Saturday, April 30, 2011

Civil War Mac & Cheese

I'll admit to not being the best at blogging on a regular basis. However, I have been keeping my promise of preparing one vegetarian meal a week. I'm a bit behind, so I'll start where I left off: Civil War Macaroni and Cheese.


I stumbled upon the recipe for Civil War Mac & Cheese by accident. It can be found on Simply Recipes: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/civil_war_macaroni_and_cheese/



I was intrigued because I had never made a recipe from the Civil War before. Frankly, it didn't seem that difficult (and it wasn't). The dish is very simple to make. I normally cook macaroni in water. It's a lot better if you cook it in milk.



However, I was stunned when it came time to make the cheese sauce. I followed the directions exactly and discovered that my cheese to macaroni ratio was waaaay off. Based on the directions, there just isn't enough cheese sauce given the amount of macaroni. I did my best and made more, but it still wasn't enough. In the end, my macaroni looked like this:







Ok....so it doesn't look like the picture that goes with the recipe. But really, it didn't look THAT bad in person. The problem is it's not very creamy. This is a personal preference I think. So, at the end of the day I've learned to cook my macaroni in milk from here on out and that I adore creamy, gooey mac and cheese.

1 comment:

  1. The photo on that recipe page does not look like what Civil War "maccaroni cheese" really would have looked like. They did not saturate the pasta with cheese but a creamy butter sauce.

    It's not what we are used to. I cook historic recipes all of the time. Your photo is closer in look to what it really would look like. I'm putting up a recipe for it soon on my blog and it really is not the comfort food we are used to.

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