/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>13918217
What's wrong with cream cheese and olives? Sounds pretty basic.

>>13918221
I'm not a huge fan of either, so it wouldn't be for me, but it seems like the cream cheese would mellow out the olives. Not sure how bread improves this situation, both the ingredients are already soft. Some kind of cream cheese & olive dip for crackers maybe?

>>13918217
I don't think this is a generational thing, but I had an uncle who would stay with us most Christmases of my childhood, and every Christmas morning he would make himself a sandwich out of white bread, sliced pickles, chips, and mustard. He'd always offer me half, and I always declined. His alcoholism killed him a couple of years ago, and on the morning of his funeral I decided to try making myself one. Foul.

My mother regularly eats sandwiches of almond butter, mayonnaise, and pepperjack cheese. Boomers are a frightening race.

>>13918307
That's basically matpakke

>>13918292
I think this has to do with only being able to really taste strong flavors. When I was a hard alky I put mustard on damn near everything because it was the only thing that wasn't bland

>>13918307
OP here. Guess it shows my age. My grandmother was a member of the Greatest Generation. Maybe it's a depression kid thing?

My mother, a boomer, doesn't have any of the same strange proclivities for mixing weird ingredients. She does make mac and cheese with a roux as a base though. A roux with a bunch of sharp cheddar is the cheese sauce. Elbow macaroni for the pasta. Peeled tomatoes coarsely chopped if you want. No baking. Just cook the noodles and throw them in the sauce when done. I have yet to meet anyone in my area that makes mac and cheese that way. They either bake it or use a double boiler when making the sauce.

>>13918307
what the fuck is wrong with boomers? their mayo salad concoctions are disgusting. my family always made mayo-heavy potato salad and mac salad, it was nasty. they'd do this thing where they would bake radishes,too. fucking radishes. and they ate creamed corn. and the canned campbells cream of mushroom soup as a casserole ingredient for everything

>>13918307

Peanut butter, mayo, and pickle sandwich is heaven sent.

>>13918353
Your mother is based, baked mac and cheese is cringe.

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>>13918353

Who the fuck uses a double boiler when making a cheesy bechamel?? Why would you need to do this?

I don't know if this counts but as a kid I remember my little sister wanted pizza and my dad told her he'd make a homemade pizza, so he took a slice of white bread, put ketchup and a Kraft single on top, microwaved it, and made her eat it

>>13918609
Presumably to melt the cheese without it separating.

>>13918609
Every time I have seen it they basically just melt the cheese, through in some spices, then pour it over the cooked pasta.

>>13918613
We had that, but it wasn't near as awful. It was an easy meal I was taught to make for myself as a kid. Half an English muffin topped with tomato sauce, shredded cheese, green onion, and a meat (sausage or pepperoni most times) baked under a broiler on a cookie sheet. I still make it every now and then cause it was a movie night tradition.

>>13918627

Why on earth would it separate?? Like you’d have to try REALLY hard or be a retard of monolithic proportions to break a cheese sauce. What does a double boiler have to do with preventing the sauce from separating?

Anything with egg yolks is a given, same with chocolate. Otherwise it’s completely unnecessary.

>>13918641

You’re saying people just melt straight up cheese in a double boiler and dump it over noodles? Jesus.

>>13918666
>you’d have to try REALLY hard or be a retard of monolithic proportions to break a cheese sauce
I assumed he meant they were just melting straight cheese, since he said people use a double boiler instead of making a bechamel; at least that's how I read it.

>>13918695

People are such monsters

>>13918613

OP here. This is the kind of "mac and cheese" I am talking about. It is literally mac and cheese.

http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/how-to-make-baked-macaroni-and-cheese-take-2/

This guy uses 3 different types of cheese, macaroni noodles, and pepper. The cheese and pepper, which is optional, are combined in a double boiler. Once incorporated and smooth they are combined with the cooked macaroni in a baking dish and then baked until the top is crispy. The final step is to kill yourself, I am hoping.

>>13918613
My dad made a" pizza" like that but he used tomatos and cheddar. On the other hand he was also a madman who unironically used pickled onion as a topping for proper pizza.

>>13919018

>no velveeta

Bro. That looks fucking gross lol.

>>13918217
My grandma would eat 'ketchup sandwiches'. Just ketchup between two pieces of cheap white bread. I'd probably still eat them if I bought cheap white bread. Used to drive my roommate crazy.

>>13918217
>>13918221
>>13918260
They are pretty dank on rye. Not something I eat often but do enjoy 2 or 3 times a year.

Apples, raw onion and boiled carrot in the potato salad.
Raw onions, mayonnaise and pickles on pizza.

>>13918599
These apes are literally subhuman, slightly above niggers but still completely worthless

My grandpa makes tlačenka (apparently called head cheese for whatever fucking reason) and other traditional czech pig slaughter products such ass blood soup or liver sausage during autumn.
Other zoomers mostly can't stand this shit but it's honestly some of the heartiest and most delicious meat products out there. Looks fucking disgusting at the first glance (just like most Czech food anyway), but it's honestly great

>>13920460
In Germany we have similar stuff and I totally agree with you.

>>13918217
Blodpudding (blood pudding).
Leverbiff (liver patty?).
Pölsa ( liver, heart, onion, pot barley, and often ground beef or minced pork).

Actually all 3 dishes were really good when i think back but they are net very common nowadays :D

>>13920430
I'd eat the pizza

>>13920460
Head cheese and liverwurst are kind of making a resurgence in the US. We still don't really eat anything blood related outside of specific ethnic contexts.

Just call it what it is, white people cooking.