National Macaroni and Cheese Day

[JustAnotherNut]

The Kwik Trip where I work has chicken and bacon and buffalo chicken mac and cheese take home meals, that I sample out to the customers. It's like being tortured because company policy doesn't allow me to taste any of it.

Somehow I bet you find ways to get around that policy........and if not, then you buy it often.......amirite?

 

[JustAnotherNut]

My favorite mac and cheese got discontinued years ago.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

P.S. If I could've eaten the stuff for breakfast, I would've. I loved it that much.

Wasn't this the only canned mac & cheese available??? If it's the same as I remember, I loved it too as a kid.

 

[OKTexas]

When I was young and struggling to make it on my own I would buy 4 for a dollar mac and cheese and a pack of hot dogs to survive.

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The deluxe shells and cheese is better. I remember when the regular mac and cheese would be on sale for 10 for a dollar. It was one of our staples.

 

[toobfreak]

To be fair, I do use pepper flakes often.......but not to smother anything

Back when I worked in telecom, a bunch of us went out to eat everyday, and my supervisor said one day that a unit of heat ought to be named after me.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

The deluxe shells and cheese is better. I remember when the regular mac and cheese would be on sale for 10 for a dollar. It was one of our staples.

Wow 10 cents, that's cheap

 

[luiza]

Sometimes I make it from scratch

Disgusting
Unhealthy obviously
And dangerous .

We have no idea where you have been . Or with Whom .

 

[JGalt]

Somehow I bet you find ways to get around that policy........and if not, then you buy it often.......amirite?

No way. There are more cameras in a Kwik Trip store than there are in the London subway station. And my wife is diabetic, so I never buy any and bring it home.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Wasn't this the only canned mac & cheese available??? If it's the same as I remember, I loved it too as a kid.

I don't remember ever seeing any of other canned mac and cheese product.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[JustAnotherNut]

Back when I worked in telecom, a bunch of us went out to eat everyday, and my supervisor said one day that a unit of heat ought to be named after me.

Are you on the Scoville scale, that rates the hotness of peppers????

 

[JustAnotherNut]

No way. There are more cameras in a Kwik Trip store than there are in the London subway station. And my wife is diabetic, so I never buy any and bring it home.

not even for snack before you get home???

 

[JGalt]

not even for snack before you get home???

Not while I'm punched in, and when it's time to quit, I make a beeline for the door.

 

[JustAnotherNut]

Not while I'm punched in, and when it's time to quit, I make a beeline for the door.

So actually the stuff could taste like crap, but you'll never get to find out. Who knows maybe you're doing yourself a favor.

 

[JGalt]

So actually the stuff could taste like crap, but you'll never get to find out. Who knows maybe you're doing yourself a favor.

Well I do get a lot of compliments from the people I give samples to, and we do sell a whole lot of those take home meals. They run $4.99-$5.99 and have a double portion in them. Plus you don't have to cook, just microwave them a few minutes.

The only one they won't let me sample out is the shrimp Alfredo, since some people have shrimp allergies.

 

[OKTexas]

Wow 10 cents, that's cheap

Well, it was 50 years ago.

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[toobfreak]

Are you on the Scoville scale, that rates the hotness of peppers????

Maybe in the past. I've settled down slightly in my old age. Years ago, I used to order extra cayenne hot sauce on the side, something the restaurant whipped up themselves using oil, and what I didn't spoon over my lunch, I scooped up straight and drank like a broth.

But I think what did it was one day, another engineer was bragging about this "Dave's Insanity Sauce" that he had at home that no matter how much you diluted a few drops of it in a pot of chili, it just didn't get any less hot--- a guy at work had bet me to a hot pepper eating contest.

Well, the first guy finally brought his Insanity Sauce into work and I dumped a thick glop of it out onto my finger. Then the other four. I finally licked the stuff up straight off all five fingers without even batting an eye. The guy was a little stunned.

The other guy backed out of his wager.

But the reason why I dump so much cayenne on Mac & Cheese is because cheese absorbs a lot of heat--- coats it, covers it, so, it can take a lot of hot pepper for the heat to really come through while you eat it.

 

[JustAnotherNut]

Maybe in the past. I've settled down slightly in my old age. Years ago, I used to order extra cayenne hot sauce on the side, something the restaurant whipped up themselves using oil, and what I didn't spoon over my lunch, I scooped up straight and drank like a broth.

But I think what did it was one day, another engineer was bragging about this "Dave's Insanity Sauce" that he had at home that no matter how much you diluted a few drops of it in a pot of chili, it just didn't get any less hot--- a guy at work had bet me to a hot pepper eating contest.

Well, the first guy finally brought his Insanity Sauce into work and I dumped a thick glop of it out onto my finger. Then the other four. I finally licked the stuff up straight off all five fingers without even batting an eye. The guy was a little stunned.

The other guy backed out of his wager.

But the reason why I dump so much cayenne on Mac & Cheese is because cheese absorbs a lot of heat--- coats it, covers it, so, it can take a lot of hot pepper for the heat to really come through while you eat it.

You sound like my late husband. When we'd go out for Mexican he'd always order an extra large side of jalapenos (sliced/pickled) and dump them over his food. Even the Mexican waiter was shocked that a 'gringo' would do such a thing. But he wasn't that much into alot of heat beyond that.

i had once found some Jerk seasoning (Caribbean?) that said to marinate a whole piece of meat for an hour or two.......instead I sliced the meat and let it marinate all day long. That shit brought tears the eyes and after a couple of bites, we both gave up and had something else much more mild.



And yes to the cheese absorbing heat and seasonings as well. Not just cheese, but most dairy and flour does too, so you always have to add more to account for the difference.

 

[toobfreak]

You sound like my late husband.

My condolences for your loss.

When we'd go out for Mexican he'd always order an extra large side of jalapenos (sliced/pickled) and dump them over his food. Even the Mexican waiter was shocked that a 'gringo' would do such a thing. But he wasn't that much into alot of heat beyond that.

I love jalapenos. They are my favorite hot pepper. Some people argue for hotter stuff like habanero or ghost peppers, but I really eat hot peppers more for the flavor than just the unmitigated heat.

i had once found some Jerk seasoning (Caribbean?) that said to marinate a whole piece of meat for an hour or two.......instead I sliced the meat and let it marinate all day long. That shit brought tears the eyes and after a couple of bites, we both gave up and had something else much more mild.

Another guy I used to work with (different job and place) used to import this habanero hot sauce from the West Indies by the case. I found it just a little too hot for my liking, but what I like to do with it (or something similar) is I buy a case of this other stuff, bottles of this sweet coconut/mango sauce, and I dump it out and mix it 2/3rds coconut/mango sauce and 1/3rd habanero sauce, then I put it back into the empty bottle. Amazing zest, flavor, sweetness and heat--- I love to use that as a condiment for sandwiches.

And yes to the cheese absorbing heat and seasonings as well. Not just cheese, but most dairy and flour does too, so you always have to add more to account for the difference.

The cheese covers up the heat while you eat it, but once it gets down to the stomach and intestines, you begin to realize just how much heat you really added.

 

[JustAnotherNut]

My condolences for your loss.

Thank you

but once it gets down to the stomach and intestines, you begin to realize just how much heat you really added.

And by the next day, so sorry you ate it all for the 3rd degree burns in yer butt

 

[Stryder50]

mozzarella and provolone are good if you like the string.

With Cajun seasoning sounds good, just not sure how it would pair with the crab. Sometimes it makes it good, sometimes they need to be kept apart.

In the example I tasted a few years ago, it was very delicious !

 

[Rawley]

I have never met someone who doesn't like macaroni and cheese.

My wife