Is it just me or is this recipe just plain disgusting?

Ingredients:
½ stick of butter
2 cups of milk
6 oz of Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
6 oz of Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
6 oz of Velveeta Cheese (shredded)
2 oz of Blue Cheese (shredded)
2 oz of Gruyere Cheese (shredded)
Salt and pepper to taste
1 box of Elbow Macaroni
Olive Oil

How does one shred Velveeta?

nb

notbob wrote:
> Is it just me or is this recipe just plain disgusting?
>
> Ingredients:
> ½ stick of butter
> 2 cups of milk
> 6 oz of Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
> 6 oz of Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
> 6 oz of Velveeta Cheese (shredded)
> 2 oz of Blue Cheese (shredded)
> 2 oz of Gruyere Cheese (shredded)
> Salt and pepper to taste
> 1 box of Elbow Macaroni
> Olive Oil
>
> How does one shred Velveeta?
>
> nb

They sell shredded Velveeta in the dairy case at most grocery stores.
Anyway, even without that, Velveeta can be shredded with a regular box
grater or food processor. The only thing that turned me off about the
recipe is the blue cheese. I'm not sure if I would want blue cheese in
macaroni and cheese. Other than that, I see nothing disgusting about
it.

Oh pshaw, On Wed 28 Jun 2006 10:37:12a, notbob was muttering about...

> Is it just me or is this recipe just plain disgusting?
>
> Ingredients:
> ½ stick of butter
> 2 cups of milk
> 6 oz of Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
> 6 oz of Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
> 6 oz of Velveeta Cheese (shredded)
> 2 oz of Blue Cheese (shredded)
> 2 oz of Gruyere Cheese (shredded)
> Salt and pepper to taste
> 1 box of Elbow Macaroni
> Olive Oil

Well, it's certainly different. Who knows, it might actually taste good.

> How does one shred Velveeta?

I use Velveeta occasionally, and put it in the freezer for 20-30 minutes
before shredding in the FP.

--

Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________ ________________________

I often wonder ...
What do people mean when they say the computer went down on me?

" wrote:
>
> notbob wrote:
> > Is it just me or is this recipe just plain disgusting?
> >
> > Ingredients:
> > ½ stick of butter
> > 2 cups of milk
> > 6 oz of Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
> > 6 oz of Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
> > 6 oz of Velveeta Cheese (shredded)
> > 2 oz of Blue Cheese (shredded)
> > 2 oz of Gruyere Cheese (shredded)
> > Salt and pepper to taste
> > 1 box of Elbow Macaroni
> > Olive Oil
> >
> > How does one shred Velveeta?
> >
> > nb
>
> They sell shredded Velveeta in the dairy case at most grocery stores.
> Anyway, even without that, Velveeta can be shredded with a regular box
> grater or food processor. The only thing that turned me off about the
> recipe is the blue cheese. I'm not sure if I would want blue cheese in
> macaroni and cheese. Other than that, I see nothing disgusting about
> it.

Perhaps compare the 22 oz of cheese to the presumably 16 oz of pasta and
then get back to us on the disgusting part. With perhaps 3x the pasta it
might work out ok, but as is it's heavy cheese soup with mystery lumps
of pasta floating in it.

Pete C.

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:37:12 -0500, notbob > wrote:

>Is it just me or is this recipe just plain disgusting?
>
>Ingredients:
>½ stick of butter
>2 cups of milk
>6 oz of Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
>6 oz of Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
>6 oz of Velveeta Cheese (shredded)
>2 oz of Blue Cheese (shredded)
>2 oz of Gruyere Cheese (shredded)
>Salt and pepper to taste
>1 box of Elbow Macaroni
>Olive Oil
>
>How does one shred Velveeta?

It sounds pretty gross to me... I don't really like cheese, so I only
like mac-and-cheese if it's light on the cheese and has other things
to give it flavour (like onion/garlic and bacon/ham) With this recipe
you might as well just eat the cheese and forget about cooking it!

"Karen AKA Kajikit" wrote: notbob wrote:
>
>>Is it just me or is this recipe just plain disgusting?
>>
>>Ingredients (snipped)
>
> It sounds pretty gross to me... I don't really like cheese, so I only
> like mac-and-cheese if it's light on the cheese and has other things
> to give it flavour (like onion/garlic and bacon/ham) With this recipe
> you might as well just eat the cheese and forget about cooking it!

I like it creamy, with diced ham and green peas, too. However, the cheesier
the better for DH.

Dora

notbob wrote:
> Is it just me or is this recipe just plain disgusting?
>
> Ingredients:
> ½ stick of butter
> 2 cups of milk
> 6 oz of Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
> 6 oz of Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
> 6 oz of Velveeta Cheese (shredded)
> 2 oz of Blue Cheese (shredded)
> 2 oz of Gruyere Cheese (shredded)
> Salt and pepper to taste
> 1 box of Elbow Macaroni
> Olive Oil
>



It reminds me of the old Monty Python Spam skit:

Fat, fat, fat, fat, fat, fat, fat, salt, starch, and FAT.

gloria p

"notbob" > wrote in message
. ..
> Is it just me or is this recipe just plain disgusting?
>
> Ingredients:
> ½ stick of butter
> 2 cups of milk
> 6 oz of Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
> 6 oz of Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
> 6 oz of Velveeta Cheese (shredded)
> 2 oz of Blue Cheese (shredded)
> 2 oz of Gruyere Cheese (shredded)
> Salt and pepper to taste
> 1 box of Elbow Macaroni
> Olive Oil
>
> How does one shred Velveeta?
>

Partially freeze it first.

"Pete C." > wrote in message
...
> " wrote:
>>
>> notbob wrote:
>> > Is it just me or is this recipe just plain disgusting?
>> >
>> > Ingredients:
>> > ½ stick of butter
>> > 2 cups of milk
>> > 6 oz of Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
>> > 6 oz of Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
>> > 6 oz of Velveeta Cheese (shredded)
>> > 2 oz of Blue Cheese (shredded)
>> > 2 oz of Gruyere Cheese (shredded)
>> > Salt and pepper to taste
>> > 1 box of Elbow Macaroni
>> > Olive Oil
>> >
>> > How does one shred Velveeta?
>> >
>> > nb
>>
>> They sell shredded Velveeta in the dairy case at most grocery stores.
>> Anyway, even without that, Velveeta can be shredded with a regular box
>> grater or food processor. The only thing that turned me off about the
>> recipe is the blue cheese. I'm not sure if I would want blue cheese in
>> macaroni and cheese. Other than that, I see nothing disgusting about
>> it.
>
> Perhaps compare the 22 oz of cheese to the presumably 16 oz of pasta and
> then get back to us on the disgusting part. With perhaps 3x the pasta it
> might work out ok, but as is it's heavy cheese soup with mystery lumps
> of pasta floating in it.
>
> Pete C.

The olive oil is a mystery, too. I could imagine any part of this as in
ingredient in a recipe (reserving judgment on the velveeta, since I haven't
had that in years), but the whole combination seems a little bit manic.

Donna

Wayne Boatwright wrote on 28 Jun 2006 in rec.food.cooking

> How does one shred Velveeta?
>

with a fork.

--
-Alan

notbob wrote:
> Is it just me or is this recipe just plain disgusting?
>
> Ingredients:
> ½ stick of butter
> 2 cups of milk
> 6 oz of Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
> 6 oz of Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
> 6 oz of Velveeta Cheese (shredded)
> 2 oz of Blue Cheese (shredded)
> 2 oz of Gruyere Cheese (shredded)
> Salt and pepper to taste
> 1 box of Elbow Macaroni
> Olive Oil
>
> How does one shred Velveeta?
>
> nb

Boy that concoction sounded familiar...it's almost dead on a recipe the
newly unemployed Star Jones touted as her "famous" mac 'n cheese once
on the View. Only difference was that her's used 2 oz. of gorgonzola
instead of the Gruyere. (that's right - gorgonzola AND blue cheese The
olive oil was to use on the dish to prevent sticking. I actually
tasted this "disaster on a dish" and it was ghastly. I'm a dediated
cheese lover and can usually choke down just about anything in the
interest of not offending a hostess, but only managed one bite of this
exercise in overkill.
Nancy T

On 2006-06-29, ntantiques > wrote:

> Boy that concoction sounded familiar...it's almost dead on a recipe the
> newly unemployed Star Jones touted as her "famous" mac 'n cheese once
> on the View. Only difference was that her's used 2 oz. of gorgonzola
> instead of the Gruyere.

Ooh! ...good eye!

This is, in fact, Star Jones' exact mac/cheese recipe lifted right off
her website (surprisingly, the only page I could access, being
unwilling allow browser cookies). While not a View fan, I've been
laughing my ass off all day over the jokes and gossip about Star
Jones. I just finished watching Jay, David, and Jimmy rake the whole
View crew over the coals in their monologues. Even Letterman's Top Ten
List was about it. I'm waiting for Conan, Star's biggest fan, to
weigh in before I call it a night.

nb

"notbob" > wrote

> On 2006-06-29, ntantiques > wrote:
>
>> Boy that concoction sounded familiar...it's almost dead on a recipe the
>> newly unemployed Star Jones touted as her "famous" mac 'n cheese once
>> on the View. Only difference was that her's used 2 oz. of gorgonzola
>> instead of the Gruyere.
>
> Ooh! ...good eye!
>
> This is, in fact, Star Jones' exact mac/cheese recipe lifted right off
> her website (surprisingly, the only page I could access, being
> unwilling allow browser cookies). While not a View fan, I've been
> laughing my ass off all day over the jokes and gossip about Star
> Jones. I just finished watching Jay, David, and Jimmy rake the whole
> View crew over the coals in their monologues. Even Letterman's Top Ten
> List was about it. I'm waiting for Conan, Star's biggest fan, to
> weigh in before I call it a night.

That's hilarious, it's her recipe? Screamin riot. Considering I stopped
watching the View years ago because Star was so freakin irritating,
my opinion is What took them so long? Anyway, I guess that her secret
weight loss regime didn't include that recipe.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:

> "notbob" > wrote
>
> > On 2006-06-29, ntantiques > wrote:
> >
> >> Boy that concoction sounded familiar...it's almost dead on a recipe the
> >> newly unemployed Star Jones touted as her "famous" mac 'n cheese once
> >> on the View. Only difference was that her's used 2 oz. of gorgonzola
> >> instead of the Gruyere.
> >
> > Ooh! ...good eye!
> >
> > This is, in fact, Star Jones' exact mac/cheese recipe lifted right off
> > her website (surprisingly, the only page I could access, being
> > unwilling allow browser cookies). While not a View fan, I've been
> > laughing my ass off all day over the jokes and gossip about Star
> > Jones. I just finished watching Jay, David, and Jimmy rake the whole
> > View crew over the coals in their monologues. Even Letterman's Top Ten
> > List was about it. I'm waiting for Conan, Star's biggest fan, to
> > weigh in before I call it a night.
>
> That's hilarious, it's her recipe? Screamin riot. Considering I stopped
> watching the View years ago because Star was so freakin irritating,
> my opinion is What took them so long? Anyway, I guess that her secret
> weight loss regime didn't include that recipe.


I hadn't seen her since her weight loss, now she looks like one of
those skinny black drag queens...

--
Best
Greg

" wrote:
>
> Pete C. wrote:
> > " wrote:
> > > They sell shredded Velveeta in the dairy case at most grocery stores.
> > > Anyway, even without that, Velveeta can be shredded with a regular box
> > > grater or food processor. The only thing that turned me off about the
> > > recipe is the blue cheese. I'm not sure if I would want blue cheese in
> > > macaroni and cheese. Other than that, I see nothing disgusting about
> > > it.
> >
> > Perhaps compare the 22 oz of cheese to the presumably 16 oz of pasta and
> > then get back to us on the disgusting part. With perhaps 3x the pasta it
> > might work out ok, but as is it's heavy cheese soup with mystery lumps
> > of pasta floating in it.
> >
> > Pete C.
>
> Actually the sauce probably isn't as soupy as you would think. The
> main component of the sauce comes from the milk and to some extent the
> Velveeta. The other cheeses contribute more to making the sauce
> thicker, not soupier. Without the directions for the recipe however
> it's hard to judge how the recipe would turn out. Who knows, the
> original recipe may say to simply layer the macaroni and cheeses and
> then pour the milk over the top. Here is a link to a macaroni and
> cheese recipe at allrecipes.com. It uses a half box of macaroni and 16
> ounces of cheese, assuming that a half cup of cheese is 2 ounces by
> weight. I've never tried it so I couldn't tell you if it's runny or
> not but the majority of the reviewers seemed to like it.
>
> http://thanksgiving.allrecipes.com/a...McrnindChs.asp

I said "heavy cheese soup", not thin. There is also no flour / roux in
the recipe so outside of whatever plasticizers might be liberated from
the Velveta there isn't much to thicken or homogenize it. The 12 oz of
cheddar will also release a lot of oil to add to the butter.

Suggest you attempt to make it and post pictures of the result on ABF.

Pete C.

Gregory Morrow wrote:

>
> I hadn't seen her since her weight loss, now she looks like one of
> those skinny black drag queens...
>

LOL.. that is EXACTLY what she looks like! I hadn't thought to put it
into those words though. Some comedian said she looked like a hip
fracture waiting to happen.
I also question her husband's masculinity.. but hey.. whatEVAH.

On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 02:26:05 -0500, notbob wrote:

> On 2006-06-29, ntantiques > wrote:
>
> > Boy that concoction sounded familiar...it's almost dead on a recipe the
> > newly unemployed Star Jones touted as her "famous" mac 'n cheese once
> > on the View. Only difference was that her's used 2 oz. of gorgonzola
> > instead of the Gruyere.
>
> Ooh! ...good eye!
>
> While not a View fan, I've been
> laughing my ass off all day over the jokes and gossip about Star
> Jones. I just finished watching Jay, David, and Jimmy rake the whole
> View crew over the coals in their monologues. Even Letterman's Top Ten
> List was about it. I'm waiting for Conan, Star's biggest fan, to
> weigh in before I call it a night.
>
I don't watch those shows anymore, what was the basis of all the
joking?

--

Ham and eggs.
A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:26:46 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

> Anyway, I guess that her secret
> weight loss regime didn't include that recipe.

Secret? I thought she had her stomach stapled.
--

Ham and eggs.
A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

"sf" > wrote

> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:26:46 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> Anyway, I guess that her secret
>> weight loss regime didn't include that recipe.
>
> Secret? I thought she had her stomach stapled.

She won't say. There's a lot more to it than that, but that's one
thing I can say. She says she doesn't want people to be
influenced by her choice of weight loss method. A blind man
can see she had the surgery, but I guess she wants people to
think it's possible to drop that much weight in so little time by
simply watching your diet or something.

nancy

Goomba38 wrote:

> Gregory Morrow wrote:
>
> >
> > I hadn't seen her since her weight loss, now she looks like one of
> > those skinny black drag queens...
> >
>
> LOL.. that is EXACTLY what she looks like! I hadn't thought to put it
> into those words though. Some comedian said she looked like a hip
> fracture waiting to happen.


I really had not seen her since she lost all that weight, I was actually
somewhat taken aback...if I didn't know who she was I could not have guessed
it was her.


> I also question her husband's masculinity.. but hey.. whatEVAH.


Yeah, it's a whole wierd scene...

--
Best
Greg

Nancy Young wrote:

> She won't say. There's a lot more to it than that, but that's one
> thing I can say. She says she doesn't want people to be
> influenced by her choice of weight loss method. A blind man
> can see she had the surgery, but I guess she wants people to
> think it's possible to drop that much weight in so little time by
> simply watching your diet or something.
>
> nancy
>
And yet she couldn't seem to manage it.

"Goomba38" > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> She won't say. There's a lot more to it than that, but that's one
>> thing I can say. She says she doesn't want people to be
>> influenced by her choice of weight loss method. A blind man
>> can see she had the surgery, but I guess she wants people to
>> think it's possible to drop that much weight in so little time by
>> simply watching your diet or something.

> And yet she couldn't seem to manage it.

We don't know, maybe she did! (snort)

nancy

On 2006-06-29, sf > wrote:

> I don't watch those shows anymore, what was the basis of all the
> joking?

The View gave Star Jones the boot. Star didn't follow Wawa Walters'
script for bowing out gracefully, and a backstab-fest ensued. I bet
Kathy Griffin is in a swoon of ecstasy.

nb

notbob > wrote in
:

> On 2006-06-29, sf > wrote:
>
>> I don't watch those shows anymore, what was the basis of all the
>> joking?
>
> The View gave Star Jones the boot. Star didn't follow Wawa Walters'
> script for bowing out gracefully, and a backstab-fest ensued. I bet
> Kathy Griffin is in a swoon of ecstasy.
>
> nb


nb,

Sounds like a soap opera. Must... check..... local........ listings!

Andy

On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:57:34 -0500, notbob wrote:

> On 2006-06-29, sf > wrote:
>
> > I don't watch those shows anymore, what was the basis of all the
> > joking?
>
> The View gave Star Jones the boot. Star didn't follow Wawa Walters'
> script for bowing out gracefully, and a backstab-fest ensued. I bet
> Kathy Griffin is in a swoon of ecstasy.
>
Oh, man... I missed the fireworks and the jokes too. <sob>
Details later?

--

Ham and eggs.
A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

"Nancy Young" > schreef in bericht
...
>
> "sf" > wrote
>
>> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:26:46 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>> Anyway, I guess that her secret
>>> weight loss regime didn't include that recipe.
>>
>> Secret? I thought she had her stomach stapled.
>
> She won't say. There's a lot more to it than that, but that's one
> thing I can say. She says she doesn't want people to be
> influenced by her choice of weight loss method. A blind man
> can see she had the surgery, but I guess she wants people to
> think it's possible to drop that much weight in so little time by
> simply watching your diet or something.
>
> nancy

I'd never heard of Star Jones, but this thread giot me curious. So I googled
her pic. I can see she's lost a lot of weight, but how can you see that she
achieved it through surgery?

On 2006-07-02, Jke > wrote:


> her pic. I can see she's lost a lot of weight, but how can you see that she
> achieved it through surgery?

She lost it in a unbelievably short period of time.

nb

notbob wrote:
> On 2006-07-02, Jke > wrote:
>
>
>> her pic. I can see she's lost a lot of weight, but how can you see that she
>> achieved it through surgery?
>
> She lost it in a unbelievably short period of time.
>
> nb
Then she got more plastic surgery to remove excess skin, bought some
boobs and did something really unattractive to her face and eyes.
She also appeared to take herself *way* too seriously, like a junior
Oprah or something?
Good riddance, Starzilla.

"Goomba38" > schreef in bericht
. ..
> notbob wrote:
>> On 2006-07-02, Jke > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> her pic. I can see she's lost a lot of weight, but how can you see that
>>> she achieved it through surgery?
>>
>> She lost it in a unbelievably short period of time.
>>
>> nb
> Then she got more plastic surgery to remove excess skin, bought some boobs
> and did something really unattractive to her face and eyes.
> She also appeared to take herself *way* too seriously, like a junior Oprah
> or something?
> Good riddance, Starzilla.

I don't mean to defend her, I am not at all familair with her or her story.
But I do know I got kind of obsessive and unpleasant when I was on a diet
myself. Low blood sugar seemed to be the main reason. It wasn't much fun,
and I suspect I was less pleasant company than I would like to be. It passed
when my eating gradually moved to maintenance level, but even then, my body
needed around 9 months to not feel ravenous all the itme (and even moreso
after meals).

I just mean to say - she might start acting more relaxed after some time.

"Jke" > wrote

> I don't mean to defend her, I am not at all familair with her or her
> story. But I do know I got kind of obsessive and unpleasant when I was on
> a diet myself.

Heh, Jke, that perfectly describes her before. I don't
think her weight loss has helped matters in that regard.
Anyway, she's easily enough avoided, it's just the brouhaha
last week has her in the news.

nancy

Jke wrote:

> I don't mean to defend her, I am not at all familair with her or her story.
> But I do know I got kind of obsessive and unpleasant when I was on a diet
> myself. Low blood sugar seemed to be the main reason. It wasn't much fun,
> and I suspect I was less pleasant company than I would like to be. It passed
> when my eating gradually moved to maintenance level, but even then, my body
> needed around 9 months to not feel ravenous all the itme (and even moreso
> after meals).
>
> I just mean to say - she might start acting more relaxed after some time.
>
>
Good points. Yet how can one actually get away with using that excuse
professionally? "I'm sorry boss.. I know I'm a bitch but you'll have to
put up with it until I eat more" ?

"Goomba38" > schreef in bericht
. ..
> Jke wrote:
>
>> I don't mean to defend her, I am not at all familair with her or her
>> story. But I do know I got kind of obsessive and unpleasant when I was on
>> a diet myself. Low blood sugar seemed to be the main reason. It wasn't
>> much fun, and I suspect I was less pleasant company than I would like to
>> be. It passed when my eating gradually moved to maintenance level, but
>> even then, my body needed around 9 months to not feel ravenous all the
>> itme (and even moreso after meals).
>>
>> I just mean to say - she might start acting more relaxed after some
>> time.
> Good points. Yet how can one actually get away with using that excuse
> professionally? "I'm sorry boss.. I know I'm a bitch but you'll have to
> put up with it until I eat more" ?

Erm, one takes care not to offend the boss so that such aconversation is not
necesaary. One lets others suffers instead

"Nancy Young" > schreef in bericht
...
>
> "Jke" > wrote
>
>> I don't mean to defend her, I am not at all familair with her or her
>> story. But I do know I got kind of obsessive and unpleasant when I was on
>> a diet myself.
>
> Heh, Jke, that perfectly describes her before.

Oh dear

I don't
> think her weight loss has helped matters in that regard.
> Anyway, she's easily enough avoided, it's just the brouhaha
> last week has her in the news.

Yeah, of course. Life's too short to get into a bundle over a stranger,
isn't it.

>
> nancy
>
>