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Article: Mac & Cheese from scratch can be big family-pleaser
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- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- January 15, 2003
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Most children name macaroni and cheese as one of their favorite
foods. But it's not a homemade recipe they rave about _ it's the
boxed type, which is among top-selling items in supermarkets.
Try making homemade macaroni and cheese one night and see how your
family likes a creamier version.
First, a history lesson. Food historians have records of
Americans, even a president, eating macaroni and cheese in the 18th
century. Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States,
enjoyed eating macaroni with grated cheese and butter, and he also
liked a sweet macaroni pudding, according to records at Monticello,
his plantation home in Virginia.
However, it isn't until ...