/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.5216220]

Not quite sure I understand people's weird obsession with this stuff.

[Anonymous No.5216221]

me either, I didn't even like it when I was a kid

[Anonymous No.5216236]

It's delicious

[Anonymous No.5216277]

Might be ironic. Like that whole bacon thing.

[Anonymous No.5216287]

>>5216220
I tried it once because people kept saying it was so good. I took one bite and threw the rest out because it was so vile.

[Anonymous No.5216288]

We don't have an "obsession" with it. We enjoy it, we buy it, we eat it, the end.

It's CANADIANS that are obsessed with it. Ask them.

[Anonymous No.5216322]

>>5216288
Not a Canadian, but they're obsessed because it is the GOAT mac n cheese.

[Anonymous No.5216332]

Canadian here. It's cheap, easy to make, and one of the first meals that kids here learn to make. There's definitely a bit of bacon-esque obsession going on, though; it's not even a Canadian product, but after our families survived on it during the Great Depression, it's become kind of a staple. It's very easily customizable; people put sliced hot dogs or other shit in it. I usually squirt some srirachi in because it blends really well with the "cheese" sauce.

[Anonymous No.5216343]

I was gonna say because it's fast and easy, but...

>go help aunt with her computer
>my cousins are eating mac and cheese
>i help myself to some
>tastes like soap and plastic

[Anonymous No.5216385]

It's redneck ramen. It's a cheap as fuck and quick version of a classic American dish.

Now this shit is actually kinda tasty.

[Anonymous No.5216388]

>>5216385
Back to nature has better white cheddar, Annie's comes out too watery.

[Anonymous No.5216396]

>>5216388

I have to admit I haven't tried any of these in years, and I've never tried the Back To Nature brand at all. I just make it from scratch the once every couple of months I crave Mac and Cheese.

[Anonymous No.5216397]

>>5216388
then... use less water?

[Anonymous No.5216398]

>>5216397
>using water for the cheese
wut

[Anonymous No.5216400]

>>5216220
The yellow die in this shit caused cancer. We used to inject mice 50mg yellow #6 and like 30% of them started to develop malignant tumors within the year. In fact I think Kraft wasn't allowed to sell the yellow dyed ones outside the US.

[Anonymous No.5216401]

>>5216396
the BtN mac and cheeses are usually realllly good

[Anonymous No.5216403]

>>5216400
so.... americans are immune to cancer?

[Anonymous No.5216406]

>>5216400
Yellow and red dye in the US are both highly dangerous.

[Anonymous No.5216414]

>>5216403
yes.

[Anonymous No.5216415]

>>5216414
cool

[Anonymous No.5216417]

>>5216401

Maybe I'll give them a try. It's not like I crave it that often.

>>5216400

I thought annatto, i.e. the 'natural' yellow color, was the one they discovered caused cancer, so food companies had to switch to the artificial yellow colors.

[Anonymous No.5216419]

>>5216403
No, we're just several times the size of mice, and don't take in the equivalent of 50 bowls of mac and cheese a day in dye.

Not accusing that study inparticular, but a lot of "scientific experiments" are bullshit.

[Anonymous No.5216466]

>>5216419
quantities don't actually affect cancerigens, it just makes it happen faster. A human fed with that shit regularly from young age is likely to get a cancer 30 or 40 year later and that's hella young to get a cancer.

[Anonymous No.5216476]

Where can I buy a straight up jar of the cheese powder?

[Anonymous No.5216490]

it's pure nostalgia for those who grew up with it. to this day, despite knowing how to make much higher quality mac n cheese from scratch, i'll still happily make a batch of this shit with a chopped up ham steak in it.

[Anonymous No.5216501]

>>5216476

You can order cheese powder in bulk off Amazon, and most online spice companies sell it too. In general, the orange varieties will taste like Kraft's and the white cheddar ones will be sharper.

[Anonymous No.5216502]

>>5216466
tfw 23 year old cancer, thanks mac and cheese

[Anonymous No.5216579]

>>5216277
>>5216332
wtf is this bacon obsession thing you guys are talking about?

[Anonymous No.5216589]

>>5216419
>a lot of "scientific experiments" are bullshit.
lel

[Anonymous No.5216631]

>>5216466
Bullshit.

Also,
>cancerigens

Whatever you say, DOCtor.

[Anonymous No.5217032]

>>5216220
>order Macaroni and Cheese at restaurant
>gets this shit

[Anonymous No.5217040]

>consuming food with dye's

its like you don't want to be healthy

[Anonymous No.5217041]

>>5216403
Doesn't stop us from posting on 4chan!

[Anonymous No.5217068]

>>5216466
>cancerigens

[Anonymous No.5217070]

>>5216220
Can't say I really have an obsession with it, but I like some every once in awhile because I used to eat it as a kid.

[Anonymous No.5217831]

>>5216466
>cancerigens
holy fuck

[Anonymous No.5217868]

A large cereal bowl. enough water to cover the noodles. 4 minutes in the microwave. half a stick of butter. a large splash of milk.

it's ok everyone once in a while. cheaper then frozen and easier then bechamel based.

[Anonymous No.5217884]

Gotta add in all dat butter, son!
Get you sum real cheese!
MILK MILK MILK
S-s-s-s-salt and pepper is heeere! OW!
MORE MILK!
MORE CHEESE!

[Anonymous No.5217894]

>>5217868
sup, paula?

[Anonymous No.5217903]

>>5216220
Cause it's the cheesiest.

[Anonymous No.5217925]

This stuff tastes good for like the 3 minutes after it's ready then quickly turns to shit

[Anonymous No.5217936]

Why are Americans acting like they never had this stuff all the time as a kid?
My dad made it constantly. It was the first thing I learned how to cook.

[Anonymous No.5217942]

constipation in a box.

I like when you get a bit of the dry flavor packet that gets stuck inside a piece of macaroni and when you bite into it concentrated flavors embellish your senses.