Cheesy Title

Rock stars love mac n' cheese.  (Rock n' Roll, Mac n' Cheese.. see the connection??)

           When I realized I could do another open blog post this week I thought to myself, “Shit.  I already wrote about my chosen topic and my philanthropy group.. I can’t talk about Kappa Alpha Theta… No one will take me seriously…”  Then, the solution to this problem, actually the solution to all problems perhaps, dawned on me: macaroni and cheese.  Mac’ n cheese?!  What an anticlimactic answer you might think.  But no, let me tell you, mac n’ cheese is the solution to many of the world’s problems (obesity not being one of them).  If people ate as much mac n’ cheese as I did, they would be happier, more relaxed, less productive and world hunger would definitely not be a problem.

            Since I was little, mac n’ cheese has been my food of choice.  What kind of mac n’ cheese, you might be wondering.  Is it Velveeta?  Annie’s?  No, my friend, I go for the classic, most sophisticated brand of cheese flavored pasta available: Kraft Mac n’ Cheese.  But not just any kind of Kraft Mac n’ Cheese, the kind that’s in shapes.  For those of you who are not mac n’ cheese connoisseurs, let me explain.  Some kinds of pasta come in fun shapes, like Scooby Doo or Spongebob Squarepants.  Obviously meant to attract an older crowd.  I’m not quite sure what it is, but I swear the macaroni that’s in shapes has more surface area and therefore retains more cheesy flavoring.  It’s delicious. 

            Mac n’ cheese has always been my favorite meal.  My mom immediately recognized that it was her picky daughter’s go-to food and made it for me on the regular.  Because of this, mac n’ cheese is my comfort food.  To this day, whenever I’m feeling sick or tired, I pop in The Little Mermaid and open that magical blue box of Kraft…  I know, I know, you are taking me very seriously right now.  Thank god I didn’t write about my sorority.

            But seriously, nothing takes me back to the simple bliss of childhood like Kraft Mac n’ Cheese (Is this an infomercial? You’re starting to wonder).  It makes me think of the long afternoons I’d spent lounging with my dad on the couch watching movies.  My first date with my 9^th grade boyfriend when I cooked him… You guessed it, mac n’ cheese.  Let’s just say it was not my culinary expertise that drew him to me.  It also makes me think of my best friends and the time we tried to make a huge tub of mac n cheese in the microwave.  It pretty much resulted in a lot of cheesy water and half cooked pasta.  But we were satisfied. 

            You might think that I’m a little too obsessed with Kraft Mac n’ Cheese.  I myself am starting to doubt my own sanity.  But you’ll be glad to know that my love for macaroni and cheese has expanded beyond the walls of my favorite little cardboard box.  I often order it at Seeds (much to my body’s detriment) after particularly long nights out.  The CPK macaroni and cheese is also quite delicious but a little overwhelming.  It’s the kind of mac n’ cheese that you have to mentality prepare for because there is so much of it.  

           Regardless of its shape, size, or the consistency of its cheese, however, I am always down for some macaroni and cheese.  If mac n' cheese be the food of love, eat on... Shakespeare really knew what he was talking about.