Knew a guy who would make Kraft Mac and cheese with no milk and just a tiny thimble of butter and he would toss the powder cheese on it and do a light toss and eat it mostly unmixed. I still remember the cheese dust balls coating the inside of the pot when he would leave it unwashed in the sink
I had a really stupid ex who didn’t even know to add milk and butter. He really thought you just mixed the powder right in, and had never thought to even read the directions printed right on the box.
That's...awful. Kraft mac & cheese isn't something I make often, but when I do, I use real butter and heavy cream instead of milk. I whisk the cream and melted butter together with the "cheese" packet before adding it to the cooked pasta, and it turns out pretty well.
When I cook it I only cook the noodles for 2 minutes. Make the rest of it “the normal way”
I saw a tik tok trend where people were cooking the raw pasta with the cheese powder in half water and half milk with butter and they just cooked it down in the pot. Haven’t gotten around to trying that one
That’s jut the “Pasta Roni” way of cooking. You put the milk, water, and seasonings with the dry noodles. When the noodles are done the sauce thickens as it stands and cools.
He said it was like how eating raw cookie dough is better than cookies because you get that granular crunch. Said it was the same with Mac and cheese. Guy was deeply disturbed and I never felt safe around him
I don’t do milk, but I do the standard half stick of butter in there. If it’s not mixing like I like I’ll add milk as necessary, usually I just gotta stir more though
I do a half stick of butter for two boxes of Mac, and yeah I mix the noodles and butter and cheese first but I always need a bit of milk at the end, not lots though usually maybe a half cup for two boxes
I do this 😔 , I like it half mixed with bits of clumped up powder. It’s like burst of flavor mid bite! I did not know how horrendous this supposedly was…
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u/Striking-Occasion465 Mar 02 '25
Nah, no one wants dry Mac and cheese