/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.10196010]

Does anyone else find this more delicious than "real" mac and cheese?

[Anonymous No.10196025]

no? you're probably addicted to sugar if you think that shit is better than homemade mac and cheese

[Anonymous No.10196043]

>>10196010
Yes, it's the best one in my opinion. It's got just the right amount of flavor and the macaroni puffs up nice and soft in a microwave (something a lot of other versions of macaroni and cheese fuck up, there's nothing worse than having random rock hard pieces of macaroni in your bowl).

[Anonymous No.10196064]

I don’t like kraft that much but velveeta + shells is god tier

[Anonymous No.10196079]

>>10196064
Velveeta's fucking disgusting.

[Anonymous No.10196088]

it's one of my guilty pleasures

>2 boxes of this
>1 head of broccoli, chopped
>tasty

[Anonymous No.10196098]

>>10196010
>Cook pasta
>drain and return to hot pot
>throw in shredded cheese with 1/2 Tbspn of butter and mix until the cheese melts
easily twice as good as boxed, half the price, and the same effort
even better if you throw in some diced onions or pepperoni

[Anonymous No.10196115]

>>10196010

[Anonymous No.10196202]

>>10196098
>same effort
That's clearly more effort. Also it's not like you can taste anything other than the cheese either way. The only consideration for preparing is that you make sure the macaroni gets soft enough, which you can do with a microwave just fine.

[Anonymous No.10197834]

>>10196010
My shit taste
Whos with me
What a wonderful thread

[Anonymous No.10197843]

>>10197834
Go post some faggoty filet mignon thread then, retard. This thread's for easy mac.

[Anonymous No.10197878]

>>10196010
Used to think that until I tried some baked spinach and cheese mac at a Mugg and Bean. Haven't had a macaroni and cheese that's topped that since.

Kraft is still great once in a while though

[Anonymous No.10197942]

>>10197878
>spinach
Why would you ruin perfectly good macaroni and cheese like that?

[Anonymous No.10197943]

>>10197942
For a healthy colon.

[Anonymous No.10197974]

>>10196010
Im currently eating some for dinner. Rate my meal /ck/

[Anonymous No.10197996]

>>10196010
......this has to be a troll thread, right?

[Anonymous No.10198008]

>>10197996
That's a pretty stupid assessment considering how widely popular easy mac is.

[Anonymous No.10198023]

>>10198008
Popularity based on consumption. It's cheap as fuck and fills your stomach.. That doesn't mean it's good by any standards.

[Anonymous No.10198024]

>>10197974
Poverty neat living at home out of 10

[Anonymous No.10198039]

>>10198023
>It's cheap as fuck and fills your stomach..
There are many cheap and edible food products. Most of them don't sell anywhere near as well as easy mac, so no, it's not just something people buy to save money. I eat it all the time because I like it personally, I don't spend money on much else and wouldn't have a problem with paying for expensive foods, saving money was never a consideration for my enjoying easy mac.

[Anonymous No.10198050]

>>10198039
Assuming you ever have guests over, do you cook easy mac for them?

[Anonymous No.10198059]

>>10196010
No, I am not a 5 year old Canadian.

[Anonymous No.10198067]

>>10198024
This.

[Anonymous No.10198115]

>>10198067
>>10198024
mom told me i could have whatever i wanted for dinner.

[Anonymous No.10198180]

>>10196010
Not really, but I love it either way. I sometimes prefer the smoothness of it to "real" mac and cheese.

pic related is the best pre-prepared frozen mac and cheese ive ever had. wasn't cheap though. like seven dollars if I recall

[Anonymous No.10198208]

Even if a hardly ever eat it, there will almost always be a box of Kraft mac'n'cheese in my pantry

[Anonymous No.10198316]

>>10198050
>Assuming you ever have guests over
And that's where you'd be wrong, kiddo.

[Anonymous No.10198331]

>>10198180
>He thinks maltodextrin tastes better than real mac and cheese.
Plebeian.

[Anonymous No.10198364]

This is why teenagers and adults shouldn't interact on any serious level. Teenagers cook like teenagers. Adults cook like adults.

[Anonymous No.10198392]

All you need is elbow mac, grated cheddar, cornstarch, milk, butter and if you're a snobby asshole, sodium citrate.

[Anonymous No.10198411]

>>10198364
maybe you shouldn't be a faggot, and tell people what that can and can't eat like some kind of food nazi

[Anonymous No.10198412]

>>10198331
A) Maltodextrin is more there as a thickening agent than for flavor.
B) It's literally just C6H12O6 (glucose) extracted from starch with a spooky "chemical" sounding name.
>>10198364
>This is why teenagers and adults shouldn't interact on any serious level.
Nobody ever suggested interacting with teenagers was normal in the first place you pedo. And I'm almost certain I'm older than you by a decade plus and I like easy mac, deal with it.

[Anonymous No.10198435]

>>10198412

I'm actually 46 today. feb 24th. hah. So stop being a stupid asshole calling people pedos like a fucking immature fuck up.

[Anonymous No.10198445]

>>10196010
no! what is wrong with you, are you 5?

[Anonymous No.10198452]

like most things in this world, it has it's time and place

I like to make it eat in a while 'cept I eat the whole damn thing

[Anonymous No.10198488]

>>10198435
Happy birthday anon!

[Anonymous No.10198565]

>>10198435
Joke's on you, I said "almost certain." And, well, the bigger joke on you of course is that you're 46 and on 4chan.

[Anonymous No.10198637]

made some mac and cheese to piss off the food nazi

[Anonymous No.10198665]

>>10198452
Me right now

[Anonymous No.10198679]

>>10198637
>Y-You can't do that, it's convenient and tastes good and doesn't have ooh-mommy or artisanal mouthfeel!

[Anonymous No.10198680]

>>10198637
What's the red bottle?

[Anonymous No.10198683]

>>10198565

I know, we're all watching you assholes. Even MSNBC and CNN watch you fucking weirdos.

You're a mistake we're not going to make again.

[Anonymous No.10198689]

>>10198665
Well at least you aren't reusing needles.
Can you get that stuff over the internet, or do you have an actual in person dealer you see?

[Anonymous No.10198693]

>>10198683
There really isn't all that much to learn from anyone here that you couldn't finish discerning in the first ten minutes of clicking around to be honest family.

[Anonymous No.10200581]

>>10196088
>2 boxes
heres your you, fatass.

for me, its one box of annies, helping of sririacha and 2 or so hotdogs.

[Anonymous No.10202451]

>>10198679
sorry, not everyone has the palette of a 5 year old

[Anonymous No.10202460]

I prefer this desu

[Anonymous No.10202660]

>>10196010
I don't know, because I would never go out of the way to make "real" mac and cheese as I'm not a 30 year old numale manchild that revels in products aimed at underaged children and puts effort into making "the most epic mac and cheese meal time ever" to eat while watching super hero movies in a room filled with nintendos and star wars toys. No actual adult should ever be putting more effort than using a box of the "fake" mac and cheese as a lazy snack now and then when they don't feel like cooking.

[Anonymous No.10202671]

>>10202451
>palette
You certainly have the spelling prowess of a five year old.

[Anonymous No.10202674]

>>10202660
This is a strange thing to have such a strong stance on.

[Anonymous No.10202682]

>>10202660
It's no effort at all, especially as I'm usually cooking something else on the other hob at the same time.

And I got rid of my Star Wars toys when they turned the series into a feminist love letter.

[Anonymous No.10202689]

>>10202674
Maybe if you had half a spine you would understand it's not that big of a deal to give your opinions without seeking approval from twitter first.

[Anonymous No.10202690]

>>10196010
I bought a box of that out of nostalgia a couple weeks ago, and it was bland as fuck. I even fattened it up by using heavy cream instead of milk, and it was still tasteless. That shit is only good in childish hindsight.

[Anonymous No.10202692]

>>10202682
I'd chalk it up to poorly written characters more than it having a feminist agenda.

[Anonymous No.10202698]

>>10202689
I believe you've misunderstood. I'm not insulting your opinion. I find it interesting.

[Anonymous No.10202706]

>>10196010

No. There are certain things in culinary school that my chefs would say are just plain better if you DIY. Some things it's just better to use the box

>angel food cake
box
>turkey stuffing
box
>mac n cheese
ALWAYS MAKE IT YOURSELF

[Anonymous No.10202711]

>>10202706
>>turkey stuffing
>box
This butter be bait.

[Anonymous No.10202719]

Recently I got hooked on the mac n cheese from Chick Fil A, it's so fucking good

[Anonymous No.10202721]

>>10198637
Just so you know there is unflavored almond milk. So you don’t have to use vanilla you fucking retard.

[Anonymous No.10202731]

>>10198637
Is the Annie's kind better than Kraft?

[Anonymous No.10202894]

>>10202731
I've had both recently (wouldn't normally buy Annie's but someone else left it at my place a while back, I had ran out of Kraft's, and didn't feel like doing Uber Eats since I'd have to meet the delivery person outside (live in a gated apartment complex)).
I found them similar, but the Annie's didn't soften as nicely / quickly in the microwave (had to keep on putting it back in for another minute or so to make sure there weren't any hard pieces left) and the Annie's cheese packet didn't seem as sharp to me, which was disappointing compared to the Kraft's.
I think the selling point for Annie's is supposed to be that it's more natural / home grown or something, I dunno. There's a little blurb on the box about the Annie person actually being an English major and how she noticed that surprised people who assumed she was all about cooking, which was kind of charming, but at the end of the day I really want A) macaroni that gets thoroughly soft in the microwave without much effort so I don't have to deal with hard chunks of macaroni getting missed and B) a sharp kick to the cheese packet, and Kraft's in my opinion does a way better job on both those points.

[Anonymous No.10202911]

>>10202706
>>10202711
I read it as a joke, like he's pointing out how ridiculous it is that other people in this thread have such a strong opinion about cooking macaroni and cheese on a stove or however the fuck they do it when it's just macaroni and cheese and any reasonable person who wants some will just pop a microwavable container in a microwave like the three minute convenience that it is.

[Anonymous No.10202962]

>>10200581
>>10202460
>Falling for the Annie's gimmick.

Retards, the lot of you.

[Anonymous No.10202991]

>>10198689
There’s literally nothing wrong with reusing needles if you’re the only one using it and you sterilise it between uses

[Anonymous No.10203049]

>>10202991
How does sterilizing a needle make it less dull?

[Anonymous No.10203089]

>>10203049
It burns the dull off.

[Anonymous No.10203120]

>>10203089
drag the needle over denim. That burnishes it. That's if you're a massive junkie.

[Anonymous No.10203142]

I'd OMNOMNOM all the mac n cheese in the world if I could XD

[Anonymous No.10203211]

>>10203089
>>10203120
lol, just get new needles, jesus

[Anonymous No.10203522]

>>10198180
I like this too and this post reminded me to get a box today for later in the week. It was $3 for the same sized box.

[Anonymous No.10203529]

>>10198180
>>10203522
I'm a Kraft guy normally but I got to admit that cracker barrel pic looks really fucking good, I might have to try that too.

[Anonymous No.10203534]

>>10198665
i know it's not yours because I've seen this pic before but I'm still jelly desu

[Anonymous No.10203544]

>>10198180
>>10203522
>>10203529
Never mind, won't be trying this after all.

[Anonymous No.10203546]

>>10202991
just go to a needle exchange jesus fucking christ

[Anonymous No.10203925]

>>10196010
> Not "spongebob" shaped macaroni...
Umm, sweetie... Kys? Maybe? Plz.

[Anonymous No.10204328]

>>10196098
i should salt the boiling water when cooking pasta right?

[Anonymous No.10204350]

>>10204328

don't listen to that asshole. cook your pasta in salted water or not, salt it afterwards if you want. Take the shredded cheddar and mix it with enough cornstarch to coat. put in 1 tbsp of milk in the hot pasta and mix, 1 tbsp of butter and mix, slowly mix in the cheddar until its creamy. add milk and butter to the right consistency.

If you have sodium citrate, that will cream the shit out of anything as well.

[Anonymous No.10204375]

>>10203544
The respondant said that it can't be. It can but the quality will be utter shit. Doing any pasta other noodles other then some raman packet in a microwave just wont work out well.

I've tried it and it always sucked in a microwave. It might be edible on a low level but is that what you want?

[Anonymous No.10204611]

>>10204350
I think that you missed the plot.

[Anonymous No.10204878]

>>10204328
always salt the water when boiling pasta

[Anonymous No.10204885]

>>10196010
stir a bag of croutons in and douse the top in texas pete and it's 7/10 mac n chee

[Anonymous No.10204894]

>>10196064
>my mom can't cook

[Anonymous No.10204939]

>>10196202
Lazy fuck.

[Anonymous No.10205295]

>>10204350
That's not what sodium or potassium citrate does. It's a an emulsifier. When you heat cheese for instance the oils in the cheese can separate, a slight amount of citrate will cause them to emulsify. I do mean a slight amount.

[Anonymous No.10205305]

>>10205295

emulsify = cream, jesus do I need to use tard language?

[Anonymous No.10205309]

>>10205305
Maybe for different things?

[Anonymous No.10205313]

>>10205295

it cuts the long chain protein bonds, is that better?

[Anonymous No.10205319]

>>10205305
>emulsify = cream
Not really.

[Anonymous No.10205321]

>>10205313
No. That's not better at all, why do you think that it does?

[Anonymous No.10205326]

>>10205319

then don't really use my recipe and go somewhere quiet and gently fuck yourself. Regardless of how absolutely correct I am.

[Anonymous No.10205331]

>>10205326
Aren't you the hoity toit one?

[Anonymous No.10205339]

>>10205326
I don't see any recipe here from you, so you were saying?

[Anonymous No.10205344]

>>10205331

I love that you fucking idiots argue against truth late at night because you have nothing else. I fucking love it. I'm watching the new Homeland and listening to you people mewl.

[Anonymous No.10205353]

No, macaroni with a bechamel sauce is 1000x better than Kraft. How could you think anything else?

[Anonymous No.10205354]

>>10205344
So give me that truth, I'm willing to learn, but apparently you are nobody to teach.

You're just an asshole.

[Anonymous No.10205356]

>>10205339

Because you're late to the argument like a gaping asshole, let me refresh you.

>>10204350

[Anonymous No.10205371]

>>10205354

You really want to know? Elbow macaroni, cooked to done, grated cheddar coated with a bunch of cornstarch, 2 tbsp of milk in the noodles, 1 tbsp of butter in the noodles, slowly mix in the cheddar over heat. If it thickens to much put in more milk. Add salt.

That's perfect Mac and cheese. Assholes notwithstanding. I know you people are stupid, but I will feed stupid people.

[Anonymous No.10205373]

>>10205356
That's stupid and not what sodium or potassium citrate does.

[Anonymous No.10205385]

>>10205371
We can agree to disagree.

[Anonymous No.10205389]

>>10205373

You really can't just be an adult, can you?

[Anonymous No.10205394]

>>10205389
Maybe but you have something to prove, don't you?

[Anonymous No.10205401]

>>10204375
*blocks your path*

[Anonymous No.10205402]

>>10205394

Yeah, I'm watching tv. I have something serious to prove. If I watch Waco or Bliss next. Or should I watch Hitler's Circle of Evil, OR! Corporate, or The Tick?

Personally, I love playing with you fucking kids.

[Anonymous No.10205412]

You gibbles wake up yet? My shows are getting thin.

[Anonymous No.10205453]

>>10205402
watch peaky blinders

[Anonymous No.10205468]

>>10205453
Haven't gotten to it yet, watch Green Street Hooligans.

[Anonymous No.10205487]

>>10205402
And what do you consider perfection?

[Anonymous No.10205514]

>>10205412
How about a rabbit show?
Some old biddy wouldn't let my older cousin in to the place showing Watership Down so we had to hang around the theatre and ask people to let us come in with them, of course we got someone in with us.

Stupid old biddy running a ticket booth.
Preventing people from getting into shows is just plain silly and makes no sense.

[Anonymous No.10205812]

>>10196098
>Half the price
?????

[Anonymous No.10205870]

>>10196010
I use whole milk and add a huge cooking spoonful of butter. Tastes godly. I am fat in the cock.

[Anonymous No.10207297]

>>10200581
>fatass
>hotdogs

[Anonymous No.10208278]

>>10205371
>no roux
That ain't perfect mac n cheese brainlet

[Anonymous No.10208294]

>>10208278

You don't make shitty flour roux when you use cornstarch. Starch on starch on starch like an asshole. I have friends that make fondue cheese like that, it's just thick and shitty. I want something that coats and is moderately sweet.

[Anonymous No.10208309]

>>10208294
You obviously don't use cornstarch if you're using a roux, I was saying using cornstarch *instead* of one is stupid you fucking mongloid.
>wanting sweet mac
Tastelet too, what a surprise

[Anonymous No.10208329]

>>10208309

That's equally as retarded. It tastes like you've pureed bread into your fucking macaroni. Use a fucking roux in your fucking gravey, not in a smooth mac and cheese. How the fuck don't you get that? Butter milk and cornstarch makes a sweet smooth dish. Roux shits it up with flour. You want a bready taste, make a side of garlic bread.

[Anonymous No.10208332]

>>10208309
>Tastelet

what a fucking childish word. Wordlet, hows that.

[Anonymous No.10208349]

>>10208329
Literally nothing you have to say about taste is valid if you want macaroni and fucking cheese to be sweet
>>10208332
Go back to plebbit

[Anonymous No.10208357]

>>10208349

It's not sweet sweet, you shithead, it's just not gritty wheat carbs. You don't cook at all, do you?

[Anonymous No.10208370]

>>10208357
I cook plenty, enough to know not to just use cornstarch in mac and cheese. Fix your tastebuds amerifat

[Anonymous No.10208386]

>>10208357
Do you even know how to make a bechamel sauce you retarded faggot?

[Anonymous No.10208395]

>>10208386

yeah, all the mother sauces, fuck up. You don't use them in retarded comfort food like mac and fucking cheese.

jesus you kids. you just love to front.

[Anonymous No.10208407]

>>10208386

Do you know how to keep hollandaise from braking? It involves a constant whisk and a gentle pour.

[Anonymous No.10208426]

>>10208395
You do if you want them to taste good. Proper cooking isn't fronting you insecure amerilard. It's fine if you want to cut steps but don't try to pass off your shit as perfect. Too fucking lazy to make a roux, fucking madness.

[Anonymous No.10208456]

>>10208426

Make your fucking mother sauce. I'll do what tastes good and isn't pretentious. I'm not 19 anymore. Escoffier was right about a lot of things, but this is a goddamn treat food, not fine french dining, you ponce.

[Anonymous No.10208479]

>>10208426

You need to watch Tony Bourdain. He knows haute cuisine and he knows how to eat a goddamn hot dog. When you act like a pretentious douche you just show how infantile you are. Grow up and grow down.

[Anonymous No.10208485]

>>10208456
>mixing flour, butter, milk
>pretentious
Christ I bet your food is terrible

[Anonymous No.10208486]

>>10208395
>You don't use them in retarded comfort food like mac and fucking cheese.
>You don't make a cheese sauce for mac and cheese
You may be retarded, I'd go get checked out at the doctor.

[Anonymous No.10208490]

>>10208485
>>10208486

You tried, buddy.

[Anonymous No.10208496]

>>10208456
>bechamel sauce
>pretentious
Christ man is it "pretentious" if it has more than 3 steps or something? You sound like a hardcore plebeian.

[Anonymous No.10208499]

>>10208486

You really need to stop squirming like a panicking child when you post. Doctor, kill yourself, or end it all make you sound like a panicking kid. Don't be a panicking hyperbolic child.

[Anonymous No.10208501]

>>10208490
Unlike you, I guess. Mixing milk and flour is much too hard, after all. Maybe next time you can put actual effort in your food.

[Anonymous No.10208505]

>>10208499
>Completely ignores the cheese sauce comment
Considering the fact that you keep conveniently ignoring that one point, it confirms that you realize how much you fucked up with that bechamel comment. Sorry you had to be proven wrong by multiple people online sweetie.

[Anonymous No.10208509]

>>10208501

Never stop. I love you guys.

Listen to some Elton John

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crgQGdpZR0

[Anonymous No.10208512]

>>10208509

oh Wait, Elton John.,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtVBCG6ThDk

I fucking love you.

[Anonymous No.10208520]

>>10208509
Considering that you didn't even know how to properly use a bechamel sauce, I'm not surprised you confused Abba and Elton John. They sound so similar.

[Anonymous No.10208530]

>>10208520

You're just digging like a shrew for something, aren't you. Desperate childish asshole. Keep on. Maybe I'll use a oxford comma improperly so you can pounce. I love watching the insecure flail in desperation. That's probably like enjoying gitmo torture, isn't it? ,,<-- laying oxford comma landmines.

[Anonymous No.10208540]

>>10208530
>You're just digging like a shrew for something, aren't you
Considering you claimed you didn't use a bechamel sauce to make mac and cheese, I don't have to dig. You already blatantly did something stupid. Once again it's funny how you keep dodging that point. Oh and you didn't just miss a comma, you thought Abba was Elton John. That's pretty different.

[Anonymous No.10208550]

>>10208540

Ask every asshole you meet if they made a mother sauce for their fucking mac and cheese comfort food, see how many replies of "yes chef! aboslutely chef, what else would you do, chef!"

Grow up. Stop fronting like a kid and make food everyone eats without being a fucking insecure ponce trying to show someone else up. We make great food, we make good food and we make day to day food, you autistic screw up.

[Anonymous No.10208556]

>>10208540

Honest to god, I think you are autistic bringing up a cut paste problem this many times. You don't get social cues, do you?

[Anonymous No.10208562]

>>10208550
>Ask every asshole you meet if they made a mother sauce for their fucking mac and cheese comfort food, see how many replies of "yes chef! aboslutely chef, what else would you do, chef!"
https://www.marthastewart.com/946350/macaroni-and-cheese
https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2016/11/classic-bechamel-baked-mac-cheese-recipe.html
https://www.chowhound.com/recipes/homerooms-classic-macaroni-and-cheese-30436

What you have said isn't true. What you mean is "I don't use a bechamel sauce". But you see, some of us are adults and don't use Kraft for everything. I'm sorry but you see I like to put a little time and effort into my meals.

Also nice anecdotal evidence. I'm sure that "every asshole you've met" is everyone who makes mac and cheese.

[Anonymous No.10208566]

>>10208556
I think you're autistic for samefagging but you don't see me making a big deal. Also what social cues? Like, you desperately hoping I stop?

[Anonymous No.10208572]

>>10208562

At least you've figured it out. You're just a mess, aren't you..

have some Peter Gabriel, or I mighta messed it up..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY

ermigod

maybe its David Letterman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IsSpAOD6K8

Did I trigger your medication level anxiety?

[Anonymous No.10208584]

>>10208566

You keep going, because you'll win. I'm certain you'll feel better when you win.

[Anonymous No.10208626]

>>10208566
It's pretty autistic to think people pointing out your inability to cook is samfagging

[Anonymous No.10208803]

>>10198180

thought this would be better than Kraft cuz Cracker Barrel makes decent cheese

no difference and it costs about twice as Kraft

[Anonymous No.10208808]

>>10202660

boy, remind me to never talk to you
geez, what an asshole

[Anonymous No.10208821]

>>10197974
stop posting the same image

[Anonymous No.10210078]

I'm not saying anything about quality, but sometimes I like to mix two bowls of easy mac together with seared hotdog coins and a little bit of black pepper. Comfy. Nostalgic.

[Anonymous No.10210101]

>>10196010
I tried some kraft Mac and cheese lately and it tastes bland now. Googled it online because I used to like it, and apparently they've changed the recipe. I won't be buying it again.

[Anonymous No.10210145]

>>10208803
The Vermont sharp white cheddar is God tier. Homemade mac with broccoli and bacon bits. Too bad 8oz of the stuff is $6

[Anonymous No.10210821]

>>10196115
I genuinely love that stuff mixed with Louisiana hot sauce.

[Anonymous No.10210908]

>>10198680
organic catsup

[Anonymous No.10210925]

I like them both but I don't really think of them as the same food if that makes sense.

[Anonymous No.10211116]

what's a good mac n cheese dog recipe? I'm thinkin of addin' bacon, grilled onion and some dijon too. i'll be using nathan's of course

[Anonymous No.10211133]

>>10205401
Stouffer's Mac leaves a gritty feeling in my mouth.

[Anonymous No.10211345]

guys what if I used cheese powder on spaghetti? good idea?

[Anonymous No.10211358]

>>10196115

>A box of this
>Toss a few cut up tendies in hot sauce
>Put it all in a baking tray and crumble crackers on top
>Bake it all in the oven

Big box of four cheese is the GOAT.