PSA: Chef Boyardee Mac and Cheese is HORRIBLE

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nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: shocksyde
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: shocksyde
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Huh, and I'd have thought that Easy Mac would be enough to ruin it for you.

Easy Mac tastes exactly like regular Mac and Cheese to me. :confused:

Tastes a little less good than regular Kraft to me, but I'm not even a big fan of that stuff.

Velveeta Shells and cheese man? Or are you gonna go high and mighty on me and claim homemade is the only way to go?

I think the Velveeta stuff is a step above, but I can still only eat so much. I just recently tried the Annie's Organic shells and cheese, and that was pretty decent, I actually had seconds.

Originally posted by: meltdown75
i still eat a can of raviolis on nights when i play hockey.

i got my 3-DVD NHL Greatest Moments set too. Thanks Chef B

he was a real person, i didn't know that until several months ago when i was bored enough to Wiki him.
Do you get the Big Raviolis or just regular? I like a can of that every so often.
 

meltdown75

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no preference - i like the big ones and regular ones equally. mini bites are kinda meh... they always have the exact same # of meatballs as raviolis though so that's kinda cool. i'm out of large raviolis... all i have left is mediums. i need to stock up.

last night my wife made spaghetti so i passed on the Chef B... nothing beats a nice pasta meal 4-5 hours before hockey... i was on fire last night :) plus over a month without smokes... gives you a lot of extra stamina and speed burst when you need it!
 

nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: meltdown75
no preference - i like the big ones and regular ones equally. mini bites are kinda meh... they always have the exact same # of meatballs as raviolis though so that's kinda cool. i'm out of large raviolis... all i have left is mediums. i need to stock up.

last night my wife made spaghetti so i passed on the Chef B... nothing beats a nice pasta meal 4-5 hours before hockey... i was on fire last night :) plus over a month without smokes... gives you a lot of extra stamina and speed burst when you need it!

Hm, I didn't know the mini ones had meatballs, I'll have to check those out.
This thread gave me a craving, BTW, the wife called me and I told her to add it to the grocery list :p
 

Anubis

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Originally posted by: Vidda
Homemade is by far the best. Kraft and Velveeta are both tolerable. Easy Mac is the spawn of Satan.

i cant stand homemade mac and cheese, ive tried it from everyone who makes it and i cant stand any of it, kraft is crap as well as the velveeta stuff

the ONLY kind of mac n cheese i can eat is the generic brand that is sold at the store "Save A Lot"
 

nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: Vidda
Homemade is by far the best. Kraft and Velveeta are both tolerable. Easy Mac is the spawn of Satan.

i cant stand homemade mac and cheese, ive tried it from everyone who makes it and i cant stand any of it, kraft is crap as well as the velveeta stuff

the ONLY kind of mac n cheese i can eat is the generic brand that is sold at the store "Save A Lot"

Is that what you grew up eating?
 

meltdown75

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Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: meltdown75
no preference - i like the big ones and regular ones equally. mini bites are kinda meh... they always have the exact same # of meatballs as raviolis though so that's kinda cool. i'm out of large raviolis... all i have left is mediums. i need to stock up.

last night my wife made spaghetti so i passed on the Chef B... nothing beats a nice pasta meal 4-5 hours before hockey... i was on fire last night :) plus over a month without smokes... gives you a lot of extra stamina and speed burst when you need it!

Hm, I didn't know the mini ones had meatballs, I'll have to check those out.
This thread gave me a craving, BTW, the wife called me and I told her to add it to the grocery list :p
the regular sized ones come with and without meatballs. the ones with meatballs are called Mini Bites, and the raviolis are filled with cheese instead of meat. so essentially with the Mini Bites you are getting meat AND cheese, which is nice.
 

nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: meltdown75
no preference - i like the big ones and regular ones equally. mini bites are kinda meh... they always have the exact same # of meatballs as raviolis though so that's kinda cool. i'm out of large raviolis... all i have left is mediums. i need to stock up.

last night my wife made spaghetti so i passed on the Chef B... nothing beats a nice pasta meal 4-5 hours before hockey... i was on fire last night :) plus over a month without smokes... gives you a lot of extra stamina and speed burst when you need it!

Hm, I didn't know the mini ones had meatballs, I'll have to check those out.
This thread gave me a craving, BTW, the wife called me and I told her to add it to the grocery list :p
the regular sized ones come with and without meatballs. the ones with meatballs are called Mini Bites, and the raviolis are filled with cheese instead of meat. so essentially with the Mini Bites you are getting meat AND cheese, which is nice.

Man, I'm hungry now.
 

AMCRambler

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I buy the cheap store brand stuff at stop and Shop because it tastes the same to me. Insta-Mac I think it's called. It's pretty good for a quick snack that's hot. Kraft costs more.
 

lxskllr

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I hate most mac and cheese. The only one I've had that I liked was that bunny pasta brand, which used Parmesan cheese instead of mild cheddar. That was pretty tasty.