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Dessert Mac & Cheese?

sidsmom — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:56:28 GMT

My twitter feed is going crazy with this!

And the responses are very predicable...and so funny!

Most are not ok with this fusion.

I’ve never heard of sweet mac/cheese...is it a regional thing?

Or a generational recipe?

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Group 5 minus 1 — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:09:39 GMT

Sounds like something from Guys Games!

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chrystaltree — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:13:11 GMT

That's a thing now; turning savory dishes into desserts. But not for me. I suppose it's no different than rice pudding for bread pudding but for some reason, it just seems wrong.

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Sooner — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:27:15 GMT

There is no subtlty in food now. It's so often a gross mismash of everything full of fat and sugar you can pile together. The French must think we are all insane. What happened to very good ingredients simply prepared?

Everything elegant has simply gone out the window.

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sidsmom — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:37:03 GMT

My dad used to eat mac&cheese with tuna fish.

He used to have weird concoctions.

Apple pie w/ a slice of cheddar cheese,

salting watermelon & eating beef tongue, so...

(Shudder)

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Group 5 minus 1 — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:54:30 GMT

SidsMom: These combos of your Dad were pretty commom in my family. Another one was salted rhurbarb. I thought everyone ate their apple pie w/cheese and their watermelonw/salt.

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chrystaltree — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:57:07 GMT

@sidsmom wrote:
My dad used to eat mac&cheese with tuna fish.

He used to have weird concoctions.

Apple pie w/ a slice of cheddar cheese,
salting watermelon & eating beef tongue, so...
(Shudder)

My mom always put tuna in her mac&cheese and tuna in her macaroni salad. Apple with a slice of cheddar is a classic. My father was the only one I ever knew who put salt on watermelon and on cantalope. I always thought that was weird, I still do.

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Zhills — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:59:41 GMT

A kugel is a sweet noodle casserole; why not mac and cheese?

Use a mild cheese and sweeten the cream sauce...add fruit, raisins and/or nuts!

In Arkansas, they eat green strawberries and salt!

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DJs mom — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:02:24 GMT

@sidsmom wrote:
My dad used to eat mac&cheese with tuna fish.

He used to have weird concoctions.

Apple pie w/ a slice of cheddar cheese,
salting watermelon & eating beef tongue, so...
(Shudder)

I only put salt on my watermelon if it isn't that sweet to start with.

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ALRATIBA — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:05:50 GMT

@sidsmom wrote:
My dad used to eat mac&cheese with tuna fish.

He used to have weird concoctions.

Apple pie w/ a slice of cheddar cheese,
salting watermelon & eating beef tongue, so...
(Shudder)

@sidsmom

I always make my mac and cheese with tuna! I use cheddar cheese, tuna, chopped chili peppers and a small can of peas ... topped off with french fried onions and crushed Doritos! Delicious!

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Coquille — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:06:05 GMT

@sidsmom wrote:
My dad used to eat mac&cheese with tuna fish.

He used to have weird concoctions.

Apple pie w/ a slice of cheddar cheese,
salting watermelon & eating beef tongue, so...
(Shudder)

@sidsmom My mother use to make Tongue. I don't know if it was beef but I would run as soon as I saw it. I tried it once and never again. I didn't even want to look at it, A lot of people eat Apple Pie with Cheddar but again, not for me. I'm TOTALLY with you!

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Montana — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:18:45 GMT

I put a little salt on watermelon and honeydew melon too. To me, it makes them taste sweeter.

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WenGirl42 — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:29:12 GMT

@Zhills wrote:
A kugel is a sweet noodle casserole; why not mac and cheese?

Use a mild cheese and sweeten the cream sauce...add fruit, raisins and/or nuts!

In Arkansas, they eat green strawberries and salt!

@Zhills yes, plus it's not like cheese-based sweet offerings are a new thing. Cheesecake and cheese danish probably sound gross (or the idea of mascarpone in tiramisu, etc., or just in and of itself...) to people who've never experienced them. But they're quite popular. I don't really see why dessert mac and cheese would be any different.

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Sooner — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:50:50 GMT

@Zhills wrote:
A kugel is a sweet noodle casserole; why not mac and cheese?

Use a mild cheese and sweeten the cream sauce...add fruit, raisins and/or nuts!

In Arkansas, they eat green strawberries and salt!

@Zhills Lived in Arkansas for 20 years and NEVER heard of that one! Yikes! Salt and watermelon and canteloup is great! I do that. But green strawberries? Don't know. . . don't know.

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Zhills — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:53:23 GMT

I tried them....not bad! But then I love green oranges and salt!

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Cakers3 — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 23:03:35 GMT

We have grilled watermelon here and there.

Salting watermelon (or other melons) is not unusual.

Mac 'n cheese with anything but mac 'n cheese is just gross. LOL

And why oh why do people put tuna in stuff? I have an aversion since a tuna noodle casserole was the last thing I had eaten before I puked with appendicitis. LOL

Just had a *barf* discussion in TV about somebody in TWD putting sardines in mac 'n cheese.

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Sooner — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 02:13:16 GMT

I only like sardines straight out of the can or on a piece of bread. With mustard.

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Anita Hug — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 02:16:55 GMT

It doesn't sound all that weird to me. I grew up with the previously mentioned Kugels in the family recipe offerings. Both sweet and savory. I didn't realize until I got older that other people have never heard of noodle kugel! Granted, that isn't exactly sweet "mac and cheese", but I can imagine a sweet version of that being not as horrible as it sounds. I used to be grossed out at the idea of bread pudding until I tried a good one.

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Daisy Sunflower — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 03:40:42 GMT

My favorite mac & cheese dinner --

Pork Chops

Kraft Mac & Cheese

Broccoli (don't like it, but eat it anyway)

Apple Sauce

Skim Milk

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Zhills — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 15:04:10 GMT

Our favorite 'quick' meal

Kraft Mac & Cheese

Spicy sausages

baby lima (canned)

Sliced tomatoes with mayo