Why don't boxed mac and cheeses say to use cream instead of butter and milk?It's way better, needs only one ingredient instead of two, and way simpler than mixing in the butter and milk, so it would be more appealing to the lazy on top of being better.Also what do you put in your mac and cheese?
>>21863718what do you mean by cream
people generally have butter and milk in the house. cream would require additional shopping which probably would have the effect of discouraging some sales.
>>21863718I'm going to try this later today. I will substitute the 1/4 cup of milk and 1/4 cup of butter for 1/2 cup of heavy cream. It better be good or I'll be back to bitch about it later.
>>21863740not OP but you should make this into 2 experiments.>today you make it with halfa cup of cream>the next time you make it with halfa cup of sour cream
>>21863741Who the fuck wants a sour mac and cheese? It’s not candy
>>21863744sour cream is amazing with pasta sauces and cheesie pastas. TRY IT
>>21863752okay well I’m about to crack open a can of ravioli, is this a good time for it?
>>21863718They have to print every box with the same info, and making the "healthiest" recipe means using water for directionsi noticed in the last 20 years they can estimate calories putting say 100-300 per serving, but they can suggest substituting maybe heavy creamif they advertised "we taste good" and only included the good tasting recipe, I don't think they'd sell as much
>>21863753NO. use it in place of milk or cream in a recipe, don't just slop it onto your posta.see also: beef strokinoff
>>21863718because they want to keep that calorie number on the back as low as possible.
FUCK. I forgot to buy cream. Sorry guys, I'll have to try again tomorrow.
>>21863744A little goat cheese makes an excellent mac.
>>21864236Bitch. I hope a bird pecks your weiner because it thinks it’s a WORM (because small)
>>21863718Butter and potwater only gang. Milk makes it too runny, cream changes the flavor for the worse.
>>21863718Nobody keeps cream around. Besides, you just use butter anyway. It's been a while but I think I found 3/4 stick worked out best.
Bumping this thread, I get off work in a few hours and still intend to try the cream thing.
>>21865430don't forget your soured cream for the second iteration of the experiment
>>21863718>>21863741actually you know what, I have some Kroff Dinner that was sent to me for Christmas and I will do the sour cream experiment myself. I will report back honestly and fairly on how I think it stands up. >>21865453I don't be able to do this until the weekend but keep this shit ßumped
>>21863718i add about a teaspoon of mustard. doesn't make it taste like mustard it just improves the existing flavour
>>21863718Why can't Americans make real Mac and cheese instead of relying on commercial packets?
>>21865516I feel like most people don't realize how easy it is because they've never done it and their parents probably never made it either. For the exact same process without spending much more for higher quality ingredients you get such a vastly superior product. There could also just be a craving preference.
>>21865517we’ve all made real mac and cheese but that’s a holiday thing
>>21863730This is what I came to post or make sure someone posted. Glad it was posted early also. Nothing worse than a really obvious, common sense answer that no one gets to for 19 posts. I always have cream and milk and butter on hand, but I think it mixes better with milk and butter. Also, the butter is salted and the cream isn't. If I went strictly by the instructions and measured it out with milk and butter I might even add a splash of cream also. When I do eat mac and cheese, which is rare, I use two packets of cheese and 1.2 boxes of pasta. So it needs a little extra liquid. Last time I made it I used half and half and butter and melted a Kraft Single in there for good measure. It was super rich and cheese-packed. I whipped everything with the powder early until it was smooth before folding in the pasta. It clumps easily if you don't do it right. You get that clump of cheese clay stuck in the spoon. You guys know what I mean. But to eat it would deprive the mix of what it needs. So you don't eat it. That fucking pic OP posted is making me want some so bad. And I'm on 40mg of gummies on top of it. Thankfully I don't keep box mac in the house so I will not be cheating tonight.
>>21864248
Bumping for cream cheese mac n cheese
>>21866902Well I'm going to sauer cream it if another anon could cream cheese it that would be helpful
>>21867073>sauerESL retard.
Today's the big day.
the water is boiling
1/4 cup cream1/4 cup sour cream
This is nasty and I would not recommend making Kraft Mac N Cheese with cream and sour cream. I will be sticking with milk and butter from now on.
>>21867313DaangWish i had been in this thread earlier but it seemed boring.You can’t do two heavier things like that. You can do butter + sour cream, or butter + plain Greek yogurt. I’ve never tried only using cream, but cream + butter doesn’t sound good because cream doesn’t have any additional tanginess. Maybe just cream would work but i don’t think it’d be better, it’s just OPs concept of easier.Yogurt + butter is best for Annies mac
>>21863741>>21863744I use buttermilk in my homemade mac and cheese. It isn't exactly spin your head around good, but it's noticably better, as in: I'll eat either one, but I prefer the buttermilk tang flavor.
>>21867322I really like this idea, will be trying>>21867313Did you have kraft mac for breakfast? Absolute madness
>>21867508>Did you have kraft mac for breakfast?I'm a third shift creature, time of day doesn't mean much to me.
>>21865544Your methods are sound. Reminds me of my youth, boiling hot dogs and splitting a pot of Kraft with my old man.Only thing missing is shredding a third block of cheddar off the block right in there. We only used singles for my school lunches like baloney or ham.
It would be better with real macaroni and real cheese too. It's not supposed to taste good. It's for single mothers who hate their children.
>>21863718Why would you use milk and butter and not cheese...?
>>21865516It costs fifty cents a portion for a meal.No, you cannot make your own for that. You can't even get close.
>>21867313That sucks, appreciate you posting the results. If you have cream left maybe try partial normal recipe but then fold in some whipped cream, maybe the extra air will improve the perception of flavor.
>>21868433Disingenuous dumbass. Anyone can easily make a single portion for a meal for less than $0.05 and it would be superior in quality to your Krap Mac & Cheez.
>>21868504Utterly ridiculous suggestion. The cheese alone would cost more than that. And if you're making your own, why the fuck would you use powder? That's not what anon was >implying, moron.
>>21867313try my method of adding a tsp of mustard
>>21867592Fair enough, my only 3rd shift job was at a bakery. I survived on the extra donuts and coffee
>>21863718I like to throw a can of tuna in my kroff dinner. I'm not a Bogdanoff
>>21868513The implication was that Kraft was a good value because the box is only some 10x+ the cost of ingredients. If the goal is to make something equal or better then powder cheese is more than sufficient here. A box doesn't even have a whole ounce of cheese powder and is 3.5 servings. Without even buying on an industrial scale, just from normal ass websites like Nuts it comes out to under $0.05/ serving. This was demonstration. If I'm making macaroni and cheese for actual humans to eat then obviously in real life I would make macaroni and cheese, but that's not what is being discussed. The cost of $0.5/portion was for "mac and cheese".
>>21863728cum
>>21863740I hope it poisons you
CRAM CRAM CRAMAUEGHGHHGHGHGNO NO NOSTOP STOP STOPPANETONEEEEEEEEEEEEBUTTERBELLAGHHGHGHGHGHGHHGHGGHG
>>21863758beef jackinoff is supposed to have sour cream thoughbeit
>>21863740Don't bother with that, the real way to do it is just do double the butter and no milk. They're just nerfing it so the nutrition facts look better.
>>21868551butter is gross
>>21868550that's what I meant. not just dumped cold on noodles but cooked into the gravie
>>21863752I used to eat those for breakfast all the time instead of Cereal. still do sometimes
>>21868629surely healthier than most surreal anyway tbqdesu
There will come a point in your life when you realized you could've used ground beef fat/tallow and bacon grease for this alone but you kids aren't there yet.
>>21865516mac and cheese is typically seen as either a pantry reserve style meal or a quick side, something you'd have at lunch with hotdogs. if an american were specifically going to have mac n cheese for supper they'd be likely to make it from scratch. one compounding issue is that traditional cheese sauces can come off as grainy to those who've had both, there is an appeal in the ultra smooth packet version.
This shit absolutely mogged kraftslop until they changed the recipe and now its slop too.
>>21868534a large investment in an ingredient that is going to see infrequent use is not very economical. would only make sense if you religiously purchased the blue stuff instead of just having a couple boxes in the pantry every once in a while.
>>21869317>mogged
>>21869328Thats just plain dumb. Get Uber eats if ingredients is some unfathomable and unaffordable "investment" for you. If your finances are so bad $0.05 breaks you I would suggest reaching out to local food banks.
>>21869317Worst troll since deenz. That shit is fucking horrifically bad, the whole brand is.
>>21863718I refuse to buy kraft dinner in america until they go back to the old recipe.
>>21870569It's not as orange as it used to be. You should try it in Australia. Literally flavourless, it's like plain bechamel sauce without even salt.
>>21863752>based early death chad
>>21870585We all find a way to adjust our timelines accordingly anon
>>21870610This thread is all chemslop with like 30% ingredients
>>21867321Yogurt + butter doesn't sound good because butter doesn't have any additional tanginess.
>>21870670>>>/x/This is where children and chemlets belong.
>>21870686Using two thick things like OP did is the issue, so yogurt + thinner tangy thing might work outIt’s tangy enough for me though.
>>21870687>be on cooking board>desperately need to buy some insane corporate mix of chemicals to eat Mac n Cheese>Literally just pasta, milk, butter, flour and cheese>Takes the same amount of time to cook whether you buy the corpslop or make it yourself >some fucking chud tells me I'm lazy>spend more time complaining about it then just learning how to cook for myself>die alone and sad because no woman loves me>dog eats half my body in desperation>dog dies>4chan finds out and memes me>forever remembered as the retard who can't cook a fucking Mac n cheese so got half eaten by his only friend on earth
>>21870731I make my own mac & cheese. You're just angry that your developemental delays made high school difficult for you. I'm going to assume that you aren't seeing a psychiatrist and reccomend you do so.
>>21870691>cream is thicker than butterStop using shit butter.
>>21870765I guess if you’re eating cold Mac that becomes untrue but hot butter is thinner than yogurt
