Best Macaroni and Cheese?

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Post 1 by trampazoid (Account disabled) on Friday, 04-May-2007 20:16:20

Since macaroni and cheese is my favorite food, I thought I'd ask you all who you think makes the best?
Kraft? California Pizza Kitchen? Cracker Barrel? Let's discuss this very important subject.

Post 2 by Reyami (I've broken five thousand! any more awards going?) on Saturday, 05-May-2007 9:10:45

I like the macaroni and cheese from a restaurant called Noodles and Company. It's awesome.

Post 3 by shea (number one pulse checking chicky) on Saturday, 05-May-2007 20:17:03

kraft all the way. i can tell if it's not kraft. it has a different taste. kraft is yummy. hehehe i love mac and cheese with ketchup in it. mmm. hehehe

Post 4 by trampazoid (Account disabled) on Sunday, 06-May-2007 0:39:47

Dude, Kraft Deluxe mac 'n cheese with fried ham and garlic rules forever.

Post 5 by DancingAfterDark (I just keep on posting!) on Sunday, 06-May-2007 1:47:57

Ugh, my best friend in high school ate macaroni and cheese with ketchup on it. She made me try it once because I said how disgusting it sounded, and ... yep, disgusting it was. Lol.

That said, I'm not particular about mac and cheese. I love the stuff, so long as it's ketchupless. Think I've only ever had one kind I didn't like, and I have no idea what kind it was.

Post 6 by changedheart421 (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Sunday, 06-May-2007 9:04:49

craft rocks.

Post 7 by chelslicious (like it or not, I'm gonna say what I mean. all the time.) on Sunday, 06-May-2007 12:15:01

kraft all the way! I too, like it with ketchup once in a while.

Post 8 by shea (number one pulse checking chicky) on Sunday, 06-May-2007 13:37:39

mmm, kraft with ketchup. hehehe

Post 9 by PorkInCider (Wind assisted.) on Sunday, 06-May-2007 16:20:11

Well, i don't know we have all the same makes here you do, but to be honest I've not yet found a ready made macaroni and cheese that tasted decent, so the best in my view is that made at home.
and the idea of putting ketchup in it, is just really nasty.

Post 10 by bozmagic (The rottie's your best friend if you want him/her to be, lol.) on Monday, 07-May-2007 9:35:29

Probably home-made maccaroni cheese, straddled by two gorgeous and very flavoursome pork and apple sausages.

Post 11 by shea (number one pulse checking chicky) on Monday, 07-May-2007 20:04:51

mmm, kev just try it. hehehe smiles

Post 12 by Wild Wyoming Woman (Newborn Zoner) on Wednesday, 30-May-2007 21:03:51

Hmm, I'd have to say that my mom makes some of the best I'd ever had. She uses real ingredients. The last time I tried making it from scratch, my ex husband and I wound up throwing it out. It was one of my kitchen bloopers.

The restaurant that makes the best mac and cheese in my opinion is Marie Calendar’s.

Post 13 by Heavy Metal Girl 85 (Zone BBS is my Life) on Wednesday, 30-May-2007 23:11:13

yeah definatley home made stuff all the way, I used to like the boxed stuff, but no way, now I don't like it. Well if I had to eat the boxed stuff then I would without complaining , but that's only if I was at someone's house and they made it.

Post 14 by slammy (Veteran Zoner) on Monday, 24-Sep-2007 11:51:43

My mom makes the best home made that I ever had

Post 15 by YankeeFanForLife! (Picapiedra: king of the boards!) on Monday, 24-Sep-2007 12:12:17

Yeah I guess I would have to also say the same, my mom makes the best as well.

Post 16 by Harmony (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Sunday, 07-Oct-2007 6:27:22

I like the macaroni chees that ypeople make at home where they put it with mushrooms and onions. I also like macaroni cheese with rice, peas and sweetcorn all mixed together.

Post 17 by Cousin Cap (Zone BBS Addict) on Sunday, 07-Oct-2007 10:21:52

Eeeeeewwww to macaroni and cheese with peas and such. Naaaaasty.

My sister makes the most delicious macaroni and cheese, baked, that I've ever eaten, with cheddar cheese and breadcrumbs sprinkled atop it, interspersed with little dots of butter. My mother boils hers, and it's gross as all get-out.

Post 18 by DevilishAnthony (Just go on and agree with me. You know you want to.) on Sunday, 06-Jul-2008 10:17:49

Hmmm, even the Walmart and Krogers brands are good, just be sure to get the kind with the actual cheese pouch instead of that powdered shit. I much prefer homemade. I make it with sausage in it.

Speaking of catchup, when I was at the school for the blind, I ate it on mashed potatos. Ordinarily I wouldn't, but those were so bland that I had to do something to bring some flavor to it. It actually wasn't bad.

Post 19 by SunshineAndRain (I'm happily married, a mom of two and a fulltime college student.) on Sunday, 06-Jul-2008 16:55:42

Methinks we should start a "Mom's Best Macaroni and Cheese" topic where people put the recipes for their fom's best mac and cheese. I love it so much, and I've tried two "homemade" recipes, and thiy didn't appeal much to me. My aut makes really good mac and cheese with Velvita and it's also baked. She puts salsa in it, mmmmmm. Way better than ketchup. Yuck, that's criminal to put ketchup in your macaroni and cheese. You might as well make super-cheesy pasta with marinara. (shakes head in disgust) Ketchup...

Post 20 by DevilishAnthony (Just go on and agree with me. You know you want to.) on Sunday, 06-Jul-2008 18:19:28

That's a super idea! I look forward to all the mac and cheese recipes. Only problem is, I can't post mine, since I don't measure anything. I put the pasta in the boiling water, drain it if I need to, then add enough cheese until it, Um, looks right? then turn off the heat and let it thicken just a bit before devouring it.

Post 21 by MizAngie (Veteran Zoner) on Saturday, 17-Jan-2009 20:28:31

My grandma makes the best mac and cheese, but besides that, i would have to say Cracker barel is a close second.

Post 22 by ArtRock1224 (move over school!) on Sunday, 18-Jan-2009 2:44:58

Stoufer's, guys. Stoufer's all the way.

Post 23 by TheAsianInvasion (The Zone's invader) on Tuesday, 20-Jan-2009 6:05:50

craft all the way!

Post 24 by Siriusly Severus (The ESTJ 1w9 3w4 6w7 The Taskmaste) on Saturday, 13-Jun-2009 1:42:20

I like the Mac and cheese this friend of mine made... Does that count?

Post 25 by Daenerys Targaryen (Enjoying Life) on Saturday, 13-Jun-2009 8:16:23

Kraft

Post 26 by trampazoid (Account disabled) on Monday, 18-Jan-2010 21:45:57

Annie's makes the best box mac 'n cheese. I just want you'all to know.

Post 27 by LeoGuardian (You mean there is something outside of this room with my computer in it?) on Monday, 18-Jan-2010 21:58:22

If I say so myself I make an ass-kicker macaroni and cheese:
use at least marjorin if not butter food nazies go away lol
Use Italian sausage - take the middle part out of the casing or just use Chorrizo
I like droppin' in Jalapeno peppers into the sausage while it's frying up - doesn't hurt to throw in a few button mushrooms if you like those.
Once it's all mixed stick that SOB in the oven with no foil so the top crisps up a bit and leve it there about 20 minutes at 350 and there you go. If you don't do crisp just put foil on the casserole dish or whatever.
Get a drop top or something stiffer and enjoy ...

Post 28 by SunshineAndRain (I'm happily married, a mom of two and a fulltime college student.) on Tuesday, 19-Jan-2010 5:27:52

What kind of cheese do you put in it, Robozork? Do you use a certain kind of pasta?

Post 29 by turricane (happiness and change are choices ) on Tuesday, 19-Jan-2010 11:50:37

i hate mac and cheese. the only home made I would eat is that which my best friend gail's mom made. she knew i despised it and the first time I ate it she said it was "pasta" and I had two helpings. Well she's gone on to a better world, so I'll have to waitd until after my death to enjoy it again.

of the boxed kind, I think the velveta with the shells is the best. you gotta cut up hot doggies and put corn in it though. or you can drain a can of tuna and stick it in there with peas. That kind with the nasty orange unidentifiable powder is too gross!!!

Post 30 by turricane (happiness and change are choices ) on Tuesday, 19-Jan-2010 11:55:38

oh yes, here's a fun factoid. i read somewhere that osama was asked what his favorite food was and he said that he loved the craft mac and cheese with the powder.

Post 31 by trampazoid (Account disabled) on Tuesday, 19-Jan-2010 14:59:20

I read somewhere that Thomas Jefferson invented mac 'n cheese...

Post 32 by E vestigio (Generic Zoner) on Thursday, 28-Jan-2010 19:51:41

I've recently had the pleasure of eating lobster mac ‘n cheese from someone else’s plate *blushing* Can’t quite say that I’d order it, though sharing a plate was rather amusing!
C.

Post 33 by SunshineAndRain (I'm happily married, a mom of two and a fulltime college student.) on Thursday, 28-Jan-2010 22:23:21

Ugh, Hate Krap, I mean Kraft. Those ideas Holly came up with sound good! I'm not a fan of restaurant mac-and-cheese. It all tastes kind of watery and bland. Bleh.

Post 34 by LeoGuardian (You mean there is something outside of this room with my computer in it?) on Thursday, 28-Jan-2010 23:55:31

I use sharp chedar and whatever macaroni I can get at the time, though I've used the thick long pasta before, forget what that's called.
I doubt the story about Jefferson inventing it, as pasta is relatively new, 19th 3entury I think.

Post 35 by Brooke (I just keep on posting!) on Friday, 29-Jan-2010 11:19:56

I do like Kraft, but homemade macaroni and cheese is beautiful. but with ketchup? That's just nasty, LOL!

Post 36 by shea (number one pulse checking chicky) on Friday, 29-Jan-2010 16:31:08

oh no brooke. it's so yummy. I like the powder too. I don't care for the cheese puch kind. yucky/

Post 37 by turricane (happiness and change are choices ) on Tuesday, 02-Feb-2010 9:03:59

actually pasta came from the orient originally with marco polo. i don't know about the macaroni and cheese and how it was invented though.