It’s so…cloying and happy.
It’s insidious.
Do you think it can save us from culinary boredom?
Don’t knock it, till you try it.
But I agree…
If it’s delicious I could have my mind changed, I will admit
I am one of those who enjoys oatmeal raisin cookies, so it is entirely plausible; but in Mac and Cheese it seems… dubious
Cheese and fruit are a pretty well known and loved combination (not just fresh like on a cheese board, but things like chutney too), I don’t see why it wouldn’t work (I wouldn’t eat it because I don’t like raisins, but I don’t object to the idea)
Yeah, totally. I’ve had cheese that was aged in raisins. Fruit and cheese are friends.
I’m very selective about my raisin eating. I don’t tend to like them in desserts, but love them in savory dishes. A lot of cuisines utilize raisins in this manner - North Africa and Mexico immediately come to mind.
I think the issue here is ultimately about texture more than flavor. I don’t want a chewy raisin in a rich, melty sauce. They’re good in kugel, which are also made of noodles, but the texture is very different. They’re springy, tender, and solid. Much more welcoming of raisins.
Beyond that, I don’t really want any major modifications to my mac and cheese. It’s comfort food and part of that comfort is how familiar it is. I don’t really want anything in there. Even something like bacon or tomatoes, both of which would probably taste really good. Mac and cheese is just one of those things that I want to enjoy simply. Additional ingredients would only detract from the experience.
Figs make amazing pizza toppers. Especially with feta or goat cheese. I could see it working in theory for sure, but like you, I am not a big fan of raisins in general lol
I’ve had a pizza with figs to surprisingly great success. It made me a lot more willing to try sweet things with cheese because it was insanely delicious. I’d be mildly concerned because I don’t really like raisins but I would at least try this once.
I would 100% try this if given the chance, but I don’t like raisins, so I won’t make it myself
Oh yeah same for sure. I’m not spending money on raisins on purpose that’s just reality lol
I don’t like raisins, in general :/ I wish I did, but I don’t
Awesome! I hope you enjoy it but I expect you won’t.These debates confuse me, taste is taste. Each of us has a unique set of chemoreceptors, nurves, and neurons which creates our sense of taste. What’s tasty to one person could be vile to another. Cilantro tastes like soap to a small fraction of the population. So why do so many people care about this stuff? It’s not like they’re eating rotten food or glass.
I suppose the goal would be a salty sweet combo, but a raisins texture seems really off-putting for Mac and cheese.
And I have the same reaction I have to most of these types of things - I wonder what it tastes like, and wish I could try it.
I’ve never understood why these things trigger such uproar. It’s not like it’s poison or some sort of bodily secretion or something - it’s just a somewhat unusual but entirely edible ingredient. And it could be good. So what’s the problem?
elaborate performative outrage is just fun for its own sake sometimes idk
I’ve suspected it’s largely performative. I still don’t really get it though.
Fun fact: There’s a cook book for cum.
That’s not fun at all
I agree. For example, I love cranberry sauce. I make it homemade and put it on everything during Thanksgiving. That includes Mac and cheese. And it’s really good! I wouldn’t be surprised if raisins could supply a similar sweetness.
I wanted to say “in Austria, they put „Preiselbeerkompott“ on Cordon Bleu and (ChatGPT said it’s called like that:) game like boar and pheasant“
But the European Preiselbeere is just the smaller cousin of the Cranberry, they taste the same.
I figured it’ll help anyone speaking German who reads this, so I typed it out after I got my answers.
Well a lot of people don’t like raisins, so that’s why it’s triggering an uproar?
It’s weird that you are forgetting that not everyone likes every food.
It’s awesome that you like raisins. Don’t need to dismiss those who don’t.
And I don’t like curry, but I’m not a acting like an upset 8yo every day that India exists.
That’s not the same, but okay.
Imagine taking your favourite dish and adding something you hate into it. That’s the equivalent.
Still wouldn’t upset me because it doesn’t change what I eat.
It’s very cool that you’ve never had any opinions about food before. Congratulations.
Some of you really don’t like raisins, huh?
I don’t want rubbery, sweet shit in my Mac and cheese.
On their own this m they’re fine.
Do you like pickles in your ice cream?
I like pickles on everything, but pickles are delicious. Raisins are an abomination.
There’s pickles flavored ice cream, and it’s not bad. I tasted it at one of those 1000 flavors ice cream shops. People are really missing out if they think ice cream should only be diabetes flavored. Salted caramel, peanuts, sour and sweet flavors. They all work really well in ice cream form.
If they’re not covered in chocolate someone wasted a perfectly good grape.
Seriously. Craisins = great. Raisins = bullshit bad wasted grape. Redeemable if they’re Raisinets or yogurt covered raisins. (I actually don’t hate raisins, but all of the other options are better by a mile.)
FUCK raisins. The nasty little fucks can go decay in a corner alone for all I care.
I love chocolate syrup, but it doesn’t belong on cheese or pasta.
what about chocolate pasta?
Raisins are good and anyome who thinks otherwise is a stupif fucking pile of dogshit, just my opinion though.
You all thought I was crazy for wanting pineapple on pizza! How do you like me now!
I liked you just fine before?
Please don’t tell my wife. I’d rather set my kitchen on fire than make this for her.
A curse to live to such an age, where foul raisins defile such an innocent dish.
You’re kicked out of the potluck for life if you bring this over.
You mean there’s a surefire way not to get invited to potlucks? Hold my raisins!
I’m still inviting you
So, putting mayor’s pants in potluck does not warrant a lifetime ban, but one little rasin does?
I enjoy figs/grapes/dates and cheese so maaaybe I’d like this?
I notice how it doesn’t say whether it’s good or bad things. I’m going to guess it’s mostly bad. I don’t need or want sweet Mac and cheese in my life.
Just put 1 raisin in there to mess up someone’s day.
Whoever gets it has to make the next Mac and cheese.
Desperately seeking content will the death of the internet, change my mind
This is nothing compared with cheesy escargot sushi
hey i mean snails can technically be considered a type of fish (its true look it up), so i guess it works
Seafood does not mean fish.
Mini marshmallows or bust!
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At least the textures are similar 🤷♂️
We live on a spinning spaceship made out of rock with 8 billion people on it and THIS is what people talk about?
No, they don’t. Media just picks a mildly controversial topic and jazzes it up to get clicks.
As an european mac and cheese is already an abomination that you dont even know if people actually eat it in america or the media is playing a trick on the whole of europe.
What exactly is the abomination here? Pasta with cheese is also eaten a lot in Europe. Just look at Spaghetti cacio e pepe or Käsespätzle?
Well the proportions of the ingredients are different and european cheese is usually made out of milk wnd not plastic. I made the huge mistake of going to an italian restaurant(had a good rating) and spent a good chunk of money on one of the worst meals i ever ate in my life. But look if you like it i have nothing against you just dont try to call it italian.
Roux sauce ham and cheese pasta had been around for a long time, brother.
Skinny bitches just jealous of our thiccness
Who the fuck downvotes random ass comments? I have to get to the bottom of this.
The bottom of the serving tray, perhaps?
Ill pass
Grapes and cheese is a classic combo. It could work, if you can balance acidity with the sweetness, and the saltyness of the sauce to the sweetness of the rasins.
I moved from europe to canada, and they actually eat that thing. I tried in europe before, and the authentic here it’s just as bad
