The macaroni cheese thread

[farmerbarleymow]

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.

Fair enough, but it isn't something I'd make the effort to do as I don't like it. I'm sure it can be lovely but its not for me.

And I like the accolade of being on ringo's list.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Fair enough, but it isn't something I'd make the effort to do as I don't like it. I'm sure it can be lovely but its not for me.

And I like the accolade of being on ringo's list.

There's only one kind of cheese goes on macaroni and cheese: cheddar.

 

[fishfinger]

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.

It's called parmigiana because it has parmesan cheese in it. Traditionally it was a vegetarian dish made with aubergine (egg plant). The meat based versions are most likely an American invention.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-parmigiana.htm

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

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

It's called parmigiana because it has parmesan cheese in it. Traditionally it was a vegetarian dish made with aubergine (egg plant). The meat based versions are most likely an American invention.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-parmigiana.htm

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

Some recipes use hard grated cheeses such as Parmesan, while others use softer melting cheeses like mozzarella, or a combination of these.

The origin of the dish is unclear; it is claimed by both the Southern regions of Campania and Sicily, and by the Northern province of Parma.

Variations made with breaded meat cutlets, such as veal and chicken, have been popularized in other countries, usually in areas of Italian immigration

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

 

[fishfinger]

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

And?

 

[Orang Utan]

Fair enough, but it isn't something I'd make the effort to do as I don't like it. I'm sure it can be lovely but its not for me.

And I like the accolade of being on ringo's list.

But you haven't tried it since the seventies. You can't say you don't like it? I've tried loads of things I didn't like a kid that I love now.

 

[fractionMan]

I put breadcrumbs on mine the other day. It was excellent.

 

[andysays]

I don't know what the macaroni cheese purists will think about this, but I've just made a seafood cheese and vegetable pasta bake which will be going in the oven later.

Full list of ingredients: tuna, mackerel, cheese sauce, onion, garlic, red and green peppers, mushrooms, penne and more grated cheese on top

 

[strung out]

I don't know what the macaroni cheese purists will think about this, but I've just made a seafood cheese and vegetable pasta bake which will be going in the oven later.

Full list of ingredients: tuna, mackerel, cheese sauce, onion, garlic, red and green peppers, mushrooms, penne and more grated cheese on top

Sounds quite nice, but I'm not sure what it's got to do with macaroni cheese

To be proper seafood pasta, you should have some shellfish in there too imo, otherwise it's basically just oily fish.

 

[Orang Utan]

I am trying a new recipe that I found in my dad's boxfile of recipes. It involves infusing the milk with herbs. Will report back later.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

But you haven't tried it since the seventies. You can't say you don't like it? I've tried loads of things I didn't like a kid that I love now.

90s, to be exact. But it always reminds me of sick, as it looks disgusting as well as tasting horrible.

 

[kittyP]

90s, to be exact. But it always reminds me of sick, as it looks disgusting as well as tasting horrible.

Badgers bought a can of Sainsbury's own macaroni cheese a while ago, just coz.

It was absolutely vile. Tasted and smelt like vomit.

However the one I make smells and tastes amazing!

 

[8den]

Mine is made with lumps of chorizo sausage.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Badgers bought a can of Sainsbury's own macaroni cheese a while ago, just coz.

It was absolutely vile. Tasted and smelt like vomit.

However the one I make smells and tastes amazing!

Yum, a tin of vomit for tea!

 

[Maggot]

Please post on this thread, not the abomination started by 5t3IIa

 

[Purdie]

Nobody in my house likes macaroni cheese
So I buy the one from Aldi, it serves its purpose
But the cat won't eat the bits of ham from that
And I'm way too stingy and distrusting to pay through the nose for a posh one that might turn out to taste vile anyway

 

[clicker]

Tinned macaroni cheese always has a smell and taste of petrol to me? My homemade one is a different beast entirely.

 

[Orang Utan]

Nobody in my house likes macaroni cheese
So I buy the one from Aldi, it serves its purpose
But the cat won't eat the bits of ham from that
And I'm way too stingy and distrusting to pay through the nose for a posh one that might turn out to taste vile anyway

Make it then

 

[existentialist]

I sometimes make macaroni cheese by frying leeks up in butter, then adding flour to make the roux, and building up the cheese sauce from there.

I can't bear tinned macaroni cheese - it always seems to be full of things like onion powder and milk-extracted oddness which is, I think, why it often smells funny. I make vast batches of it and then freeze it in portions, voila! no tins.

 

[Purdie]

Make it then

Just for myself it is too much bother.

 

[Purdie]

I don't eat tinned though, yuck. I get the ready meal pop in the oven one

 

[existentialist]

Just for myself it is too much bother.

I don't eat tinned though, yuck. I get the ready meal pop in the oven one

That's why I make up big batches and freeze it. The idea of forking out the price of a ready meal one when I could make 5 for the same money just doesn't work for me

 

[Orang Utan]

Just for myself it is too much bother.

Is it fuck. You get to eat it all.

 

[Purdie]

Is it fuck. You get to eat it all.

That's why I make up big batches and freeze it. The idea of forking out the price of a ready meal one when I could make 5 for the same money just doesn't work for me

Nah, I make my own curries from scratch and freeze bolognaise sauce but a macaroni cheese ready meal to me is like what a pot noodle is to many. It's an occasional convenience food, if I eat too much of it I get bunged up.

 

[ringo]

I'm not sure where I stand with this one. I need to try it, possibly by lunchtime.

Luc Martin's 143rd creation is the stuff of dreams (or nightmares): a mac-and-cheese-stuffed sausage.



On August 28 Luc is hosting another get together at the sausage factory Brandt en Levie in Amsterdam, which features different chefs who prepare specialty dinners. One of the dishes served during Luc's lunchtime party will be a sausage with a surprise on the inside: mac and cheese. I was particularly interested in the origin of this sausage, which has come into being through a persistent mac and cheese obsession.

MUNCHIES: Hey Luc. How did you get the idea for a mac and cheese-filled hotdog? Luc Martin: I read about a mac and cheese-hotdog in an American restaurant review a long time ago. I don't know where and I haven't been able to find it again, but I never forgot about it. When the guys at Brandt en Levie and I were planning this dinner, I thought: now is the time. I'm going to use as many of their products as I can, like the blood sausage and their bacon on the burger, and the macdog will be one of the side dishes.

Full story:
We Spoke to a Chef Who Has Made 143 Types of Mac and Cheese

 

[Orang Utan]

The chef there doesn't seem to mention the necessity of the crunchy topping in macaroni cheese, despite making 143 varieties.

 

[ringo]

The chef there doesn't seem to mention the necessity of the crunchy topping in macaroni cheese, despite making 143 varieties.

I bet he has though, despite it not being a necessity, merely a preference

 

[Orang Utan]

I bet he has though, despite it not being a necessity, merely a preference

it ain't macaroni cheese without a crunchy scab on top

 

[ringo]

it ain't macaroni cheese without a crunchy scab on top

Yes it is. This is your opinion, not fact. It's more traditional not to have a crunchy topping.

 

[Orang Utan]

Yes it is. This is your opinion, not fact. It's more traditional not to have a crunchy topping.

nonsense - that's the canned shit