21 November 2005
Mmmm, macaroni and cheese. Sorry for the lack of photographic evidence, but I knew it was futile to attempt a photo (in the artificial light) that looked more appetizing than a cheesy blob sprinkled with bread crumbs. I mean, it IS delicious, but it's not exactly one of the beautiful dishes, is it?
I followed Meg's recipe from Too Many Chefs, which is sort of the only way I cook these days. I used to use allrecipes.com quite a lot, but one hardly ever finds anything special there. Now, I Google whatever it is I want to make with the added phrase 'food blog;' if it's blog worthy, I can probably trust that it's Anna-worthy as well.* (I'm willing to give almost anything a go, given my amateur status, but I hate to waste my time if I'm not going to love eating whatever I make.)
Anyway, the mac 'n' cheese was very simple and quick to make, and I even had to grate the cheese myself (stupid hippy grocery stores with their lack of pre-shredded cheeses. Oh, chee-ses.). I made it to bring to work for my lunch tomorrow (and the next day), but I couldn't help sampling it this evening. Just a little corner. After all, as I told Rob, I wouldn't want to bring it for lunch and then find out it was horrible and be stuck with no lunch, would I? No, no I wouldn't. The test corner was divine (in a mac 'n' cheese sort of way), but I nibbled a bit further in case it was just a fluke.
Mmm, mmmmm. Tasty, tasty. Yes, yes.
*I actually have paid for a few cookbooks, which I love to page through, but they're not as good as the internet when it comes to catering to my whims.
So...wait a minute...
This isn't making sense...
Back up a bit...
Did you actually say "more appetizing than a cheesy blob sprinkled with bread crumbs"? Never mind, I can see that you did, plain as day. Are you telling me that such things actually exist?
posted by Laura at November 22, 2005 12:34 AM
Thanks for the inspriration! We are having mac and cheese for dinner tonight...
posted by claire at November 22, 2005 06:55 AM
Mac and Cheese was ALWAYS one of your favorite meals as a kid. When I didn't know what to fix you for lunch in the summers you would always say "Macaroni" no matter if you had eaten it the day before, or the leftovers for breakfast. Of course most of your young life it was KRAFT Mac and Cheese according to the directions because, well why NOT follow the directions? They took the time to put them on the box they MUST be important! Then, just so I could be a better mom, I started to add a bit of REAL shredded cheese to it. Eventually I graduated to making it from scratch and spicing it up with a bit of black pepper. Mmmmmm. Those were the days :)
posted by momma at November 22, 2005 07:42 PM
The last meal I shared with Izzy before he went to the cat farm was macaroni and cheese. We were home alone the evening before his trip and he sat in momma's chair and ate some off the table.
posted by .d at November 22, 2005 10:01 PM