[ringo]

You put the tomatos on top?
They'd get burnt if I did that as I like a nice thick scab.

I push the halved cherry toms into the surface so that just the cut face is showing, then sprinkle with grated cheese. Bake is usually 20-30 minutes at about 200 or so - little bit of a crust and no burning. There are no scabs in my dindins!

For tonight we have gruyere and smoked bavarian cheese, some mushrooms & Cauldron Cumberland veggie sausages. I might do some frozen peas for the girls and a tin of mushy peas for myself.

 

[Orang Utan]

I don't blacken the scab, I just brown it. Delicious!

 

[ringo]

I don't blacken the scab, I just brown it. Delicious!

 

[moose]

Creepy Nigel's latest might be interesting with macaroni instead of gnocchi.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/feb/11/nigel-slater-gnocchi-spinach-dolcelatte-recipe

 

[ringo]

For tonight we have gruyere and smoked bavarian cheese, some mushrooms & Cauldron Cumberland veggie sausages.

Hmmm, nice, sort of. First few mouthfuls were amazing, but the smoked cheese was pretty overpowering and as it cooled down it turned into a ball of heavy stodge. I soldiered on and mostly enjoyed it, but afterwards I felt like I'd eaten a brick. The littlun gave up half way through and gave me a pained look of slight disappointment, not so much in the food as in me, for ruining macaroni cheese, which may yet see her written out of my will, although it does display a love for the world's greatest food which one day just might redeem her. Mrs R, straight in from a spin class, thought it was fab and stuffed the lot.

 

[ringo]

Creepy Nigel's latest might be interesting with macaroni instead of gnocchi.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/feb/11/nigel-slater-gnocchi-spinach-dolcelatte-recipe

That looks bloody lovely as it is. I like Nigel.

 

[moose]

That looks bloody lovely as it is. I like Nigel.

Well I do, actually, but usually when I mention him, there's a chorus of complaints about how creepy he is

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I was just over at the Grief thread. I thought: should I write something?

It's 12:25, kind of late to give grief its full due. Then I saw this: the macaroni thread. I'd rather talk macaroni!

 

[RubyToogood]

just as long as no one calls it 'mac and cheese'

Pleased to see someone raised this vital issue over a year ago. The infestation of this problem has got worse and I fear for the survival of macaroni cheese

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Safeway has really good mac and cheese in the Deli. It has some special ingredient that I'm not privy to. Pretty cheap per hundred grams, too.

 

[fen_boy]

Well I do, actually, but usually when I mention him, there's a chorus of complaints about how creepy he is

He's a lizard

 

[oryx]

Pleased to see someone raised this vital issue over a year ago. The infestation of this problem has got worse and I fear for the survival of macaroni cheese

I thought 'mac and cheese' was something to do with a burger until recently. Then I realised........they mean macaroni cheese.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Ugh! Macaroni cheese is nasty.

*shudders at 1970s memories*

 

[Orang Utan]

Ugh! Macaroni cheese is nasty.

*shudders at 1970s memories*

Try it now!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Try it now!

No. I don't eat horrible food.

 

[Orang Utan]

No. I don't eat horrible food.

It's nice though. You should try anything that you haven't eaten for that long. You might like it now.

 

[ringo]

Another one for the list.

 

[Orang Utan]

Safeway has really good mac and cheese in the Deli. It has some special ingredient that I'm not privy to. Pretty cheap per hundred grams, too.

MACARONI CHEESE

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

MACARONI CHEESE

macaroni and cheese

 

[Greebo]

Ugh! Macaroni cheese is nasty.

*shudders at 1970s memories*

Bear in mind that most people have got better access to spices, understand how not to overcook pasta, and can get hold of stronger flavour cheese than was around in the 1970s; have a look at one of the newer recipes for it.

 

[Greebo]

macaroni and cheese

No, no, no. It's macaroni cheese (here, at least), or do you also have cauliflower and cheese?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

No, no, no. It's macaroni cheese (here, at least), or do you also have cauliflower and cheese?

Cauliflower with cheese sauce.

 

[Greebo]

Wrong un!

 

[Orang Utan]

macaroni and cheese

NO.
MACARONI CHEESE.
Do you say spaghetti and bolognaise?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

NO.
MACARONI CHEESE.
Do you say spaghetti and bolognaise?

We say veal Parmigiana, because that's a type of veal dish developed in Parma. But macaroni isn't a place. It's an ingredient, along with the other main ingredient: cheese.

macaroni..... and cheese.