Jaq - poor ficus tree; I guess calamine lotion doesn't work like it does on people? I am jealous of any fruit at all! My Sun Gold are about two feet high on the cane, and although looking fab they're nowhere near fruiting. I'm collecting some rain from today's TORRENTIAL downpouring (UK law states that it must rain heavily on the first day of Wimbledon) so I'll use that on them to make them feel like they're outside (this is the ridiculous way my mind works).
Back to mac 'n' cheese - can't say I'm a huge fan. It looks kinda like a half-finished lasagne to me and my subconscious goes "hey! where's the meat?"
― hejira, Monday, 25 June 2007 10:50 (sixteen years ago) link
A friend of mine won the Northwest Regional division of the Tillamook Mac&Cheese contest this year! She's going to the finals on Dec 7 (at the Lucia (?) hotel in Portland, where they live anyway). GO V.!!!!
Secondly, I want one of these "edge" pans (http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2007/07/26/chow/features7.html), both for mac&cheese and brownies.
― Jaq, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 16:40 (sixteen years ago) link
That pan is super-awesome.
― Casuistry, Friday, 12 October 2007 23:09 (sixteen years ago) link
i posted on ile about wanting that pan for my birthday. it looks awesome.
― chicago kevin, Monday, 22 October 2007 21:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Mac & Cheese in the oven *right now*. It's Nigel Slater's recipe from Kitchen Diaries, with Fontina, Pecorino, breadcrumbs, dijon mustard and grain mustard. Will report back, but the spoon-licking bodes well for the finished item. I don't half wish I had one of those pans.
― Madchen, Monday, 29 October 2007 17:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Hmmm. The topping was marvellous - a 50/50 mix of pecorino and breadcrumbs - but the stuff underneath was only OK. Not nearly cheesy enough for my liking. Sorry Nige.
― Madchen, Monday, 29 October 2007 23:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Did it need more cheese d'ya think, or just different cheese? I came home last night w/ a big mac&cheese craving to a fridge full of cheese, but no pasta to be found. The loaf of bread I baked on Sunday will make terrific crumbs in a few more days though, so I'm planning a big pan of golden cheesy buttery goodness for the weekend.
― Jaq, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 15:47 (sixteen years ago) link
i have a hunk of elderly cheddar in the fridge, but i don't think it's enough for m&c. sad face. it might be enought for cauliflower cheese, though...
― lauren, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 16:24 (sixteen years ago) link
The Fontina was pretty pokey, but I don't think 75g was enough (for 175g of pasta). If I did it again I'd use twice as much. Also, you couldn't tell there was mustard in it, really, apart from grainy speckling.
― Madchen, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 16:57 (sixteen years ago) link
fuck it imna make some for lunch
― jhøshea, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link
i made it
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/246/macncheesegu7.jpg
― jhøshea, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 20:28 (sixteen years ago) link
uh maybe better? http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/246/macncheesegu7.jpg
― jhøshea, Tuesday, 30 October 2007 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
i made the cauliflower cheese last night. it was wicked.
― lauren, Sunday, 4 November 2007 14:07 (sixteen years ago) link
My cheese sauce broke and was grainy last time. Tasted fine but looked & felt odd. I haven't really investigated why yet, maybe I used too much hard cheese? Maybe too much heat, maybe lots of things. The cookbook wasn't very scientific about the recipe, I'm afraid.
― Laurel, Thursday, 8 November 2007 03:52 (sixteen years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/fWCzbjr.jpghttps://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1812-the-best-macaroni-and-cheeseSo much better than my old bechamel-based recipe. Repeated stirring & adding milk & cheese is key.Forgot the bread crumbs, obvs.
― oder doch?, Friday, 8 September 2017 13:28 (six years ago) link