Akiba...and Reb.....Re: Pasta and cheese, very Italian!

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You know... one man's everyday is another's exotic... I always like to hear the exchange students from other parts of the world describe Sweden, they see it so very differently from me.love/Reb

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> > Let me fix this post---pays to proof-read!

> > Mar ion

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> > From: marion j rojas marionjrojas2002@

> > To: MSersLife

> > Sent: Mon, May 9, 2011 10:17:54 AM

> > Subject: Pasta and cheese, very Italian!

> > > > > > Reb, for some mysterious reason, it is common for some varieties

> > of cheddar cheese to be colored to almost orange here--usually

> > with anatto dye (food-based), but I buy the white cheddar.

> > Besides, one can grate cheese over any pasta, or make a > > cheese sauce for any kind of pasta. I am half Italian; it comes

> > out in my cooking; my maternal grandmother taught me well!

> > Good luck with all this,

> > Love to you and to ,

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> > From: Reb D reb_41se@

> > To: MSersLife

> > Sent: Mon, May 9, 2011 9:01:11 AM

> > Subj ect: Re: Mac-n-cheese recipe - sorta (was-RE: mac n cheese> recipe > > please

> > > > > > Here's two cents from a REAL mac-n-ceese amateur...

> > > > I have never had homemade mc-n-cheese, but have had the kind of> mac-n-cheese you > > can buy (from the foreign food shelf, in some stores) ready made, a few> times. > > The ready-made one was perfectly fine, as far as ready made meals go. Will> never > > forget the first time we bought/made it though. We had never even seen it > > before, and that strong orange color was really not part of what we had > > expected. We weren't quite sure it was supposed to look like that, or if> some > > employe in the factory had accidentally dropped a bucket of paint in that > > batch... But I understand the color has to do with the choice of cheese.> And it > > was OK. > > > > I have read a recipe for a homemade one though, that I'll like to try some> time. > > It has cheddar, some other cheese I can't remember the name of and> probably > > won't find (I am guessing it's the orange one...), and gorgonzola. I think> the > > gorgonzola will really make it interesting. The gorgonzola could most> likely be > > replaced with feta (I love feta cheese too!). > > > > So, yes, I think you can vary the flavor of most cheesy food a lot by> using > > different kinds of cheese. > > > > > > > > love

> > /Reb

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