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Solitary, in fact (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[-] Linkalee@sh.itjust.works 42 points 2 days ago

Protip: The reason Velveeta and American cheeses melt so well is because sodium citrate is added to them. You can buy this yourself as a powder, and then add it to actually-good cheeses to give them the same properties.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You can also just melt nearly any cheese into a roux to make a mornay sauce if you are careful about it, which is the secret to both mac and cheese and queso sauce. Sodium citrate helps to keep it from breaking but is not strictly necessary in most cases.

Edit - yes, cheese and milk

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 days ago

This sounds fancy, so to make it a bit less daunting:

  • roux - flour and fat (typically butter), usually in equal amounts by weight
  • béchamel sauce - roux + milk, often with nutmeg for flavoring
  • mornay sauce - béchamel sauce with grated cheese

When making the béchamel sauce, add the milk a very small amout at a time to prevent clumping, and mix well over medium heat between additions.

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I use mustard powder

[-] AyuTsukasa@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago

You've saved my life 😋

[-] TomMasz@lemmy.world 85 points 3 days ago

Just not in the prison cafeteria, that food qualifies as cruel and unusual punishment.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

their "solitary" should be together, and in a special section of the kitchen so that they are constantly having to do the cook off until they realise they suck

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 58 points 3 days ago

I am confused and afraid, the one on the left appears to have the scooping characteristics of ice cream

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 36 points 3 days ago

They cooked the noodles before they baked. Those noodles might have been al dente when they went into the oven. 45 minutes later, and they have the consistency of play dough.

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[-] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 14 points 3 days ago

likely cause by mac overcooked to hell and back and cheese is nothing but cheese that has all of it's moisture absorbed by the mac

[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago

My entry.

Mac, Cheese, Peas, and Bacon:

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 49 points 3 days ago
[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago
[-] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 3 days ago

Eating a meal? A succulent American meal?

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

Ray, a drop of golden sun.

[-] eltrain123@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago
[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Don't knock it till you try it!

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago

Everyone is giving you shit. I hate Mac and cheese, but yours with bacon and peas I might actually try.

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[-] yeehawboy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

No one can convince me they actually like peas. They’re all paid off by big pea

[-] dwemthy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Peas are just savory popping boba, what's not to love?

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[-] svcg 1 points 2 days ago

Garden peas are my favourite vegetable, or petit poi in a pinch. Marrowfat peas less so, though obviously you need marrowfat for mushy peas, and sometimes mushy peas are a must.

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[-] Ledivin@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Inappropriate peaing

[-] MML@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago
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[-] devolution@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Electric chair.

[-] dwemthy@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

This is perfect, you can easily scoop up just bacon and peas to eat and skip the rest

[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago
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[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

And that's how you get out of having to cook something for Thanksgiving

[-] AltheaHunter 14 points 2 days ago
[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

WHY ARE THERE GREEN BEANS IN THE MAC AND CHEESE? T_T

also just make tini's mac and cheese; anything else is scandalous

[-] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

I think that's just the bad color temperature of the lighting, giving the macaroni noodles a green hue.

[-] blackris@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 3 days ago

That looks horrible. And why the fuck is any sane person preparing a cassetole in a throwaway baking dish?

[-] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

1 - you don't have to worry about leaving a dish

2 - you don't have to clean it after a get together that is probably exhausting

3 - aluminum is one of the materials that is actually very recyclable, so it's not a big deal like plastic is.

[-] axexrx@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

75% of all aluminum ever mined is still in circulation- its also more efficient- recycling aluminum takes 5% of the energy it takes to produce it.

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[-] jif@piefed.ca 7 points 3 days ago

Ya but how many people are cleaning and recycling them? They're going straight in the garbage.

[-] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago

Because you're going to a potluck and don't want to worry about getting your dish back?

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Learn the basics of sauces from a French cooking book/course.

Make a blonde roux, for 4 pounds of cheese, add 1.5 cups of milk and 2 cups of half and half. Add in the shredded cheese saving about a pound to a pound and a half for layering. Add 4 tsp of sodium citrate. Voila you have a cheese sauce that won't break on you that pours into the pasta easily.

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[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Right: American cheese on top. That's gotta be raw pasta underneath.

Left: "came away clean from the tray" in what I can only imagine is a congealed cheese+starch block.

These are terrible choices.

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[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 8 points 2 days ago

Les francophones, on est d'accord que leur mac and cheese bidule, c'est juste un gratin de pâtes ?

[-] Arioxel@jlai.lu 5 points 2 days ago

Avec du fromage qui mérite même pas ce nom : c'est plus des pâtes cuites dans une substance gluante jaune-blanche toute droit issue des merveilles de l'industrie pétrochimique.

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[-] RedStrider@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

mac ✅

cheese ✅

i mean i don't see the problem

[-] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

The cheese part is debatable.

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[-] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago
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Cacio e pepe with macaroni as the pasta shape works fine. Not traditional, but far less heretical than this old repost's creations.

[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I put a shitton of onion carmelized in butter until dark brown in mine.

[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago
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