/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.8760725]

Am I missing something? Mac & Cheese is bland, am I using the wrong cheddar here?

[Anonymous No.8760733]

>>8760725
add spices, meat, vegetables, anything

[Anonymous No.8760737]

>>8760733
I put some emergency meetwurst in and that gave some pepper into it.
I also threw a shitload of pepper in but what the heck is the right way to spice this stuff? parmesan cheese?

[Anonymous No.8760749]

Nutmeg, white pepper, a small amount of mustard and generous salt. Use as strong a cheddar as you can find.

[Anonymous No.8760754]

Use Gorgonzola

[Anonymous No.8760767]

>>8760749
>mustard
that's pretty clever.
>>8760754
not gonna trust the taste after it melts, I have a similiar thing with molten parmiggiano, it just becomes a block for other ingredients.

[Anonymous No.8760774]

>>8760725
You don't just use cheddar. Use all sorts of cheeses. Feta, Gouda, Provolone, Parmesan, Mozzarella, a sharp Cheddar.

Add butter to it. Season it with salt, black pepper, white pepper, cayenne pepper. This is an indulgent comfort food. Don't be afraid to make it rich and delicious.

Add sausage, beef, ham, bacon, any kind of meat you want.

Put it in a baking tray, top it with more cheese and bake it until the cheese is nice and golden.

MAKE THAT MAC EXCITING NIGGA DAMN IT AIN'T THAT HARD.

[Anonymous No.8760798]

stop making a roux, there is no reason to do that shit. Just keep it hot and melt your cheese in

the milk and flour is the reason it doesn't taste good

[Anonymous No.8760827]

>>8760725

>waaah i can't eat something if it's not exciting to me

kill yourself.

[Anonymous No.8760844]

[Mr. Jinks !//AChEron. No.8760858]

>>8760774
Solid advice. I also suggest a little bit of very finely chopped onion.

>>8760827
>posts this on /ck/

Why the hell are you here? Fuckin' fast food memes? Get the fuck out.

[Anonymous No.8760865]

Add a shit load of mayonnaise

[Anonymous No.8760886]

>>8760725
Add some beef and you got cheeseburger mac.

[Anonymous No.8760939]

>>8760858

>Fuckin' fast food memes?

that's what /ck/ is for.

get your retarded bullshit out of here. this is a mcchi/ck/en board.

[Anonymous No.8760956]

Add some smoked fish and you got yourself a meal.

[Anonymous No.8761005]

Nearly all recipes suggest a white roux, but I promise you it will taste better after you've cooked your roux to a golden color.

[Anonymous No.8761010]

>>8760725
>Add mustard to the sauce as it makes the cheese seem even richer and cheesier
>Up the maturity of the cheddar
>Use a mix of cheeses

[Anonymous No.8761156]

>>8760725
The easiest way to make mac n cheese better is to squirt a bit of sriracha in it. Ketchup is disgusting in general, and especially in mac n cheese.

[Anonymous No.8761278]

>>8761156

ketchup is fucking amazing, retard.

[Anonymous No.8761358]

Mac and Cheese is comfort food.
Personally, I like it baked with bread crumbs on top and some salt, but it isn't supposed to be some weird flavor expedition.

And if you add meat to mac and cheese you are white trash. Just make some damned alfredo if that's what you want.

[Anonymous No.8761444]

>>8760725
mac and cheese IS bland

[Anonymous No.8761579]

>>8760725
are you adding salt?
also, add a bit of sugar because if you use a lot of sharp cheeses you'll get that blandness.
adding other ingredients is a good way of spicin' it up

[Anonymous No.8761600]

>>8760798
I tend to agree with you for this one. I use different cheeses and an egg or two and salt/pepper and whatever else. Almost every time I've tried recipes with a roux, it tastes...off.

[Anonymous No.8761614]

>>8761444
Maybe yours is

[Anonymous No.8761658]

>>8760725
Sharp cheddar, dollop of mustard, nutmeg, thyme.

[Anonymous No.8761682]

>>8761005
This, it's so simple, yet not done properly by most people.

[Anonymous No.8762541]

>>8760774
this

[Anonymous No.8762575]

what should I eat with it? I like to put some chicken in before baking but im getting bored of that

[Anonymous No.8762590]

>>8760725
Add sausage and peppers.
Use beer instead of milk (I call it Beerchamel.)
It's kinda hard to really mess us, so experiment.

[Anonymous No.8762704]

>>8762575
Eat it with BBQ. Pulled pork, brisket, ribs, steak, meatloaf, any of that stuff works.

[Anonymous No.8763336]

>>8762704
My nigga. Mac & Cheese is best when paired with a good Barbecue.

[Anonymous No.8763360]

>>8760749
This. I've had good luck with just simple meatballs seasoned with generic Italian spice mixes.

[Anonymous No.8763601]

>>8760725
you need to use a strong cheese.

>>8760774
while those cheeses would make a delicious macn cheese using roquefort or blue cheese would give the recipe a fair kick.

[Anonymous No.8763714]

>>8760827
I understand it's survival food at most, I was trusting that the american cheddar would make it taste like cheeseburger pasta.

[Anonymous No.8763725]

>>8763714
There is no burger in it.

[Anonymous No.8764668]

stir-fry meat onions spices and maybe more.
layers of it, macaroni, stinky cheese, repeat
top with mild cheese, bake

not quite a mac n cheese though :^)

[Anonymous No.8765509]

A good mac and cheese has three different kinds of cheeses - one melty, one creamy, and one sharp. The idea is to take the best of all cheese aspects and combine them into one.

[Anonymous No.8765595]

>>8765509
Listen to this man

[Anonymous No.8765963]

>>8760749
Thissssss. Adding spices to mac n cheese is always the answer. That and good sharp cheese

[Anonymous No.8766030]

>>8764668
>macaroni
>cheese
>it isn't mac n cheese

[Anonymous No.8766732]

Personally, I don't think mac and cheese is worth all the calories that come attached with it. If anything, I'd say cheese in general isn't usually worth all the calories it comes with. I'd say the only cheeses I'd really consider worth eating are Brie, Romano, and maybe a really good goat cheese

[Anonymous No.8767775]

>>8766732
>caring about calories
what are you gay?

[Anonymous No.8768045]

I like to mix in some ketchup and give it some black pepper, dried basil and oregano

[Anonymous No.8768047]

>dijon
>worcestershire
>white pepper
>thyme
>cayenne
>nutmeg
>an actual roux
>jalapenos
>more cheeses than dull cheddar

[Anonymous No.8768055]

>>8760725
sharp cheddar
cream cheese
parmesan cheese

mix a roux, add milk, chicken base, salt, pepper, and your cheeses. melt cheeses until saucey.

mix in your noodles and bake in oven until lightly browned.

add bacon or beef.

[Anonymous No.8768058]

Use pepperjack cheese and a bit of curry powder for the best spicy mac and cheese ever

[Anonymous No.8768109]

I just cook some penne and add shredded cheese

[Anonymous No.8768121]

>>8760749
This man is correct.

[Anonymous No.8768134]

Spinach & artichoke mac and cheese

[Anonymous No.8768139]

Bacon & mushroom mac and cheese

[Anonymous No.8768144]

Crab mac

[Anonymous No.8768147]

Cheeseburger mac

[Anonymous No.8768149]

Broccoli chicken cheddar mac

[Anonymous No.8768167]

>>8768144
First off, macaroni is a specific type of pasta.
Second off, mmm-mmm motherfucker, that shit looks tasty.

[Anonymous No.8768170]

>>8768134
I'm so used to spinich and articoke being paired with cream cheese in some capacity, there any of that within this?

[Anonymous No.8768211]

>>8768170
There doesn't have to be, it doesn't need to be as creamy as the dip. You can use whatever cheeses you like.

...it is pretty good if you use some cream cheese, though

[Anonymous No.8770157]

>live in northern canada
>plenty of lobster traps

I live in the best and emptiest part of the world.

[Anonymous No.8770174]

>>8760733
This makes it a different dish altogether. It has to have cheese only, just the right blend, made into a roux.

This is the only way to do it wrong. Even if it turns out shitty, it will still be mac and cheese. Not broccoli and cheese with pasta.

[Anonymous No.8770502]

'Mac and cheese' has two ingredients. It IS bland.

[Anonymous No.8770518]

>>8770157

That looks amazing fellow citizen...lobster is a little sparse where I am...Eastern Ontario...

[Anonymous No.8770611]

>cooking macaroni and cheese
>not using this
>you fucking animals

[Anonymous No.8771173]

>>8770502
>being this retarded

>>8770611
>being this pretentious

[Anonymous No.8771306]

I don't make macaroni and cheese often, but I go all out when I do. Multiple cheeses, baked bread crumb top, lump crab meat. It's supposed to be a decadent dish.

[Anonymous No.8771343]

>>8768167

no, it's definitely not.