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This is not a thread for gourmet or quality macaroni and cheese, it's a thread for the various forms of macaroni and cheese that are basically lazy meals for kids

>> No.13115569

If your kids can't make a simple cheese sauce you haven't raised them right.

>> No.13115596

Stouffer's is god-tier mac and cheese buddy

>> No.13115744

Whats wrong with mac n cheese as a side dish instead of corn or rice ?

>> No.13115747
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13115747

WHEEL

>> No.13115771

>>13115747
Based mexican lady is the best food you can get for a dollar

>> No.13115938

>>13115562
Velveta Shells and Cheese. Easy Mac is probably the most garbage version of mac and cheese you can make outside taking some undercooked spaghetti noodles and melting a Kraft single on it.

>> No.13116028

>>13115771
bruh, she's italian

>> No.13116049

>>13115569
Cool story bro

>> No.13116076

>>13115562
>canned mac
I cannot imagine this being anything less than revolting.

>> No.13116149

>>13115562
>make chicken cheesesteaks
>have leftover delectable little chicken pieces
>boil a box of shitmac
>drain + set aside noodles
>add leftover chicken pieces to hot pan
>heat up quickly with a little leftover shitmac water
>add butter, milk and shit powder
seriously the best shit

>> No.13116259

>>13116076
I tried it once, it's actually horrible. Couldn't even finish the bowl. Stick to boxed.

>> No.13116264
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13116264

For me, it's Kroger spirals

>> No.13116276

I generally add a can of tuna and some frozen peas with a bunch of garlic to my shitmac. Its pretty good.

>> No.13116294

Gotta vote for the Pasta Roni shells and white cheddar. Its easier than the rest, because no drain, no colander, and that beats the others which require boiling all the water, draining it and washing another fucking dish. Its also very easy to doctor up by adding extra milk, butter, and cheese, the powder sauce packet has enough emulsifiers built into it that it can smoothly melt some real cheese. Wanna go full ghetto meal? Dice up a hot dog or some lunch meat, throw it in. Perfect one pot meal.

>> No.13116301
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Childhood obesity is child abuse.

>> No.13116529

>>13116301
unless they have hypothyroidism or are washing it down with a 2-litre of soda some boxed macaroni every now and then isn't going to make a child fat

>> No.13116545
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>>13116529
Malnutrition of children is child abuse.

>> No.13117713

>>13116076
It tastes like the soupy mac some places have, not the thick gluey mac, but the soupy wet mac

>> No.13117721

stouffers is pretty good. kd is ok once in a while but that canned shit is horrid.

>> No.13117722

>>13115562
>>13115938
Velveeta shells and cheese is great even as an adult. You just have to get your head out of the snobbishness, and add more liquid because it really gets too thick if it cools.

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13117724

I don’t understand why the Costco pack has two other inferior flavors included when this is really all you want.

>> No.13118675

>>13116076
you're right, plus to top it off canned mac n cheese is like $4.70 a can.
it's for people even too lazy to wait for a frozen mac n cheese to heat up in the microwave.

>> No.13118682

>>13117724
yeah but annies is so expensive no-one buys it because it's a kidney, first born child and a mortgage just buying a couple of boxes.

>> No.13118713

>>13118682
At Walmart, Annie's is $1.48 for a box. Kraft is $0.79 - $0.98 depending on type.
Great Value brand: $0.50
Velveeta is actually the most expensive.

>> No.13118773

For me, it's Kraft Deluxe White Cheddar & Herbs or basic Kraft's Thick & Creamy.

>> No.13120166

>>13115569
I made legimate cheese sauce out of cubed New York Extra Sharp White Cheddar for my Mac and Cheese and my father said he didn't like it because 'it wasn't Kraft'.

>> No.13120412

>>13120166
yikes. sorry to hear about this tastelet boomer anon. boomers truly love processed shit. when they're gone, weed will be legal and kellogs will go out of business

>> No.13121195

galaxy brain:
>using milk and butter to make the mac and cheese, like the box tells you to
>using just milk
>using water
>using half and half

>> No.13121230

>>13117724
I like to make these with
>extra butter
>salt
>pepper
>a little garlic powder
>old bay
>parmesan cheese
makes me eat this shit way too often but it's good

>> No.13121254

I know you don't want real mac and cheese but it's 25% more time and better food. Melt half a bar of butter in a sauce pan, pour the same amount of milk into it. Have you precooked elbow mac ready and shredded cheddar ready. Toss in enough cornstarch into your cheddar to make it all white. just go to to town. Have a whisk ready. Start whisking your nearly boiling milk/butter and then toss in your coated cheddar in slowly and whisk. You're destroying the protein bonds in the cheddar so it turns into sauce. toss wisk, toss wisk. Then mix you cooked maccaroni in and you'll shit yourself at how good it is.

>> No.13121255

>>13115596
This.

>> No.13121314

>>13121254

This is the shit you want to do, if you want rich cheesy mac. I'm not joking.

>> No.13121476

>>13115596
Spbp

>> No.13121497
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>>13115562
I bought a box of Kraft mac-n-cheese on a lark, and it was fucking tasteless. I even made it with good butter and heavy cream instead of milk. All these brands only work for children and people with nostalgia issues. Devour mac-n-cheese is passable for microwave mac-n-cheese though.

>> No.13121508

>>13121254
What mongoloid retard uses cornstarch in their mac and cheese?

If you're not using the boxed stuff make a fucking roux.

>> No.13121523

>>13116264
Krogie brand is pretty good, the white cheddar type is great too.

>> No.13121552

>>13115771
michelina is a total rip off though
even on sale for a buck you get like what, half a cup of food?
might as well just eat ramen at that point

>> No.13121563
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13121563

For me, it's Bob Evans.

>> No.13121591

>>13117724
yeah i bought the costco pack last month and wasn't even aware they had other flavors
the original mac and cheese tasted straight up fucking bitter
maybe i just had a bad batch

>> No.13121607

Does anyone make their own cheesesauce? I have shittons of actual elbow macaronis by the bagful and I need to start eating it.

>> No.13121759

>>13121607
there are like three different recipes posted in the thread already

>> No.13121956

>>13121508

fuck off with your fucking fucking floury roux garbage. You need to break long chain proteins thats all you need to do. You're not making a french sauce you stupid stupid cunt. God I hate you pretenders so much.

>> No.13121971

>>13121552
Ramen is a last resort food

>> No.13121975

>>13121508

you sent me from waking up to pure human bile in 5 seconds. ALL you need is a creamy sauce. Not a cocksucking french roux, you stupid kid.

>> No.13121991

If you really want Kraft dinner tier sauce you can buy the cheese powder at bulk barn for pennies per serving.

>> No.13123217

For me its velveeta

>> No.13123258
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13123258

Out of all the boxed mac and cheese, Cracker Barrel is the best you can get as far as I know.

>> No.13123446

>>13117724
this is literally the only boxed/instant mac that is acceptable to eat after the age of 12 but even then only if you're trashed

>> No.13124623

>>13118713
Annie's is the gourmet brand, usually sold around $4.50 a box.
Compared to KD which is $2 a box
and store brand which is 60c a box.

>> No.13124632

>>13123258
>>13124623
imo cracker barrel and annies suck donkey dick, for $1 I can get kraft and add some spices and stuff like peas and a can of tuna to make it better than anything $5 box of shit.

>> No.13124636

>>13124623
That annies stuff is really pretentious with it's organic this and orgranic that load of baloney, they get retarded for the $5 a box. Paying $5 a box for their social engineering is full of shit.

>> No.13124662

>>13124623
Annie's is fucking sunk cost crap
For a fourth of the cost or less I can eat better tasting and bigger portions of multiple superior brands