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I don't know if anyone else in their older age has issues with foods they used to eat all the time now tasting a little funny. For me, it's that beautiful blue box of Kraft Mac & Cheese. It used to be such a lovely comfort food. Now, my poor little tastebuds cringe whenever I see a box because they fear the aluminum after-taste that seems to occur.
Really, I tested my different methods of mix - butter vs margarine, cow milk vs soy milk, all the butter vs half the butter. No matter what, the same icky metal taste. So I decided to try Annie's Mac & Cheese. It tastes pretty good and no aluminum after-taste. But it comes with shells which just isn't quite the same. So after watching an episode of Good Eats, I decided to attempt Alton Brown's version of Baked Macaroni and Cheese.
First, this is a dangerous attempt because after a lifetime of casserole abuse, Ronette does not eat casseroles. Baked mac & cheese is a casserole. So when she called to ask what I had planned for dinner, I didn't tell her that I was going to push her limits and make her eat a casserole.
The first words out of her mouth when we sat down to eat was "That's not a casserole is it?" "Yes, it is" I should have thrown in there a "you'll eat and like it" but I was nice and said that I would make her some boxed stuff and she could eat it on the couch if she didn't like the first version.
No second shift cooking because the baked mac & cheese was a big hit! For both of us. And given that I had gone out on a limb by using rice elbows as well. (It was unplanned. I thought I had a box of regular elbows.) I've got leftovers in the fridge for the weekend. Definitely good eats.
Really, I tested my different methods of mix - butter vs margarine, cow milk vs soy milk, all the butter vs half the butter. No matter what, the same icky metal taste. So I decided to try Annie's Mac & Cheese. It tastes pretty good and no aluminum after-taste. But it comes with shells which just isn't quite the same. So after watching an episode of Good Eats, I decided to attempt Alton Brown's version of Baked Macaroni and Cheese.
First, this is a dangerous attempt because after a lifetime of casserole abuse, Ronette does not eat casseroles. Baked mac & cheese is a casserole. So when she called to ask what I had planned for dinner, I didn't tell her that I was going to push her limits and make her eat a casserole.
The first words out of her mouth when we sat down to eat was "That's not a casserole is it?" "Yes, it is" I should have thrown in there a "you'll eat and like it" but I was nice and said that I would make her some boxed stuff and she could eat it on the couch if she didn't like the first version.
No second shift cooking because the baked mac & cheese was a big hit! For both of us. And given that I had gone out on a limb by using rice elbows as well. (It was unplanned. I thought I had a box of regular elbows.) I've got leftovers in the fridge for the weekend. Definitely good eats.
