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[mindmetoo]

I noticed the other day that the Foreign Goods All Our Products Are Discounted So Don't Ask for a Discount Grocery Store next to What the Book sells a Kraft-dinner like product. Cheese dust, noodles, boil, add milk/butter. It's kind of not even close to KD but the price is right: 900 won. You can get the real stuff at Red Door or even that little alley thing near Sinchon but a box of KD runs about 3500 won.

[Ya-ta Boy]

Is it that foul stuff from Wal-Mart? That stuff is gross. Such a disappointment.

[matthews_world]

All I gotta say is "Fatty!"

Mac and cheese is its own food group.

[europe2seoul]

[Troll_Bait]

I've taught the song "If I Had A Million Dollars" by the Barenaked Ladies in class.

When students ask, "What's 'Kraft Dinner'?" I answer:

"It's Canada's ramyeon."

They instantly understand.

[vlcupper]

[matthews_world]

Mac & Cheese is certainly on the low-end of the culinary scale. Served mostly in nursing homes, elementary schools, prisons, what not. It's pretty much a filler.

[ttompatz]

[brento1138]

I will admit that KD is definitely not a culinary accomplishment. However, I tend to crave it from time to time. And when I eat it, I definitely enjoy it. But I always add a little less macaroni than the instructions say, less butter, and all the cheese. Al dente.

It's illegal in Austria.

[Ekuboko]

[periwinkle]

You guys can make mac and cheese from scratch. You can make it over a stove top, but the best recipes are baked, with a bread crumb topping. If you're intested, just google mac and cheese recipes. I go for the 5 star recipes (CD kitchen rates them- well, the viewers rate them). ^^


Ingredients:
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon paprika
3 cups milk
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 pound wagon-wheel pasta (rotelle) or macaroni
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
10 ounces extra-sharp Cheddar cheese -- shredded coarse
1 cup coarse fresh bread crumbs


Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Add butter a 2-quart shallow baking dish. In a 6-quart kettle bring 5 quarts salted water to a boil for cooking pasta. In a heavy saucepan melt butter over moderately low heat and stir in flour and paprika. Cook roux, whisking 3 minutes and whisk in milk and salt. Bring sauce to a boil, whisking and simmer, whisking occasionally, 3 minutes. Remove pan from heat. Stir pasta into kettle of boiling water and boil, stirring occasionally, until al dente. Drain pasta in a colander and in a large bowl stir together pasta, sauce, Worcestershire sauce and 2 cups Cheddar. Transfer mixture to prepared dish. Macaroni and cheese may be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead and chilled, covered tightly. In a small bowl toss remaining 3/4 cup Cheddar with bread crumbs and sprinkle over pasta mixture. Bake macaroni and cheese in middle of oven 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden and bubbling, and let stand 10 minutes before serving.

[Rteacher]

Yeah, baked homemade macaroni and cheese is the way to go. The breadcrumbs add another dimension that package mixes don't have.

The best packaged stuff is the health food brand, "Annie's" with white Vermont chedder...

(The Kraft stuff has enough sodium content to practically cause a stroke - but it is recommended by some as a home-remedy for inducing labor in overdue pregnancies ... needs to be prepared by the husband and have some A-1 sauce mixed in ....)

[OiGirl]

[whitebeagle]

Its vile. So bland.

[krats1976]

Eeeew... It's that Leonardo crap?? I hate that stuff. I bought a box of it at Costco when I first moved to Korea and I still haven't used it up. Vile.


I do like Kraft Mac&Cheese (sorry, I'm not Canadian, so I feel like an imposter saying 'Kraft Dinner' ). No, it's not real food, but then neither is Totino's Pizza and I LOVE that stuff.

Hmm... Totinos... maybe I'll have to stop by Fred Meyer tonight.