American Entree
MACARONI AND CHEESE
INGREDIENTS
1 pound elbow macaroni
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
4 cups milk
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
8 ounces shredded American cheese
SPECIAL UTENSIL
3-quart casserole dish
PREPARATION
Preheat oven to 360 degrees. Cook macaroni according to directions on package. While macaroni is cooking, melt butter in pan using medium heat. Add flour, milk, pepper, and salt.. Cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes or until mixture thickens and bubbles. Stir frequently to keep milk from burning. Remove pan from heat.
Transfer mixture to casserole dish. Add cheddar cheese, American cheese, and pasta. Stir. Put casserole dish in oven. Bake uncovered at 360 degrees for 30 minutes or until bubbly.
This dish is simple and wonderful. You will feel at peace with the universe. You won’t even mind calling your insurance company after dining on this.
TIDBITS
1) This recipe uses elbow macaroni. Americans use their elbows to eat macaroni and cheese. This dish also has American cheese, the primary ingredient in nacho cheese sauce.
3) A big virtue of American cheese is its low melting point. Be careful, though, of making nacho cheese sauce atop Mount Everest. The boiling point of American cheese is much lower there than at sea level. So it’s not that hard to let your American cheese start boiling if you’re not paying attention; say if you’re taking a group photo to celebrate your success in climbing the world’s tallest mountain.
4) Then when someone takes the lid off the pot, everyone gets splattered with molten nacho cheese sauce. People yell out in pain. The loud noise causes an avalanche. People panic. People jump in crevasses. The Nepalese army gets called in. It takes them hours to retrieve everyone. The Nepalese government protests to your government. The world inches closer to war. Cooler heads eventually prevail, but it is a near thing. So, always employ culinary caution wherever you go.
– Chef Paul
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Whoa! Sounds too dangerous to eat unless you know how many feet above sea level you are. But it does LOOK delicious!
Mac and cheese never gets old. Or should I say, you never get too old for mac and cheese!
Exploding mac and cheese — that has potential as a weapon! 😉