One of our ingredients is missing

[desperance]

I b'lieve I may have mentioned hithertofore, how I once made a mac-and-cheese but neglected to add the cheese? Well, I have now precisely mirrored that, by making a mac-and-cheese and neglecting to add the mac.

In my own defence, I should like to point out that there was also cauliflower and bacon and mushrooms galore, so the odd pasta shape was neither here nor there - well, specifically not there, until I was just about to add the tomatoes on the top. And then I did realise, and hastily stir in the orecchiete, so all was saved in the end. But still. Yup. Mac without the, um, mac...

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[miladyinsanity.livejournal.com]

*shakes head*

Mac & Cheese should be just Pasta (I'm not a purist on this one) and Cheese Sauce. Nothing else, except maybe pig products like bacon.

Vegetables are just a sop to the eat healthy thing.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

See, by birth and upbringing I am with you on this one. That's how I always knew it: pasta and sauce and nothing more, at all, ever. It never crossed my mind that one might play with the holy duo - until I was staying with a college friend, and her mum made it with red peppers in the sauce, and it was yummy. So I was emboldened, and tossed a few mushrooms into my next one, and that was yummy also; and then I started topping it off with tomatoes, and hey, how's about a bit of bacon in there, and...

Slippery slopes. I have slupped them all.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Also, you see, in my upbringing, besides the Macaroni Cheese, there was the Cauliflower Cheese, which had cauliflower instead of macaroni; and you would not believe how long it took me to work out that hey, y'know, you could combine these two together...

[abserdman.livejournal.com]

My mum makes it with tomatoes on top and slices of boiled egg in sometimes. Tastes good...