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What can I do to make this not taste like cardboard?

>> No.13421595

>>13421590
Ground coriander, garlic, smoked paprika, marjoram, black pepper, habanero Tabasco.

>> No.13421599

>>13421595
>

Which is the right answer?

>> No.13421600
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>>13421590
Hot sauce.

>> No.13421601
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>>13421600
Ah yes, hot sauce makes every dish a delight!

>> No.13421615

>>13421590
take it out of the box first

>> No.13421622

I add a can of bumbleebee crab meat when I'm feeling like a classy nigger.

>> No.13421657

>>13421590
Add salt. A lot of salt.
Salt fixes all.

>> No.13421666

>>13421590
I find personally I get that sort of feeling from it or other macaroni / noodle based zero effort meals when I've been eating them too much and haven't bothered going out and eating at a restaurant for meat dishes or stocking my own place with meat. It's like after a while my body can tell I'm kind of trying to pull one over on it and not really feeding it real food.
Also if you got spam or corned beef you can mix some of that in with your easy mac or instant noodles it'll give it a little more substance.

>> No.13421669

>>13421601
>puts pepper in everything
>noooo you cant put liquid pepper in stuff!!!

>> No.13421722

>>13421590
Add peas and tuna

>> No.13421794
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>>13421615

>> No.13421814

>>13421669

Hot sauce doesnt go in kraffy din you tastelet boon

>> No.13421843

>>13421590
add some decent sharp cheese of your liking, black peper, little bit of garlic and smoked paprika
I would avoid hot sauces because they add unnecessery acidity

>> No.13421860

>>13421590
More sharp cheese and a little mustard powder

>> No.13421865
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>>13421590
Get something better. I really like these. There are some pretty good quick-prep foods out there, you just have to look.

>> No.13421871

>>13421865
I should add: don't get the large size unless you're a straight up lard ass.

>> No.13422026

>>13421814
>Hot sauce doesnt go in kraffy din you tastelet boon
Of course it can. Far from the weirdest thing I've seen done with mac and cheese (actual weirdest thing being that time some anon posted that retarded youtube amateur / homecook / expert show's episode for mac and cheese and instead of the 'expert' version being a better done variety of the same dish they just took regular mac and cheese and dumped a giant pile of graham crackers and bacon on top of it).
>>13421843
I doubt that sharp cheddar is really going to be very similar to using a hot sauce. I get that doing this will add a bite to it that you might consider somewhat comparable to the sting of capsaicin, but each will really have its own pretty radically different qualities to it and I wouldn't say either one is a substitute for the other.
Also don't know what you mean by "unnecessary" acidity. Why would it be necessary vs. unnecessary in the first place? Because there's already an acidic component it's one case I could think of where adding another might be called "unnecessary" in the sense where it's redundant, although even then I don't think that's right because it assumes what you're adding is providing acidity and nothing except that.

>> No.13422027

Try not buying it out of a cardboard box.

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>>13422027
>buying bootleg unpackaged trench coat easy mac from shifty back alley vagrants
No, thank you. I only buy official brand name Easy Mac.

>> No.13422363

>>13421590
>What can I do to make this not taste like cardboard?
If it really does taste like cardboard, it might be old and spoiled. Items stored/shipped in cardboard will eventually taste like it, under conditions of moisture, heat, and age. It could be the store you get it out and the conditions there. You could try another brand. The powdery packet kinds will taste better than the "creamy" cheese pouch kinds. This is because your own dairy milk and butter add the really good flavors to boxed mac n cheese.
You can make your own one pot style of mac n cheese cooking the elbow rigate in milk and butter, and your own shredded cheese to finish. I like to start with a half an onion in the butter for flavor. Add-ins can be a pinch of cayenne, mustard powder, pepper, and these are to add some of the bite you'd get in more aged cheddars. If you are not going to bake your mac n cheese, you can still get the crunch of a nicely browned top by toasting some homemade coarse breadcrumbs in a nonstick, and using it as a crumb toppping for texture and flavor. Garlic, parm, and herbs can go into your topping, if desired.

>> No.13422388

>>13421590
If you don't like this particular food, then why the fuck are you eating it?
You have just given solid evidence in front of a global audience that you are RETARDED.
Everyone clap now, OP is special!

>> No.13422427

>>13421871
Nobody said you have to eat the whole thing at once, share with a girlfriend and maybe have leftovers.

>> No.13422459
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>>13421590
>not adding bacon to it

>> No.13422470

>>13421871
Sharing is caring

>> No.13422471

>>13421590
Make your own mac n'cheese with decent cheese instead of shit from a box