Jan 25 2009
Best boxed mac-and-cheese?
Yahoo! Food wanted to find the best BOXED macaroni and cheese, so they invited a “trusted panel of macaroni and cheese enthusiasts” to taste-test various brands. Mind you, as I have stated previously, I would go with homemade mac-and-cheese to a boxed brand any day, but if on a particular day you’re just not up to cooking this dinner favorite, maybe you can try this brand that placed #1 in the test. First place goes to… Pasta Roni shells and white cheddar!
Personally I’m not a fan of white cheese of any sort, but perhaps if someone gave me this dish without telling me anything about it, I might think otherwise! Who knows, my distaste for white cheese could very well be psychological. Hey, I could simply have some sort of OCD to the white color of cheese, as whenever I think of cheese I automatically think of the color orange!
Anyhow, the other honorary mentions include the Kraft macaroni and cheese dinner (original flavor) taking second place, then after that the Kraft macaroni and cheese dinner (premium thick-and-creamy), Kraft Velveeta shells and cheese (original flavor) and Back to Nature macaroni and cheese (tied for fourth), Annie’s Shells and real aged cheddar, and a generic store brand macaroni and cheese.
For more info on the contest and results, you can check it out here: http://food.yahoo.com/blog/yahoofreshpicks/2745/boxing-match-the-new-mac-cheese-winner/
Hopefully you’ll get some dinner ideas along the way, too. :)
My favorite is the White Cheddar Shells. I prefer white cheddar cheese, as it has no additives to make it yellow and thus more natural and cheesier in my opinion. All the yellow powder cheese taste so fake to me. My second would be the Velvetta stuff, as it is not fake tasting like the powder stuff. Of course, homemade mac and cheese is the best and if I am too lazy to make the sauce I just sprinkle on shredded cheese to make it easy/fast.