KD and versions thereof.

[agoodwinsmith]

Without knowing anything about how much the person was paid, I do know that the person who thought up the idea of selling macaroni noodles and a pouch of dessicated cheese product in a box with easy instructions for constructing a meal was not paid enough.  I know this because they are not the richest person in the world.

Yes, not haute cuisine, but satisfying and quick, and you can put peas in it.

We actually prefer the President's Choice White Cheddar version from, yes, Real Canadian Superstore, but hey.

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[cat63.livejournal.com]

*Aaaannnndd* - *if* you are going to go the trouble of making your own cheese sauce, then you have to put the whole mix-up mess in a casserole with a crumb crust on top and bake it in the oven for 40 minutes.

I can honestly say I've never done that :-)

Macaroni cheese as I know it involves no baking whatsoever, just the cooked pasta and the cheese sauce (without peas but with cashew nuts and fake bacon bits and sometimes fried leeks).

I am a pretty lazy person, so I can certainly see the appeal of quick food :-)

I tend not to use a lot of it though, as most of it contains dried onion and that tends to do nasty things to Rob's tummy :-(

[agoodwinsmith.livejournal.com]

Next time you make home-made cheese-sauce mac'n'cheese, try putting it in a casserole and covering the top with a layer of crushed (crumbled, not powdered) saltine crackers dotted with butter and baking it uncovered in the oven (at 350 F) until the top is browned. Nomity nomity nom.

Yes, you're right, that's the downside of quick food - no control over the ingredients.

[cat63.livejournal.com]

Saltine crackers? Is that a brand or a sort of cracker? Either way, I don't think we have them in these parts, otherwise I'd certainly be tempted to give it a try (if I could wait long enough :-)). Thanks for the recipe!

[agoodwinsmith.livejournal.com]

Soda cracker? Soup cracker?

Dis kind:
http://www.nabiscoworld.com/Brands/ProductInformation.aspx?BrandKey=premium&Site=1&Product=4400000382

Plain, beige salty cracker for putting cheese chunks on.

[cat63.livejournal.com]

Soda cracker? Soup cracker?

Nope, sorry :-)

Dis kind:

Alas, I know them not...

Plain, beige salty cracker for putting cheese chunks on.

I had a peer at the bikkit aisle Sainsbury's this morning and there were quite a few sorts of cheese-putting-on type crackers, but they all seemed to be either not very salty (people here can be a bit paranoid about eating too much salt) or flavoured with other things. Though I expect something flavoured with garlic and/or herbs might work quite well actually.

[agoodwinsmith.livejournal.com]

Ritz crackers as an alternative?
http://www.nabiscoworld.com/Brands/ProductInformation.aspx?BrandKey=ritz&Site=1&Product=4400000028

They are richer, but would crumble properly. If all else fails, then dry bread crumbs works - but not as tasty.

[cat63.livejournal.com]

Ritz crackers as an alternative?

OOh, that's a good think! Thank you.