| 1 | Am I the only person who doesn't like this? I love pasta, love cheese and cheese sauce but just the thought of macaroni cheese makes me want to heave. When I was in hospital after having my youngest son this was on the menu so I had to get hubby to bring me in a sandwich from home instead. Who else has "traditional favourites" they just can't eat? sarahb5 - 2013-08-09 17:54:00 |
| 2 | Tripe and onions. I always have mine minus the tripe! strebor1 - 2013-08-09 17:57:00 |
| 3 | strebor1 wrote:
Tripe and onions. I always have mine minus the tripe!
Yeah well I would have to agree with you there - just the idea of it disgusts me and it smells too! sarahb5 - 2013-08-09 17:59:00 |
| 4 | stews with dumplings . teddy147 - 2013-08-09 19:04:00 |
| 5 | Roast pork, kumara and pumpkin - with mixed veg, about the only thing I would eat from a good traditional kiwi roast pork would be the potatoes and gravy, dibble35 - 2013-08-09 19:29:00 |
| 6 | Harden up you lot, you'd all have to go begging if you came to eat at my place. I have never cooked tripe and onions but my mother cooked them for Dad, and I always enjoyed a bite from his plate. I am racking my brains here to think of food that I don't like......yes, banoffee pie, can't stand that rainrain1 - 2013-08-10 07:17:00 |
| 7 | I like most food but my pet hate is food on a buffet line that is meant to be hot but it's been sitting too long hence is lukewarm and the plates offered are cold too. Add the fact that many buffet lines expect you to put your salad on the same plate as the hot dishes and all I can say is YUK! jynx66 - 2013-08-10 07:33:00 |
| 8 | Coriander But that is because I ate it when I'll with morning sickness Now I just want to vomiitt when I smell it,
Olfactory memory - incredibly strong duckmoon - 2013-08-10 09:22:00 |
| 9 | jynx66 wrote:
I like most food but my pet hate is food on a buffet line that is meant to be hot but it's been sitting too long hence is lukewarm and the plates offered are cold too. Add the fact that many buffet lines expect you to put your salad on the same plate as the hot dishes and all I can say is YUK! You havn't seen a football team dip there fingers in to taste? or grab spoons and try everything. pickles7 - 2013-08-10 09:53:00 |
| 10 | duckmoon wrote:
Coriander But that is because I ate it when I'll with morning sickness Now I just want to vomiitt when I smell it,
Olfactory memory - incredibly strong
I think that's part of my issue with macaroni cheese - we used to get it for school dinners and I don't know what they did to it but the pasta always tasted sweet and the whole school smelt like vomit on mac n cheese day *bleurk*. I believe some of my children quite like though and so does my brother but he's always had weird food tastes! sarahb5 - 2013-08-10 10:11:00 |
| 11 | I usually like Macaroni Cheese but some people overdo it with the cheese and can be too much... Jamie Oliver has a nice refreshing recipe to which I have done a few times and it is lovely, not over the top, very refreshing actually and love the introduction of the cauliflower, the recipe... just do the cauli macaroni bits only and I used bacon or ham instead of pancetta. Jamie Oliver Cauliflower macaroni withstewed fruit meal
Jamie puts a British spin on a classic American recipe as one of his 30-Minute Meals
Serves 6IngredientsFor the cauliflower macaroni
8 rashers of pancetta1 large head of cauliflower500g dried macaroni250g mature Cheddar cheese4 thick slices of country breadFew sprigs of fresh rosemary2 cloves of garlic1 x 250g tub of crème fraîcheParmesan cheese, to serve
For the seasonings
Olive oilExtra virgin olive oilSea salt and black pepper
For the stewed fruit
18 ripe plums or a mixture of any stone fruit you like, such as nectarines or apricots1 tsp vanilla paste or extract2 heaped tbsp golden caster sugar1 orange1 cinnamon stickGood splash of brandy, optional1 x 500ml tub of good-quality vanilla ice cream For the salad
2 large red chicory2 large white chicorySmall bunch of fresh basil1 clove of garlic½ a 30g tin of anchovies in oil1 tsp Dijon mustard2 tbsp natural yoghurt3 tbsp red wine vinegarSmall handful of capers, drained
Method: How to make cauliflower macaroni, chicory salad with insane dressing,lovely stewed fruit
Follow Jamie's step-by-step guide to make this full meal with dessert in just 30 minutes.
To start:
Get all your ingredients and equipment ready. Fill and boil the kettle. Turn the oven onto 220ºC/425ºF/gas 7. Put the coarse grater attachment into the food processor.
Cauliflower macaroni:
Lay the pancetta in a roasting tray (approx. 30 x 25cm, or large enoughto bake the pasta in) and put on the top shelf of the oven. Get rid of any tatty outer leaves fromthe cauliflower, then trim off the tough base of the stalk and quarter the head. Put in a largesaucepan, core down, with the pasta, on a high heat. Cover with boiling water, filling andreboiling the kettle if necessary. Season with a good pinch of salt, drizzle over a little olive oil,then stir and cook according to packet instructions, with the lid askew.
Stewed fruit:
Halve and stone the plums and put them into another large roasting tray with 1teaspoon of vanilla paste or extract and 2 heaped tablespoons of caster sugar. Speed-peel in thezest from ½ the orange, then squeeze in all the juice. Add the cinnamon stick, snapped in half,and stir in a good swig of brandy, if using. Place on the bottom shelf of the oven. They will beperfect after about 15 minutes.
Cauliflower macaroni:
Grate the Cheddar in the food processor and tip into a bowl. Fit thestandard blade attachment, then get your pancetta out of the oven and blitz in the processor withthe bread, rosemary leaves and a good drizzle of olive oil until you have a coarse breadcrumbconsistency.Put a colander over a large bowl to catch the pasta water, then drain the pasta and cauliflower.Tip into the roasting tray you cooked your pancetta in, and put over a low heat. Add 400ml (or just under a pint) of the reserved pasta water from the bowl. Crush in the 2 unpeeled cloves of garlic and mix in the crème fraîche and grated Cheddar, gently breaking up the cauliflower withtongs or a potato masher. Have a taste and correct the seasoning. It should be nice and loose; if not, add another splash of the pasta water.
Spread out evenly and scatter over the breadcrumbs. Put on the top shelf of the oven for about 8minutes, or until golden and bubbling. valentino - 2013-08-10 10:30:00 |
| 12 | Continued....from above Stewed fruit:
If the plums look soft and juicy, take them out of the oven and set aside. If not,leave them in a little longer.
Salad:
Trim the bases of the chicory and click the leaves over a serving platter. Quickly pick thebasil leaves and scatter the small ones all over the salad. Put a small frying pan on a medium tolow heat.Put the bigger basil leaves into a liquidizer. Crush in the unpeeled garlic clove, then add a goodpinch of salt & pepper, ½ the tin of anchovies plus a little of their oil, 1 teaspoon of mustard, 2tablespoons of yoghurt, 3 tablespoons of red wine vinegar and about the same amount of extravirgin olive oil. Add a small splash of water and whiz until smooth.Add a splash of olive oil and the capers to the hot frying pan. Fry for a few minutes until crispy.Taste the dressing to check for acidity, then pour into a jug. Sprinkle the crispy capers all over
the chicory leaves and take to the table with the jug of dressing. You won’t need all the dressing –
keep any extra in the fridge for another day.
To serve:
When the cauliflower macaroni is golden and bubbling, take it to the table and shaveover some Parmesan. If the fruit is still in the oven, take it out and put it to one side. Take the icecream out of the freezer to soften. When ready, serve the fruit in small glasses, layered up withvanilla ice cream. valentino - 2013-08-10 10:31:00 |
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| 14 | cookessentials wrote:
As a child, macaroni cheese was one of on,y a few things I really disliked. I have memories of having to stay at the table until I had finished it! And having to smother it in tomato sauce and have a large glass of water at hand LOL It is not a dish I really bother to make and yet, I have had a delicious one at friends. I am not an offal fan, so liver or my Mother's steak and kidney pudding is not my bag.
I don't mind most offal - have even had lambs brains - but do draw the line at tripe! sarahb5 - 2013-08-10 19:01:00 |
| 15 | Tripe just like Brussell Sprouts has to properly cooked to get the best out of them otherwise will taste very Blahhhh!!!.
I love properly cooked tripe finished in a nice slightly cheesy white sauce with onions and seasoned properly. valentino - 2013-08-10 19:35:00 |
| 16 | Never was a huge fan of Brussel Sprouts until I tried them stir fried with garlic and tossed with with flaked almonds before serving. Also good with a touch of honey, ginger and garlic tossed in the pan while stir frying, served with a sprinkling of sesame seeds. As we now like them, we grow them in our garden. nauru - 2013-08-10 19:47:00 |
| 17 | sarahb5 wrote:
I don't mind most offal - have even had lambs brains - but do draw the line at tripe! Same, I love steak and kidney and brains, but not tripe! And you can add chokos to that as well (to the hate list I mean).Any food that you have to disguise with sauce to make it edible, is a waste of my palate sorry. Edited by strebor1 at 9:20 pm, Sat 10 Aug strebor1 - 2013-08-10 21:20:00 |
| 18 | strebor1 wrote:
Same, I love steak and kidney and brains, but not tripe! And you can add chokos to that as well (to the hate list I mean).Any food that you have to disguise with sauce to make it edible, is a waste of my palate sorry.
I've never tried chokos but you make a good point about food being disguised Edited by sarahb5 at 9:45 pm, Sat 10 Aug sarahb5 - 2013-08-10 21:45:00 |
| 19 | Scotch eggs - hate them. casey15 - 2013-08-11 00:41:00 |
| 20 | I don't like it at all. I don't think either of my children have ever eaten it either. korban - 2013-08-11 07:26:00 |
| 21 | I don't really like mac'n'cheese either. My mother used to make a horrible one when we were kids, and my sister-in-law a microwave version with frozen mixed veges added in which was even worse than mum's. My husband actually makes a really good one but I still don't like it. |
| 22 | Macaroni cheese is a real family favourite here. I make it traditionally, and with sliced tomatoes and breadcrumbs on top. Yumo What I couldn't ever eat is tripe and onions. My mum would cook and enjoy 'em though.
And I also detested junket. ugh! I like everything else, lol. kiwilion - 2013-08-11 11:34:00 |
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| 24 | cookessentials wrote:
Funnily enough, I have a fondue style macaroni cheese recipe here, that I would more than likely enjoy it has pancetta, fresh breadcrumbs, fontina cheese fresh parsley and it certainly looks a very nice dish.
But I think the same when I see a big dish of mac n cheese in cafes especially over winter and I have retried it but no matter how hard I try I just can't force it down sarahb5 - 2013-09-04 18:03:00 |
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| 26 | yep-- coriander, can;t stand it lilyfield - 2013-09-04 18:52:00 |
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| 31 | some great ideas for a classic bev00 - 2014-09-05 01:15:00 |
| 32 | Saute chopped onion and bacon.
Stir in canned tomatoes (or fresh, doesn't matter) and some chopped mushrooms. Cook the macaroni, not too much. Once cooked, stir in the tomato mixture and 1/2 cup or so of a aged, flavoursome grated cheese.
Serve immediately. That gluey goop I couldn't eat either, this is far better. If on a budget and bacon is out of the question, cheat and use a bit of bacon stock, it's mainly the flavour of it you need. lythande1 - 2014-09-06 17:08:00 |
| 33 | Don't like macaroni cheese made with macaroni elbows they are all sqigee and slimeee ewwww yuk! BUT I do like spiral pasta in a cheese sauce with toasted breadcrumbs and tomatoe slices as a topping grilled for a couple of minutes.
Its the macaroni elbows cooked that I find horrid.
Other foods I don't like...........tripe, brains, offal, chocolate caramel slice, chocolate bars, olives, coffee teap - 2014-09-07 18:20:00 |
| 34 | i don't really like pasta at all..unless its homemade then i quite enjoy it...but even then its a sometimes food....i now don't eat much meat and i find walking past the meat at the supermarket - the smell is really horrid some days as above i could say i dislike brains and tripe, truth is ive never eaten them and never will motorbo - 2014-09-07 18:26:00 |
| 35 | kiwilion wrote:
Macaroni cheese is a real family favourite here. I make it traditionally, and with sliced tomatoes and breadcrumbs on top. Yumo What I couldn't ever eat is tripe and onions. My mum would cook and enjoy 'em though.
And I also detested junket. ugh! I like everything else, lol. Junket, yuck, even the thought of it makes me wretch, that and anchovies and broad beans.
Junket, cos it was dessert 8 days a week when we were kids, anchovies, cos the smell, and the look, and broad beans, i had a partner whos mum would serve them for tea - i think they were boiled from 8am in prep, grey, freezer burnt horrid blasted things! kay34 - 2014-09-07 18:38:00 |
| 36 | Fish pie with tinned fish and boiled eggs... hate the consistency karlymouse - 2014-09-07 19:24:00 |
| 37 | and anything with frozen mixed vegetables thrown in for added colour .... euchhh karlymouse - 2014-09-07 19:24:00 |
| 38 | I can't stand any cooked fruit. It always tastes sour and the texture is barf worthy. But Mac, if it's properly done is gorgeous. Sauce on the thin side, don't overdo the cheese, plenty of mushrooms, onion, garlic and bacon (or ham steak if you're cheap) and grill it within an inch of it's life with a good layer of breadcrumbs, sliced tomato and cheese. I often do half pasta (large shells, spirals or vegeroni), half cauli and broccoli in a big oven dish and freeze it. Also buffet takeaways. I once saw a kid pick his nose then shove his hands in the noodles and play with it. Freaking disgusting, fizzy_kiwi - 2014-09-08 02:37:00 |
| 39 | sarahb5 wrote:
But I think the same when I see a big dish of mac n cheese in cafes especially over winter and I have retried it but no matter how hard I try I just can't force it down Make your own.....waaaay nicer than café mac rainrain1 - 2014-09-08 07:27:00 |
| 40 | rainrain1 wrote:
Make your own.....waaaay nicer than café mac
I have made my own and I still don't like it sarahb5 - 2014-09-08 07:42:00 |
| 41 | sarahb5 wrote:
I have made my own and I still don't like it bad recipe? :-))) Edited by rainrain1 at 7:51 am, Mon 8 Sep rainrain1 - 2014-09-08 07:50:00 |
| 42 | rainrain1 wrote:
bad recipe? :-)))
Don't think so - I just don't like it - it always tastes sweet to me and has a slimy texture. Sometimes we just have to accept there are foods we like and foods we don't like - macaroni cheese is a definite don't like for me - I'll live, there are plenty of other foods I do like. Maybe I was force fed it as a child by someone and I was traumatised by the experience ... Who knows - no big deal sarahb5 - 2014-09-08 11:15:00 |
| 43 | Love macaroni cheese. Tripe - ugh. Can't think of anything else I don't like except tinned fruit. Not overly fond of shellfish but will eat it if someone serves it, love crab, crays etc, but not keen on scallops, mussels etc biggles45 - 2014-09-08 11:36:00 |
| 44 | sarahb5 wrote:
Don't think so - I just don't like it - it always tastes sweet to me and has a slimy texture. Sometimes we just have to accept there are foods we like and foods we don't like - macaroni cheese is a definite don't like for me - I'll live, there are plenty of other foods I do like. Maybe I was force fed it as a child by someone and I was traumatised by the experience ... Who knows - no big deal I don't really mind if you like it or not either Sarahb5, but four or five posts on how much you don't like it, then you say it's no big deal....I just had a feeling you might just secretly like it but not telling......!! rainrain1 - 2014-09-08 11:51:00 |
| 45 | sarahb5 wrote:
Don't think so - I just don't like it - it always tastes sweet to me and has a slimy texture. Sometimes we just have to accept there are foods we like and foods we don't like - macaroni cheese is a definite don't like for me - I'll live, there are plenty of other foods I do like. Maybe I was force fed it as a child by someone and I was traumatised by the experience ... Who knows - no big deal Spent 55 nights in hospital once and they made me have icecream every night lol, now i hate the stuff. fifie - 2014-09-08 11:58:00 |
| 46 | cooked celery as a vege is my blurk/puke territory.
My mother used to cook it with a cheese sauce & I hated it & yet I love it raw ...go figure/ samanya - 2014-09-08 12:08:00 |
| 47 | rainrain1 wrote:
I don't really mind if you like it or not either Sarahb5, but four or five posts on how much you don't like it, then you say it's no big deal....I just had a feeling you might just secretly like it but not telling......!!
The thread got bumped - sorry sarahb5 - 2014-09-08 13:39:00 |
| 48 | fifie wrote:
Spent 55 nights in hospital once and they made me have icecream every night lol, now i hate the stuff.
I was in hospital for 3 nights having my son nearly 17 years ago - first night was tuna bake (don't like cooked, tinned tuna either - hubby brought a sandwich), second night macaroni cheese (hubby brought fish and chips), third night they decided we could go home at about 5 o'clock so I didn't get any dinner at all! sarahb5 - 2014-09-08 13:41:00 |
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| 50 | Love macaroni but with penni pasta not elbow pasta, when I was growing up I hated field mushrooms done in milk, and I still wouldn't eat it today! It didn't help seeing they'd been invaded with bugs. nz_nicola - 2014-09-08 14:16:00 |
