Bleah

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I skipped square dancing last night to try a new recipe. My mom always made macaroni and cheese with Velveeta. When I shacked up with Russell, I adopted his mom's recipe which called for sharp and extra sharp cheddar cheese, so when I'm planning to make macaroni and cheese, I go buy the cheddar.

So the recipe I wanted to attempt was a baked macaroni and cheese which specified American cheese. Rather than go out and buy the American, I substituted the cheddar, which turned out badly. It was edible enough for me to have it for dinner, but not enough to pack it in my lunch today. I chucked the remainder of it. Live and learn.

I still have cheddar left over. I think I'll prepare it according to my usual recipe tonight and actually follow the directions for new recipes in the future, at least for the first time.

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[billeyler.livejournal.com]

When I think of Mac and Cheese, it's ALWAYS a flashback of boiled boxed Mac with the powdered cheese, or Velveeta...those were my mom's fall-backs in lean times. That along with miscellaneous things to do with hot dogs.

We had a lot of lean times.

I don't think I knew about actual block cheese until I went to college.