I feel my Canadian friends use the right amount while my American friends are too conservative.
This is a joke, right? Nobody actually puts ketchup on macaroni and cheese, right? No way. No way.
I picked it up in Canada and never stopped. I’m surprised it’s not more popular.
I think it can be fairly common with children
I used to put sliced banana on my red rice… I know people who put lemon mayo on their red rice.
And they both sound good, people need to stop isolating foods.
Hell with that. Give me mixed veggies and I’ll sort them into tiny piles. Why would I want a forkful of different things all together?
Northern countries should be banned from importing ketchup, they only use it to commit sins and atrocities. Norway has some explaining to do.
Maybe a tsbp so the can stragicially use it as a dip spot for each bite.
I top my mac and cheese up with tonic and finish it with a float of St. Germaine.
None. I use none. Kraft Mac is already bad but if I’m in the mood for something nostalgic there are a dozen other things i would add first
Alright, lot of people saying zero here, and I agree, but there is a fancy mac and cheese place that serves barbeque pork mac and cheese that is incredible. Barbeque sauce goes very well with mac and cheese even without the pork.
True, I would use bbq but not ketchup
Depends on the amount of mac, surely? Are we talking an aluminum pan for a party, or just a bowl for one person?
Either way if you can get your hands on some Whataburger Spicy Ketchup you should try using that.
Hell yeah, that sounds awesome. And I meant about a box worth.
I like to give it a good drizzle but it doesn’t use a significant amount of the ketchup. Nowhere near half the bottle.
Despite my love and appreciation for the Barenaked Ladies, one should just drink fancy Dijon ketchups and not bother with the Kraft Mac and Cheese to begin with.
I mean unless you have a million dollars or something.
We dont defile macaroni and cheese here so zero.
Why would you make your pasta taste like cheese and then make it stop tasting like cheese?
Zero. The answer to this question is Zero. There is no amount of Ketchup that should be added to Kraft Dinner.
Is that Celine Dion over there?
If you know, you know. I’m not your guy, friend.
The answer is hot sauce
I’m not a fan myself but I think the right amount of ketchup on Mac and cheese is generally how much you like.
But there is such a thing as too much. Ketchup is great because the sugar and salt makes it appealing. Start pouring it on and all of a sudden you’re guzzling down a lot of sugar and taking a dish high in sodium and exacerbating it. Not so bad every now and then but a constant high-sodium, high-sugar diet is rough for kidneys, blood glucose levels, etc.
There are also “no salt added” and “no sugar added” versions of ketchup but even still, a reasonable amount is just not pouring a ton on. For anyone eating the dish like twice a year, I’d say go nuts! But for those eating it regularly, make sure to enjoy yourself but also take care of yourself! I say this as someone that has a kidney issue in remission and was asked way back at my first appointment “how much sodium do you consume in a day?”
I’ve mixed quite a few things into mac & cheese. Ketchup has never been one of them.
Speaking of condiments, mixing about 1 tbsp of mustard (dijon works best, but regular yellow is fine too) into the cheese sauce helps bring out the cheese flavor, but doesn’t make it taste like mustard.
I’ll bet powdered mustard would work well.
It does! I’ve used it a couple times as well, you just need to be really careful not to add too much. I couldn’t tell you how much to use since I just eyeballed the amount I put in.
It also helps if you want to add some shredded cheese. There’s an emulsifier in mustard that helps the cheese melt smoothly into the sauce.
I have no idea how big the bottles are you’re using, but I can tell you… half a bottle is way too fucking much.
That said, I think ketchup on Mac and cheese is absolutely disgusting, but dumping half a bottle of anything into anything is way too much
