5 1/2 cups of grated cheese for a 3-qt. casserole dish - hmmmmmmmmmmm
with that much cheese what do you cook the macaroni in???? LOL
with that much cheese what do you cook the macaroni in???? LOL
The Mac & Cheese turned out fantastic.
It ends up that 1 pound of brick grates into 4 cups of cheese. I used a rectangular baking dish. The recipie called for 4 cups of cheese with four cups of milk. The extra 1 1/2 cups cheese went on top. It called for sharp white cheddar. I could only find extra sharp white cheddar and it turned out great!
I also cooked up 5 strips of bacon then tossed in a chopped sweet onion with some fresh tyme leaves. I spread that mixture on top after I baked it to an heavenly chunchy brown. Best Mac & Cheese I have had.
Got 6 good servings out of the dish. BTW, not exactly an inexpensive meal.
Thanks for your input.
It ends up that 1 pound of brick grates into 4 cups of cheese. I used a rectangular baking dish. The recipie called for 4 cups of cheese with four cups of milk. The extra 1 1/2 cups cheese went on top. It called for sharp white cheddar. I could only find extra sharp white cheddar and it turned out great!
I also cooked up 5 strips of bacon then tossed in a chopped sweet onion with some fresh tyme leaves. I spread that mixture on top after I baked it to an heavenly chunchy brown. Best Mac & Cheese I have had.
Got 6 good servings out of the dish. BTW, not exactly an inexpensive meal.
Thanks for your input.
Ancient1 - I'm glad it turned out for you! Homemade is the only way to go with mac and cheese.
No it is not an inexpensive meal - cheese is quiet pricy and in our newspaper last night they had a large article on the front page that pizzerias will be charging more for pizzas because of the increase in cheese prices.
But what's new??? Everything is going up for one reason or another!
No it is not an inexpensive meal - cheese is quiet pricy and in our newspaper last night they had a large article on the front page that pizzerias will be charging more for pizzas because of the increase in cheese prices.
But what's new??? Everything is going up for one reason or another!
Glad to hear that your mac and cheese turned out great. I love to use an Extra Sharp White Cheddar Cheese from Cabot when making mac and cheese because it adds so much more flavor than just regular cheddar cheese.
If milk is white and cheese is made from milk how does it cheddar cheese turn orange?
If milk is white and cheese is made from milk how does it cheddar cheese turn orange?
Like many cheeses, the colour of Cheddar cheese is sometimes modified by the use of food colourings. In parts of the United States and Canada, Annatto, extracted from the tropical achiote tree, is used to give Cheddar cheese a deep orange colour. The origins of this practice have been long since forgotten, but the three leading theories appear to be:
to allow the cheese to have a consistent colour from batch to batch
to assist the purchaser in identifying the type of cheese when it is unlabelled
to identify the cheese's region of origin.
For more info check go to wikipedia and look up cheddar cheese or google cheddar cheese
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to allow the cheese to have a consistent colour from batch to batch
to assist the purchaser in identifying the type of cheese when it is unlabelled
to identify the cheese's region of origin.
For more info check go to wikipedia and look up cheddar cheese or google cheddar cheese
"There is nothing completely fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool."