When you think mac and cheese, which of these photos is closer to what comes to mind?

[Pankratous]

Photo A)

Photo B)

I've seen a lot of mac and cheese hate on ResetEra recently ("childs meal") and I feel like people are somehow imagining the garbage shit in Photo A instead of the absolute EXQUISITE meal that is pictured in Photo B.

 

[Robin64]

A is "what comes to mind", but I know there are people out there who definitely make good mac and cheese for grown ups.

 

[Creation_Scapes]

I prefer choice A

I don't need all that extra stuff in it.

 

[Mack]

Photo B, but just add some meat and you have a delicious lasagne instead of plain mac and cheese.

 

[Rimkrak]

Sophisticated people who now how to make good pasta with cheese don't call it mac & cheese, come on now

 

[acheron_xl]

Photo A but more yellow. Cube some SPAM into it and you have yourself a meal!

 

[@TheFriendlyBro]

Option A is some trash tier looking M&C.

 

[Vilam]

Photo A looks tastier than photo B. Find a better picture of upscale mac n cheese than that garbage.

 

[Lockness Mobster]

I think of this. Usually made at family get togethers like the holidays,served in a big ole foil pan. Usually homemade by big mama or the like.

 

[sfedai0]

First one looks like some struggle tier food.

 

[Freakzilla]

Photo A looks absolutely delicious.

 

[Cenauru]

A is what I see for "Mac and Cheese", B is what I see for "Gourmet Mac and Cheese". Most Italian restaurants around me have a very distinct difference between them.

And to further touch on photo A, it looks like it wasn't even made correctly, even the boxed "ready in 20-30 minutes" shit looks better than that whenever I make it.

 

[Speevy]

It depends on whether you're feeding an adult or a bunch of kids.

 

[Coyote Starrk]

A is what I think of

 

[Deleted member 2625]

Well obviously B looks better (and something I'd order)

but photo A is what it kind of started as - a war ration, right? Not pasta but specifically the Kraft Dinner style with powdered cheese

 

[bye]

neither

cavatappi is the appropriate shape

 

[thetrin]

A. Mac and cheese is the one food on the planet where I actually prefer the store bought stuff over made from scratch. Velveeta Mac and cheese is so unhealthy but godly.

 

[Spacejaws]

B. Is a cheese pasta bake.

A. Is the true Mac n' Cheese.

 

[meowdi gras]

Good a place as any to shill for my bestie's Creole Crawfish & Crab 7-Cheese Mac. If only I had a pic of it handy.

Just take my word for it. It's amazing.

 

[Galkinator]

The first picture just looks like wet pasta, wtf.

 

[Lkr]

I think of this. Usually made at family get togethers like the holidays,served in a big ole foil pan. Usually homemade by big mama or the like.

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That looks gooood, almost like you got a Mac and cheese casserole going.
OP you should've included kraft dinner bc that's the first thing that comes to mind for me

 

[Kuro]

Annie's White Cheddar always

protip, use full fat greek yogurt instead of milk

 

[burnsy]

Mac and Cheese can never be an 'EXQUISITE meal' but I would much prefer the home baked proper pasta dish. I've also had it come out of the smoker before which is another level.

 

[shnurgleton]

They both look pretty good but A is much closer to the median mac and cheese. And tbh I don't really like it with all those breadcrumbs

I think of this. Usually made at family get togethers like the holidays,served in a big ole foil pan. Usually homemade by big mama or the like.

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And this is the one I most want to eat

 

[Deleted member 2226]

I think of this. Usually made at family get togethers like the holidays,served in a big ole foil pan. Usually homemade by big mama or the like.

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Yeah this is closer for me. We never dumped a bunch of stuff into the Mac and cheese besides Mac and cheese, except occasionally breadcrumbs or something for even more cheese crunch on top. Don't need anything else.

Guess a lot of people on this forum haven't been exposed to southern Mac and cheese.

 

[burnsy]

Guess a lot of people on this forum haven't been exposed to southern Mac and cheese.

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Would love to goto the USA and experience some bbq and soul food.

 

[Captain Tuttle]

Annie's White Cheddar always

protip, use full fat greek yogurt instead of milk

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My wife does this for added protein, tastes good. I still think it needs a touch of milk though

 

[III-V]

They are both mac and cheese. Even the 1st pic doesn't look as bad as the box craft stuff. Regardless I love some incredible gourmet stuff.

 

[Shadybiz]

I think of this. Usually made at family get togethers like the holidays,served in a big ole foil pan. Usually homemade by big mama or the like.

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I voted B, but this is a bit more accurate.

That said, I'll still attack choice A until there's nothing left.

 

[PRed]

How does option A look worse than highlighter orange kraft mac and cheese? Is it even mac and cheese?

 

[CassCade]

Option A fits my mental image of Mac n cheese as a visually unappetizing meal that if still eat up until there's nothing left.

 

[vestan]

I think of this. Usually made at family get togethers like the holidays,served in a big ole foil pan. Usually homemade by big mama or the like.

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This

The stuff in the OP is unrecognisable to me, lol. Especially the second one.

 

[Wreck We Em]

I think of this. Usually made at family get togethers like the holidays,served in a big ole foil pan. Usually homemade by big mama or the like.

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The actual answer

Baked Mac and cheese is god tier food people

 

[PixelatedDonut]

I think of this. Usually made at family get togethers like the holidays,served in a big ole foil pan. Usually homemade by big mama or the like.

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Photo A looks like it's made by someone who doesn't season their food 👀. But seriously the only time I've had that slop was at a white friends place. And reading this thread one poster said it's the southern way, which I'm guessing relates to soul food.

 

[OrangeNova]

I live Photo B more, but that's Macaroni and Cheese, Mac and Cheese(KD) is more yellow than the top one and it's what I think of.

 

[Rassilon]

For some reason my school didn't do mac and cheese.

Usually it was a big Yorkshire pudding with stuff in it, as below but less good:

 

[Deleted member 1687]

Photo C

 

[Deleted member 12790]

I think of this. Usually made at family get togethers like the holidays,served in a big ole foil pan. Usually homemade by big mama or the like.

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this is the most accurate thing so far. If you aren't putting your mac and cheese in the broiler for a bit after it's done to burn the top, you're doing it wrong.

 

[Gakidou]

Greetings peasants, looketh ye upon my superior and unquestionably more masculine standards for cuisine, and weep! Weep I say!

 

[Euphoria]

Photo A is the stuff I eat most of the time.

Photo B is what my parents used to always make.

 

[Ary F.]

For some reason my school didn't do mac and cheese.

Usually it was a big Yorkshire pudding with stuff in it, as below but less good:

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Where tf did you go to school?? I went to school up in St. Bees and all they gave us were plates of mushy vegetables loaded with gravy and soggy puddings :(

 

[Alice]

Which one of those was frozen, OP??

 

[PixelatedDonut]

Greetings peasants, looketh ye upon my superior and unquestionably more masculine standards for cuisine, and weep! Weep I say!

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I am so lost lol

 

[Gakidou]

I am so lost lol

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I mean to say that this thread seems like a weirdly confrontational brag about eating macaroni cheese with pancetta and breadcrumb

 

[jroc74]

I think of this. Usually made at family get togethers like the holidays,served in a big ole foil pan. Usually homemade by big mama or the like.

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This. Photo A is close, but for mac n cheese like Velveeta.

Photo B looks like a casserole.

 

[PixelatedDonut]

I mean to say that this thread seems like a weirdly confrontational brag about eating macaroni cheese with pancetta and breadcrumb

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I don't think anyone including op is taking it that seriously.

 

[Deleted member 1476]

I need an apple computer plus a piece of dairy option.

 

[ChrisD]

They're both great, but A is what I imagine first. There is no garbage Mac, not even Kraft.

 

[KentP]

Image B is more like what I make... Start with a proper roux white sauce, add mature cheddar (and maybe a little red leicester), pancetta/bacon, and finish with a breadcrumb top - it's pretty faffy in comparison but it tastes so good

 

[Garcia el Gringo]

My mac & cheese needs more soul than what's in the OP

 

[Figgles]

In between. It should be moist and creamy, entombed in a layer of dark goodness from the oven.