School Cafeteria Macaroni and Cheese Recipe

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Ingredients:

1 8-oz. package macaroni
4 tablespoons butter
2 1/4 cups grated cheese
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon salt
Pepper to taste
Buttered crumbs or crumbled potato chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Cook macaroni 5-8 minutes in boiling salted water, until just tender; drain. Stir butter into noodles. Add 2 cups cheese, milk, salt, and pepper, and pour into a 2-quart casserole. Bake 30 minutes, until cheese is well set. Sprinkle on remaining 1/4 cup of cheese and crumbs or chips, then broil 1 minute, or until brown on top.

Serves 4 to 6.

This recipe comes from a home ec textbook, Adventuring in Home Living, a 1959 guide for teens that covers everything from problem perspiration to making popcorn balls. The last step of broiling the casserole ensures generous amounts of chewy top as well as creamy center. You can soup it up with Tabasco sauce; you can enrich it by using cream instead of milk; or you can dot it with bits of Canadian bacon--but the crucial decision will be the choice of cheese. Being average folks, we like a mild Vermont Cheddar, but if you like it blander than that, use Velveeta; for more zest, chose New York State coon cheese or Oregon Tillamook.

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Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: Square Meals
Submitted By: Linda Wilson
lwilson@gatecom.com
School Cafeteria Macaroni and Cheese


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