The macaroni cheese thread

[mrsfran]

Some American pasta dishes:

Fettucini alfredo

spaghetti marinara

 

[Orang Utan]

Meat and Loaf

 

[Miss Caphat]

not all soups are blended. i've had chowder with big chunks of clams in. yum.

yeah, but you can't separate it into clams and chowder. Chowder is the thing that all the ingredients became. This does not happen with pasta and sauce. It will always be pasta , with sauce on it.

 

[Miss Caphat]

Some American pasta dishes:

Fettucini alfredo

spaghetti marinara

I have already gone over this.

 

[Biddlybee]

It would be one thing if it was a specific type of cheese. Pasta gorgonzola = sounds right. Macaroni cheese = sounds wrong. I have already explained this.

The cheese stands for cheese sauce surely?

 

[Orang Utan]

yeah, but you can't separate it into clams and chowder. Chowder is the thing that all the ingredients became. This does not happen with pasta and sauce. It will always be pasta , with sauce on it.

you try and separate macaroni from the cheese

 

[Orang Utan]

cheese and burger

 

[Miss Caphat]

Meat and Loaf

again, a dish in which various ingredients are mixed together to become one new thing

 

[Orang Utan]

again, a dish in which various ingredients are mixed together to become one new thing

like macaroni cheese?

 

[Miss Caphat]

The cheese stands for cheese sauce surely?

sure it does, but that doesn't change the fact that it sounds wrong.

poor Brits, you've been living with this wrongness for so long, it seems right to you there is nothing that can be done.

for the record, my Scottish ex who has a degree in linguistics agreed with me and tried to spread the word, but I think it's a lost cause.

 

[Orang Utan]

sure it does, but that doesn't change the fact that it sounds wrong.

poor Brits, you've been living with this wrongness for so long, it seems right there is nothing that can be done.

for the record, my Scottish ex agreed with me and tried to spread the word, but I think it's a lost cause.

too right

 

[Biddlybee]

sure it does, but that doesn't change the fact that it sounds wrong.

in which case your argument about different cheeses being used is rubbish.

This is a stupid argument, different countries call food different things shocker

 

[Miss Caphat]

like macaroni cheese?

no, not like that. as I have already explained. it is pasta with some type of sauce on it.

 

[Biddlybee]

no, not like that. as I have already explained. it is pasta with some type of sauce on it.

like spaghetti bolognese?

 

[Miss Caphat]

in which case your argument about different cheeses being used is rubbish.

This is a stupid argument, different countries call food different things shocker crisps/chips wtf?

huh? how does it change anything? and of course it's a stupid argument. where do you think we are, anyway?

 

[Orang Utan]

no, not like that. as I have already explained. it is pasta with some type of sauce on it.

and a crunchy topping

 

[Biddlybee]

cheese sauce is cheese sauce no matter which cheese you use

*unwatches thread again*

 

[Orang Utan]

in which case your argument about different cheeses being used is rubbish.

This is a stupid argument, different countries call food different things shocker

don't be so srs

 

[quimcunx]

Maybe we should set up a new thread for the americans called mac and cheese.

Then we can go over there and tell them how wrong they are.

 

[killer b]

anyway, check out my macaroni and cheese, just in case you missed it on the dinners thread. i was inordinately pleased with it, so excuse my self indulgent cross-posting.

 

[Biddlybee]

don't be so srs

macaroni cheese is serious business

 

[Orang Utan]

anyway, check out my macaroni and cheese, just in case you missed it on the dinners thread. i was inordinately pleased with it, so excuse my self indulgent cross-posting.

looks nice but where's the crunch?

 

[QueenOfGoths]

looks nice but where's the crunch?

It's in the black pepper on the top!!

I approve of the egg killer b . Most things can be improved with an egg on top!

 

[killer b]

crunch isn't an essential with MC afaic. I will give it a go next time i make it and report back.

i presume crushed salt & vinegar crisps would be a suitable crunchy layer?

 

[killer b]

(the cheese on top was quite crispy btw)

 

[Miss Caphat]

cheese sauce is cheese sauce no matter which cheese you use

*unwatches thread again*

I don't think you really understood the argument tbf.
sometimes, in English, we change a general grammar rule because of another common grammar rule that would cause confusion.

in this case, a word before the word cheese generally describes the cheese, i.e. cheddar cheese, soft cheese, goat cheese, etc. (adjective noun)
there is also a rule that with pasta dishes, the structure is normally: type of pasta_______ type of sauce________ i.e. spaghetti bolognese etc.
This structure works fine, except when the type of sauce is also a commonly used noun that follows a different grammatical structure. (see the cheese example above)

 

[Orang Utan]

It's in the black pepper on the top!!

wot?

 

[Orang Utan]

I don't think you really understood the argument tbf.
sometimes, in English, we change a general grammar rule because of another common grammar rule that would cause confusion.

in this case, a word before the word cheese generally describes the cheese, i.e. cheddar cheese, soft cheese, goat cheese, etc.
there is also a rule that with pasta dishes, the structure is normally: type of pasta_______ type of sauce________ i.e. spaghetti bolognese etc.
This structure works fine, except when the type of sauce is also a commonly used noun that follows a different grammatical structure. (see the cheese example above)

you know nothing of what you are talking about

 

[QueenOfGoths]

wot?

The black pepper ...on the egg...that's the crunch!

 

[Orang Utan]

cauliflower cheese.