mac & cheese - entrée or side dish?

[frylock]

[GOPisEvil]

1. Hmm...I have eaten it as both entree and side dish.

It's not just for breakfast anymore.

[amber dog democrat]

2. I prefer Macs

I just can't see "Windows and Cheese " even though in my opinion, Windows is cheesey.

[King Of Paperboys]

3. Entree

No way am I dirtying TWO pots.

[pagerbear]

4. Both

[prolesunited]

5. Can be either

But it should be from scratch, not a box. My favorite way was how my mom used to do it. After mixing the noodles and cheese sauce, she would add bits of tomato and pour it into a glass baking dish. Then, she would brown it until it had a crispy top. Yum!!!

[GOPisEvil]

6. Yes, Virginia, there IS decent instant mac and cheese.

Annie's Organic makes pretty tasty microwavable mac and cheese. They make a stove-top version that is good, too.

[prolesunited]

9. Not as good as my mom's

:P

[GOPisEvil]

10. Nothing beats mom's!

Of course, last time my mom made mac and cheese, it was Kraft. :D

[prolesunited]

12. Well, my mom is dead

so the best I can manage is to fake it. :-(

[GOPisEvil]

13. :-(

Here's Alton Brown's baked mac and cheese. Very delicioso!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_18422,00.html

Here's his stove-top version which I haven't tried, but sounds good.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_18423,00.html

[prolesunited]

18. Thanks!

I'll take a look. Didn't mean to turn your smile upside down. :-)

[blindpig]

7. cat food, I wouldn't feed it to my dogs

High School cafeteria ruined me for life.

[Beaverhausen]

8. Add in some Tuna, frozen spinach and diced tomato

and voila!

[NorthernSpy]

11. definitely a main dish

It's just such an extremely nutrient-dense food. With all that protein, calcium, fat, and carbohydrate, it seems awfully rich to be served beside some other main dish.

[Burma Jones]

14. It's a progression

When a Child, it's a side dish, because Mom knows that you can't live on Kraft

When a teenager, student, in your 20's, it's a main dish 'cause it's cheap. However, it is exceptionally nasty when it is vomited up with beer.

In your 30's and up, it's a side dish made with Atkins Friendly Soy Macaroni and CheeeseStuff(TM)

[Blue-Jay]

15. In Canada, it's a friggin feast!

They sell it as Kraft Dinner instead of Kraft Mac & Cheese. Weird.

[yvr girl]

16. Canadians and KD

Fun fact: Canadians eat more Kraft Dinner per capita than any other country in the world.

Do you get the 'Gotta be KD' commercials in the States?

[Blue-Jay]

17. Nah. We don't call it "KD"

Mostly the commercials are of ruddy-faced kids enjoying their Mac & Cheese like it was their last meal on earth.

[yvr girl]

19. Our ads typically feature...

college kids going to extreme to eat their KD. It is frequently cooked in the engine compartment of car. (after tasting it - "It needs another 5 miles")etc.

[AlCzervik]

20. When i make homemade Mac&Cheese

I put Ritz cracker crumbs all of the top and then a few dabs of butter before i bake it. Yummy!

[marigold20]

21. Homemade or Krap Dinner

I still love mac and cheese.

[LiberalTechie1337]

22. Both

Although ususally I eat it as a side dish