Wednesday, 1/1/20

This New Year brought to you by: cheese. We had lunch with my Dad, Corrina and Zac at La Veracruzana---I had chile rellenos and Jason had queso fundito so that was basically all cheese, and then for dinner I made a batch of macaroni and cheese. I used a recipe from the NTY for a southern style baked m & c that called for milk and eggs, but no roux or breadcrumbs. It did remind me of the kind you get at southern buffets. The reviews at the Times were very mixed, but it seemed to me that the biggest problem people had came from not cooking it long enough (indeed, the 20 minutes suggested was ridiculous; it took 45). My batch came out nicely, but Carter prefers the kind with breadcrumbs, and Jason and like the stovetop kind with chicken and green chilis. We also had some broccoli, which helped to cut through the richness.