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[ChasSmith]

No banks or postal services today.

[John G.]

I love most mac and cheese, even the blue box. And I love most stuff added to it, like brisket burnt ends, lobster or crab. I was not overly fond of Patti Labelle’s legendary version with five cheeses and egg in it. It was good, not great. And the not-great part was the inclusion of Velveeta, which seemed to flatten the flavor. Or maybe it was the egg that did it.

[elmore3003]

TOD

For many years, the only macaroni and cheese I ever knew was my mom's -- and whatever they served in the school cafeterias, but I actually don't remember the latter even though I had it many times over the years. But I loved my mom's. She was one who always added diced (or some kind of canned) tomatoes to it, and I literally grew up thinking that was what everyone did. I need to find the notes I jotted down years ago and make it myself. It might have simply been out of the Betty Crocker book, with the addition of the tomatoes.

I have this memory from somewhere of mac&cheese with hard-boiled eggs baked into it, but it couldn't have been my mom's, who refused to eat eggs in any form except devilled. Her mac&cheese was really good with a nicely baked crust. Since she was a bit crazy and, like most of her housekeeping, her cooking was too often passive-aggressive, I remember that her mac&cheese was cpnsistently wonderful.

[elmore3003]

Kitty cleanup is over, and now I'm on to the vacuum. This will be grisly and take forever, if I don't fall.

[Freddie]

TOD

For many years, the only macaroni and cheese I ever knew was my mom's -- and whatever they served in the school cafeterias, but I actually don't remember the latter even though I had it many times over the years. But I loved my mom's. She was one who always added diced (or some kind of canned) tomatoes to it, and I literally grew up thinking that was what everyone did. I need to find the notes I jotted down years ago and make it myself. It might have simply been out of the Betty Crocker book, with the addition of the tomatoes.

I have this memory from somewhere of mac&cheese with hard-boiled eggs baked into it, but it couldn't have been my mom's, who refused to eat eggs in any form except devilled. Her mac&cheese was really good with a nicely baked crust. Since she was a bit crazy and, like most of her housekeeping, her cooking was too often passive-aggressive, I remember that her mac&cheese was cpnsistently wonderful.

I love the concept of Passive-Aggressive Mac and Cheese!

[Jrand75]

DR CHAS SMITH I am sorry to read about your neighbor's car problems.

[Jrand75]

DR singdaw I keep hearing ads on tv telling people to call about Medicare health plans - was the deadline extended?

[Jrand75]

It is 10 degrees here with feels like of -10 degrees.

No wonder it felt so cold when I took the trash can to the end of the driveway.

[Jrand75]

Another small dusting of snow....

[Freddie]

DR singdaw I keep hearing ads on tv telling people to call about Medicare health plans - was the deadline extended?

There are cartoon characters in some of the ads, too.  It's all very entertaining - now that my 2026 Medicare programs are set, that is. 

I still can't make sense of my prescription deductibles and co-payments, though.  But until the numbers get too high, it's more than I want to question.  Certainly, I'm paying less at 65 than I did at 64 (Pre-Medicare), at least.

[elmore3003]

It took me a little over an hour to vacfuum the apartment. At least it's done, and it was really necessary.

[singdaw]

Not that I'm aware, DR Jrand75.

[Jane]

DR Kevin, good Wordle last night.

[Jane]

Kevin, thanks for the great to Keith.

[Jane]

Bruce, congrats on the great matinee.

[Jane]

Wordle 1,675 6/6

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WHEW!!

Whew!

[Jane]

I got up at 5:00 a.m. and was outdoors at 6:00 starting the sn*w blower. The sh*t didn't stop falling until after 1:00 a.m. last night, so no one could do much of anything till this morning.

So I get down to the bottom of our driveway, and find two cars that the neighbor obviously couldn't get up her own driveway, partially blocking mine. Fortunately, no one here has to go out today which is a real blessing. I cleared around her cars, but until we sand and salt the hell out of our downhill slope there, we would not be taking the chance of thinking we can get around them, so we'll just wait and see how she handles it.

I think she lost her plow guy this year and she's got a horrible steep driveway that I saw her trying to shovel the other day, but this storm had no mercy. It's a real mess here. We got nine inches or so over the entire weekend, and it's been a long time since we've seen that much.

Vibes your neighbor finds a new plow person, and that you don't need to go anywhere.

[Jane]

This was before the actor playing Joseph had to look good in a loincloth.

[Jrand75]

Thanks DR singdaw.

[Laura]

Good afternoon.

[Laura]

TOD: I don't recall ever having mac and cheese as a kid. I probably only made if after one of the kids asked for it. The boxed kind. Ugh.

[Laura]

Now we have to have mac and cheese on hand for every holiday. A kid and a vegetarian.

[Laura]

But I usually make it. With Velveeta. Because I'm feeding kids and they like it.

[Jane]

Now we have to have mac and cheese on hand for every holiday. A kid and a vegetarian.

Do you still make the boxed version?

[Jane]

But I usually make it. With Velveeta. Because I'm feeding kids and they like it.

  

[Jane]

We did errands this morning including a stop at Costco.  To our surprise they had the Cranberry Walnut bread we like

[ChasSmith]

We very likely had it with Velveeta, since that was cheese as we knew it for a while.

[Jane]

If my mother made macaroni & cheese I don't have a memory of it. I never used a box mix.  I didn't make it until Keith went to Ratner's kosher dairy restaurant in New York and purchased their vegetarian cookbook.  From then on I made it all the time.  My children would not eat boxed mac & cheese unless they had to. 

[Jane]

Ratner's macaroni & cheese recipe

[John G.]

But I usually make it. With Velveeta. Because I'm feeding kids and they like it.

Sorry, but I hated it as a kid, too. No cheese food. Only real cheese.