"Sheldon" > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:

>> No, Daisy, it's not haute cuisine. I guess Giada's show gave you
>> that idea. Those events she covers, they all try to top each other
>> and they serve all kinds of things. Nothing wrong with mac n cheese,
>> just that it's not gourmet, I don't care what you put in it.
>
> Typical box mac n' cheese is as gourmet as any pasta and jarred sauce
> dish. But homemade from scratch mac n' cheese can be as gourmet as any
> pasta dish from the best 5 star dago eatery. I haven't had box mac n'
> cheese in nigh on 35 years. But two-three times a year I make my own
> mac n' cheese from sctatch, usually with a quality cheddar but
> sometimes a different cheese or a combo. I may bake it plain or gussie
> it up by topping with a homemade garlicky crouton gratine, sometimes I
> get the urge to add some sliced olives, or diced pepperoni, or...
> sometimes a different shaped pasta, traditional elbows are fine but I
> also like to use small shells.

Oh, I love those shells, maybe I'll do that.

> There' no reason whatsoever that mac n'
> cheese can't be gourmet. Believe it or not there was made from scratch
> mac n' cheese before there was boxed. Horn & Hardart served some
> pretty good gourmet mac n' cheese.

Horn and Hardart. Reminds me of my great aunt taking me
around Manhattan ... once, literally ... on the Circle Line.

nancy