Recipes

[PansyBoo]

@beach-mom, that sounds different and I'm intrigued. I think I will try it for Thanksgiving. I've been looking for a new side dish. Thanks very much!!!

[Imaoldhippie]

I have lived in the south for several years and I have yet to taste a good mac and cheese made here in the south.  Its always dry and it is cut in squares and remain a square on your plate and does not taste at all good.

I thought maybe it was just one person that fixed it that way, but no I have been to many potluck's and the mac & cheese is always the same.

I dont mean to insult any southern folks on here but thats the way it is.  I dont know if its a local thing or what.

Everything thing else is delicious and good.  I have eaten okra and greens for the first time since I lived here and I like them both.

[deepwaterdotter]

Thanks so much for your kind responses on this thread.  The next time I make my recipe for macaroni and cheese I will change up from my usual Monterey Jack and sharp cheddar cheeses.  I'm thinking maybe some Velveeta or colby. 

And I also do not like a bread crumb topping, but will finish it off with some time under the broiler to get some crispiness on the top.  

Thanks for the suggestions and enjoy your Sunday.

[QVCkitty1]

I grew up and live in the Norteast, and I never heard of having Mac and cheese on Thanksgiving. My mom never made it and I never had it till I was an adult and made it myself. I love it , but it still isn't part of my holiday table.

[Icegoddess]

---

@Hoovermom wrote:

This Southern girl never uses Velveeta cheese (not even sure I have ever bought it) and only makes it following this recipe:

Fleming's Chiptole Mac and cheese recipe.........com.

The best in the world.....

---

@Hoovermom , that may be the best in the world Mac & Cheese recipe, but it wouldn't be a traditional Southern recipe as I never even heard of Chipotle until well into my adult years.  

We never had mac & cheese at Thanksgiving growing up, and I have not idea what a Southern-style mac & cheese might be.  My mother always just made it from the blue box.  We have had it in the last few years at Thanksgiving because my daughter wants it. 

I have a recipe that I've made for Thanksgiving in the past in my Versa Cooker that uses 4 cheeses.  It makes a LOT.  I use the leftovers to make fried mac & cheese balls that I can make the balls and freeze them to remove and fry as needed. 

[Irmasdc]

@beach-mom 

I'm definitely making that! 

[BirkiLady]

Never heard of mac and cheese served as a side dish at any holiday until reading this Forum! Now I read about FRIED mac and cheese balls! What will be next? LOL

In the middle of the country we simply fix mac & cheese with a roux of butter, flour, and whole milk; then add three or four really good cheeses to the cooked macaroni noodles; combine well and bake at 375 for 30 minutes with crumbles of cheese and crackers on top.

What was with that recipe that used Velveta? Not sure that's really cheese. I've tasted it once, but thought it was something used by Schools or Military mess halls as an inexpensive food substitute. 

[Carmie]

I am not from the south, but we ate baked mac and cheese often on Fridays....also during Lent ( Catholic) served as a side with fish or seafood.

I never had it for Thanksgiving.

We/I make it using very sharp cheese and butter.  It is super rich and high in calories.

[Irmasdc]

Midwest born & raised with southern parents & roots. We never had Mac n cheese for holidays but when we did, like someone else mentioned it was from a blue box. 
My mom made cauliflower w/cheese sauce & I hated then and now. 

[millieshops]

@RedTop My mother made great mac and cheese in a recipe almost identical to your grandmother's.  In our home, it was a main course and a family favorite when there was no meat on the table.   (Nothing southern about it in our house - I don't think my mother was ever south of Harrisburg, PA until years after all us kids were grown and out of the house.)