The New York Deli Style Potato Salad was really plain in comparison to other parts of the country… it contains few ingredients… and the dressing is put on heavily. Every neighborhood had them and each neighborhood had their own tweak to the salads…. It’s a wonder I knew what I did.Īs many of you know I grew up in Queens…had ties to Brooklyn and also grew up on Long Island…. until I was adapting an adaptation that was adapted twice since the original…. How do you make macaroni and cheese? Have you ever had it from a can? Let’s talk about it in the comments.This recipe for New York Deli Style Potato Salad has been an evolution over the years… I’d try a recipe… no not right…adapted it…still not right. If the person volunteering to bring the macaroni and cheese says to you, “what’s the difference – I’ll just bring blue box” or “it’ll take me about 15 minutes to make macaroni and cheese,” suggest they bring ice or napkins. Related: What Does Your Caribbean American Thanksgiving Look Like? If you add gruyere or mozzarella, we won’t fight you, but – be careful. And don’t get fancy with these internet recipes. If you volunteer to bring the macaroni, people are expecting it to be baked. Do not bring mac and cheese in a can or blue box. Thanksgiving is coming up and I feel the need to say this. That’s about as convenient as this needs to get. Maybe cut one up and put it into containers and freeze those. “But Eva,” you may ask, “what about the convenience of just pouring out the macaroni and cheese into a microwaveable bowl?” They’re doing this in the UK… and exporting it. None.īut people all over the world are doing it. ![]() There’s no reason for people to be out here eating macaroni in a can. It is very simple to make – the one in the photo above? My daughter made that when she was 11. Related: 22 Things Caribbean American and African American Families Have in Common It is fast, I don’t measure, and it comes out pretty much the same every time. I boil the macaroni, drain it, melt the butter in the pot that is still hot, put the macaroni back in the pot, add way too much cheese (sharp, medium, AND mild cheddar), add salt and pepper, add the eggs (stir immediately and fast so that it doesn’t cook the eggs), add milk (until my DNA tells me to stop), stir for my life, pour it into a baking dish, top it with more cheese, cover it with foil and bake. Most people don’t even know I have eggs in mine. I use eggs (a southern thing) but you don’t have to. So what is macaroni pie? Mine is really simple. This post contains affiliate links, so if you decide to buy some macaroni in a can, it won’t cost you more than it normally would (except maybe your colon), but I’ll get a little change. wait for it… IN A CAN… I clearly wish you nothing but bad luck and intestinal distress. I rarely cook for people so if I’ve cooked for you before, consider yourself loved. If I bring a dish to a potluck, this is what I’m bringing. ![]() Once, I baked a knife in it and my friends and family said it was the best one I’d ever made. I can say that with confidence and certainty. Macaroni pie versus macaroni and cheese in a can. ![]() I mostly got macaroni and cheese from the homes of southern black American friends and “framily” so it was more like the macaroni pie I was accustomed to than the abomination that I ate occasionally as a child known as, “blue box” (our box wasn’t blue – it was whatever color store brand was because store brand was 25 cents and well – trash is trash – no need to spend more for name brand). My parents are from Trinidad and Tobago, so we don’t really have a whole lot of cheese-based things that I grew up eating. If there is water at the bottom of the aluminum pan, you can forget it. Macaroni and cheese is the only dish that can make me decide not to eat at your house. Once, someone slipped some cream cheese in it and I have yet to recover emotionally. I don’t eat everybody’s macaroni and cheese. ![]() To be honest, I don’t even see this as a fair fight, but this is the internet, and sometimes those who do not deserve to win, end up winning anyway.
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