/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.11476872]

What do you add to your homemade boxed mac and cheese?

[Anonymous No.11476874]

An egg with ramen.

[Anonymous No.11476888]

>>11476872
>homemade boxed mac and cheese
Tears

[Anonymous No.11476889]

>>11476872
put pepper on it right fucking now, dont ever ttake a picture of mac and cheese without pepper you sad sack of shit

[Anonymous No.11476912]

>be making mac n cheese
>dump a can of chili
the resulting smell wafts throughout my apartment and it's so uplifting holy shit

[Anonymous No.11476936]

>>11476889
>pepper
unless it's chili pepper you're a fucking disgrace.

[Anonymous No.11477006]

Can't improve on perfection

[Anonymous No.11477009]

>>11476872
hot dog pennies

[Anonymous No.11477010]

Grilled pebis

[Anonymous No.11477408]

>>11476872
I don't like that you've consumed so much of the 'vark. I bought it too after it was memed for a while and I hate it but I do keep it around and post it here to help. have
>you
really used that much of it?

[Anonymous No.11477413]

>boxed
nothing because I'm not so fucking stupid or lazy to not just make an actual roux and bachemele in 6 minutes.
Blue box tastes like shit anyways.

[Anonymous No.11477819]

>>11476936
why not both?

[Anonymous No.11477829]

Tuna, a slice of Kraft American Cheese, pepper, a squirt of ketchup

[Anonymous No.11477834]

>>11477006
Based. The orange cheddar is really good too.

[Anonymous No.11477838]

>>11477006
first rule of box max is never go beneath Kraft
second rule is never go above Kraft

[Anonymous No.11477840]

>>11476872
One bottle of ketchup.

[Anonymous No.11477843]

>>11476872
CROUTONS
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[Anonymous No.11477862]

>>11477829
that sounds pretty old school. where are you from?

[Anonymous No.11477869]

>>11477862
he could be from literally anywhere. i bet you're "from" deep in the near suburbs

[Anonymous No.11477873]

>>11477869
I was actually hoping he'd be from a place similar to mine.

[Anonymous No.11478410]

Broccoli, pepper, maybe some sausage? I have to assume if youre using box then you dont have much to work with.

[Anonymous No.11478435]

>>11476872
Tears

[Anonymous No.11478443]

>>11476872
Pepper, bacon bits, butter, parmesan, a bit of marinara sauce, and maybe red pepper.

Really I prefer just making real home made, but sometimes I do crave a kraft dinner.

[Anonymous No.11478451]

Explain to a non-burger how to make mac and cheese

[Anonymous No.11478452]

dry mustard and sriracha

[Anonymous No.11478462]

>>11478451
>roux
>milk
>thicken
>take off heat
>add cheese
>put cooked pasta in
>stir to combine

[Anonymous No.11478469]

>>11478462
Half and half or whole milk

[Anonymous No.11478494]

>>11477838
PC has really improved the quality of their products in the last decade or so

[Anonymous No.11478544]

>>11478462
>roux
Meaning what, you fucking nigger?

>how do you make chili?
>lol just put chilis in meat
Fuck you.

[Anonymous No.11478555]

>>11478544
>roux
>meaning what
Are you literally retarded?

[Anonymous No.11478604]

>>11478462
>roux
Just make a cream sauce.

[Anonymous No.11478640]

>>11478544
waste of dubs
>>11478555
trips of truth

[Anonymous No.11478647]

Nothing. You don't try to glam up mac n cheese.

[Anonymous No.11478944]

>>11477838
I don't think you understand how fucking incredible that box of white cheddar shit is

[Anonymous No.11478946]

>>11476872
A slice of ketchup.

[Anonymous No.11479108]

>>11476872
Mustard
Paprika
Parmesano
Whole cream
Black pepper
Chorizo
Grated Munster

[Anonymous No.11479111]

>>11476872
The only thing I like adding to boxed mac is a little extra milk and a bit of shredded cheese, usually something creamy like smoked gouda.

[Anonymous No.11479134]

Buffalo spice and bleu cheese
pesto
japanese curry
hickory smoke

[Anonymous No.11479222]

>>11476872
>Extra cheese powder (from a bulk store or another mac and cheese box), need more sauce for all the extra shit
>Extra butter and milk, sauce has to be thinner since the extra ingredients will soak up moisture and make it thicker
>Diced tomatoes, added late. Preferably cherry/grape tomatoes
>Finely-diced spinach/kale, sometimes cooked a bit or just added early
>Diced green onions
>Grilled mushrooms, chopped
>Shredded cheese, usually sharp cheddar but pepper jack and just about anything else can be great depending on the rest
>A fried egg or two, just chopped in with the spoon/spatula used for stirring
>Diced/chopped leftover meat (chicken, steak, pork chops, bacon, sausage, etc. Ground beef/meatloaf works too but changes the consistency so I don't like it)
Now here's where I like to experiment more
>Sauce: I'll usually put a little bit of hot sauce of one kind or another, not enough to overpower the cheese flavor. Sometimes I'll do extra shit though, like a shot of ranch, or taco sauce, jerk seasoning sauce, butter chicken sauce, alfredo sauce, etc.
>Herbs and spices. ALWAYS cracked black pepper. No salt, it's salty enough and I salt the water when I cook the noodles. Fresh minced garlic is glorious if I have any and I'm not lazy. Basil is usually great, oregano can be better depending on the other ingredients and sauces I plan on using. Montreal steak spice almost always works well, same with chili powder (especially when paired with garlic). If I'm going the "Indian" route, I might add a bit of cumin, curry powder, and cilantro.
>Whatever the fuck else: Crushed tortilla chips if I'm leaning toward "Mexican" flavours, parmesan cheese if I'm leaning toward "Italian". This shit writes itself.

I fucking love making my lazy man's "casserole" whenever I make mac and cheese. Best meal in a bowl. It's also a perfect base model for newly-learning, practicing, or curious chefs to experiment with different spices, seasonings, ingredients, and flavor combinations.

[Anonymous No.11479236]

>>11477873
i wasnt involved in the conversation at all but if you were wondering i am from Wisconsin also i am gay if that matters btw

[Anonymous No.11479295]

>>11476872
lots of red and black pepper and a hit of truffle oil
>>11477838
lmao fuck that shit, I can get annie's for cheaper than kraft at costco and it's twice as good

[Anonymous No.11479317]

>>11478494
>>11479295
This. I have actually found that not just Annie's, but even most store-brand "extra cheesy" or "white cheddar" $0.85 boxes of mac and cheese are equivalent, if not superior to Kraft's "extra creamy". Furthermore, I actually dislike Kraft's "original" mac and cheese, only choosing the "extra creamy" variety if I get Kraft at all.

[Anonymous No.11479322]

>>11479134
>bleu
Why do retards insist on doing this?

[Anonymous No.11479646]

Broccoli and kielbasa

[Anonymous No.11479677]

Who the hell over the age of 12 eats boxed mac n cheese?

[Anonymous No.11479764]

>>11479677
Me.
>>11476872
Frank's Red Hot, Shredded cheese, and lots of milk and butter.

[Anonymous No.11479769]

>>11476872
Kimchi and/or some kind of beef

[Anonymous No.11479795]

>>11476872
Hot sauce. If I'm so goddamn lazy that I'm making boxed mac n cheese for dinner I'm not going to start adding eggs and actually cooking shit to go in it.

>>11477006
That fancy stuff is never worth it. Who wants to pay $3-4 a box for two (aka one) servings of instant mac n cheese? Granted I've never seen that brand but I've seen and tried the "organic" ones and the cracker barrel brand one which are both ridiculously expensive and no better than kraft.

[Anonymous No.11479808]

>>11479236
> also i am gay
Do gays eat herring? I've heard somewhere that it's like bad manners

[Anonymous No.11479824]

>>11477413
You don't eat the box you fucking retard

[Anonymous No.11479855]

>>11476872
>fillets
1000xs better than deenz because no mealy texture from bones

[Anonymous No.11479901]

>>11479824
heh
>>11479855
They are both shit. The only acceptable forms of seafood are canned tuna and smoked salmon. Everything else tastes like a dirty fish tank.

[Anonymous No.11479905]

>>11479901
but muh smoked oysters bruh

[Anonymous No.11479911]

>>11479795
>fancy stuff
It was 87 cents CAD a box nigga,

[Anonymous No.11480190]

>>11479905
>eating bottom feeders
I just can't understand why anybody would eat those muddy disgusting creatures unless they had no choice.

[Anonymous No.11481017]

cauliflower, broccoli, black pepper, cayenne pepper, paprika. tastes better and makes it have at least some nutritional value

[Anonymous No.11481400]

>>11476872
Teriyaki sauce

>>11477838
KD is unironically one of the most expensive brands and also one of the worst tasting.

>>11479317
Holy fuck, that's cheap for Annie's. It's the gormet $4.50 a box brand here in BC

>>11479677
Canadians. It's our national dish.

[Anonymous No.11481414]

>>11476872
Love

[Anonymous No.11481510]

I don’t usually try to make more of a “meal” out of blue box; usually I just try to make it the best box Mac it can be, and use extra butter, half&half or a splash of heavy cream if I have it, plenty of black pepper, and extra cheese(whatever’s in the fridge), plus maybe a tiny squeeze of mustard.

That being said, are there any other brands of box Mac besides craft that are roughly the same price, or totally worth costing a little extra?

[Anonymous No.11482543]

>>11481510
President's choice if you live in Canada

[Anonymous No.11482597]

Balti seasoning, don't know why, but it's a magic combo. An ounce or two of good cheese. Some cabbage sauteed in a super hot pan with a little wine vinegar.

[Anonymous No.11482600]

Sliced pepperoni
Black olives
Thousand Island dressing

[Anonymous No.11482601]

Bechamel mac and cheese is trash, the flour dilutes your cheese flavor to an astonishing degree and the stuff is intestinal spackle.

[Anonymous No.11482603]

>>11476872
Don't tell me you put herring in your mac and cheese.. because that sounds delicious and I can't believe I haven't tried that before. Might try it with deenz, 'chovies and perhaps fresh smoked and cured salmon as well.

[Anonymous No.11482604]

>>11477006
I never understood this. Canada doesn't have a president.

[Anonymous No.11482612]

>>11482603
It's really good, and is pretty much the only thing I use the ones in mustard sauce for (both herring and deenz, though I prefer herring for mac and cheese).

>>11482604
This is what I think of every time I hear Canadians and mac and cheese (or, "Kraft Dinner").

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TnWIICkBeE

[Anonymous No.11482617]

>>11482612
mac and cheese gives you tape worms??

[Anonymous No.11482619]

>>11482617
Nah, it's the ketchup.

[Anonymous No.11482620]

>>11482619
lol

[Anonymous No.11483050]

>>11476888
this

[Anonymous No.11483058]

>>11478544
>roux
a mixture of fat (especially butter) and flour used in making sauces
Took me like 30 seconds to Google and post this. Tard.

[Anonymous No.11483077]

I like to have it with pulled pork, but I recently got my hands on some burnt ends and put them in with my mac and cheese and it was also pretty good. Needless to say I also include bbq sauce.

[Anonymous No.11483968]

>>11476872
sour cream, garlic butter, some parm or cheddar. salt to taste, and a fuck ton of pepper

[Anonymous No.11483977]

For me, it's baked beans.

[Anonymous No.11483987]

>>11476872
Tuna
'chup
Frozen peas
Ground Pepper
Sometimes I'll spice things up with a little dab of tobasco

[Anonymous No.11483988]

>>11476872
>boxed mac and cheese
Nope.

[Anonymous No.11483999]

>>11476872
Boiled wieners, grilled kielbasa, or a can of tuna

[Anonymous No.11484527]

>>11479911
It is BASED best mac n cheese handa down

[Anonymous No.11484544]

Maple Syrup

[Anonymous No.11484661]

>>11476872
>homemade
>boxed
wat

[Anonymous No.11484739]

>>11479236
Tell your bf I said hi, anon. If you don't have one, here's to you getting together with someone this year.

[Anonymous No.11484768]

>>11479111
The real trips of truth

[Anonymous No.11485248]

>>11476872
For krafts I usually add grilled onion, bacon/spam/shrimp, cayenne pepper, regular pepper, and a few drops of habanero oil.

[Anonymous No.11485258]

>>11476872
mexican cheese

[Anonymous No.11486459]

>>11483977
I;m thinking about thos beans

[Anonymous No.11486546]

Has anyone said milk yet? I always add milk and butter to my mac and cheese.I thought that was standard.

[Anonymous No.11486576]

>>11476872
>>11477006
>eating shit
I hope you guys don't do that.

[Anonymous No.11486733]

>>11486576
>eating mac and cheese colored noodles and plain goo

[Anonymous No.11486779]

>>11477006
>>11486576
Okay what is white cheddar? I thought it was just cheddar without yellow coloring but that first one claims it has yellow and white cheddar in it

[Anonymous No.11487510]

I like 1-2 tablespoons of honey mustard, carmelized onions, and black olives. You have to be careful not to make it overly salty, though.

[Anonymous No.11487516]

>>11485248
What game is this bunny from

[Anonymous No.11487518]

>>11476872
6oz lobster tail

[Anonymous No.11488819]

>>11486576
Annie's is overrated and overpriced, and shells in white sauce is their worst.

[Anonymous No.11488862]

>>11488819
It's also stupid hippy shit, west coast hippies can piss the fuck off.

[Anonymous No.11489141]

>>11476872
Rate my NEET recipe:
Boil mac
Add melt cheese
viola and done within 12 minutes.

[Anonymous No.11489161]

>>11487516
Battletoads

[Anonymous No.11489504]

>>11488819
>overpriced
Oh shit really? I thought it was some failed discount macaroni. Not even joking; the supermarket nearby sells them for $0.35 each so I bought a few and regretted it. The shells in white sauce had literally no taste but that was the best one as the wisconsin cheddar tasted fucking horrible. I threw the rest to the homeless.

>>11487516
meido in abyss

[Anonymous No.11489776]

>>11476872
I dare you to try it

[Anonymous No.11490679]

>>11489776
CONTROVERSIAL
...but i like it

[Anonymous No.11490706]

>>11476872

nacho cheese and chili no beans

[Anonymous No.11491936]

>>11477840
Ew. Why would you even do that?

[Anonymous No.11492285]

Bread crumbs and cajun seasoning

[Anonymous No.11492309]

>>11476872
>What do you add to your homemade boxed mac and cheese?
Browned hamburger crumbles w/ sauteed onion turns it into hamburger help kind of casserrole.
Crumble microwaved bacon on top as a garnish.

When I make my own mac n cheese from boxed pasta, not a mix, I always include 1/2 chopped onion. Barilla elbows are rigate and superior. Back of the box is a recipe for simmering the noodles in milk, and making one pot mac n cheese, so there's no reason to buy crappy store brand powdered or greasy mix mac n cheese. Use the real thing. The pasta is firmer and thicker, more structure and the sauce is better when it's milk, button, cheese you grate yourself.

If I make a baked mac n cheese casserole, I like to top it with fresh (coarse) breadcrumbs, butter, and a little bit of cheese. I like it golden crispy on top.

[Anonymous No.11492483]

>>11483999
Patricians choice

[Anonymous No.11494121]

>>11479795
Cracker barrel mac and cheese is GOAT, you don't need to add anything to it

[Anonymous No.11494771]

My wife likes to add edamame to hers. I like mine with salsa.

[Anonymous No.11495027]

>>11488819
But its home grown

[Anonymous No.11495079]

>>11476872
I make it from scratch. Just buy some sodium citrate if starting from a roux is too hard.

[Anonymous No.11495735]

>>11486576
>Paying $4.50 for Mac n cheese
At that point I'd rather make it from scratch

[Anonymous No.11495814]

>>11476872
enough cheese to kill every dog in the 5 nearest animal shelters. also some hot paprika

[Anonymous No.11495880]

Goes well with BBQ sauce or anything you can put BBQ sauce on

[Anonymous No.11496328]

>>11476872
Chorizo, el pato tomato sauce, cheese, green chilis, mushrooms

[Anonymous No.11496394]

>>11476872
tuna, frozen peas, more cheese, mustard, louisiana hot sauce, and a fuckload of pepper

[Anonymous No.11496450]

>>11495735
it's like most of the shit you get at TJ's: convenience food for a more discerning palate with money to burn

Making it from scratch means you gotta grate cheese, add an egg, make a roux or all that other shit you're too tired to do after your 80 hour a week programming job