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Cooking & Baking

spinbaby

(15,088 posts)

7. I've used Velveeta

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 23, 2020, 07:02 PM

Jan 2020

It does make acceptable mac and cheese. If you look over the ingredients in Velveeta, though, you’ll find it doesn’t actually contain cheese. One thing it does contain is sodium citrate, which relaxes milk protein so it doesn’t curdle. I’ve made the modernist mac and cheese recipe from Serious Eats, which uses sodium citrate to prevent curdling, but is rather gluey for my taste. I think sodium citrate may be the secret to good mac and cheese in a slow cooker.

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Obsessed with mac and cheese [View all] spinbaby Jan 2020 OP

first thing i learned to cook and still my go-to comfort food. unblock Jan 2020 #1

IMO, The blue box& fish sticks or with cubed ham are a trip to childhood. 😁 irisblue Jan 2020 #2

I also find myself obsessed with perfecting MontanaMama Jan 2020 #3

I like adding a vegetable like sweetpotatoes Auggie Jan 2020 #4

I have never been able to duplicate my grandmother's Bayard Jan 2020 #5

Here's a tip Major Nikon Jan 2020 #6

I've used Velveeta spinbaby Jan 2020 #7

Neat idea coating the shredded cheese with cornstarch, Blue_true Jan 2020 #12

Most any starch will work Major Nikon Jan 2020 #13

using a roux to melt your cheese in would accomplish the same thing yellowdogintexas Feb 2020 #14

That is essentially what mornay sauce is Major Nikon Feb 2020 #17

Do you use eggs? Remember the very best recipe Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2020 #8

that would be the mac and cheese I grew up eating yellowdogintexas Feb 2020 #16

Yes, but with egg thoroughly mixed in milk. Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #18

What's the big deal about Mac N Cheese? dem in texas Jan 2020 #9

my mom and granny would take the cooked macaroni, yellowdogintexas Feb 2020 #15

I don't use a slow cooker but Cairycat Jan 2020 #10

I wonder. Blue_true Jan 2020 #11