+46 Breadcrumbs Don't Belong In Mac n Cheese, amirite?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Maybe i'm in the minority, But I personally think bread crumbs can offer some nice heterogeneity In a dish that otherwise feels the same in every bite.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Breadcrumbs, diced bacon or pancetta, chopped coriander, plenty of black pepper Damn, now I'm hungry

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Brisket or bbq pork.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That's a casserole

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I don't think you know what a casserole is

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It seems like you're in the majority...but I'm with OP. Pasta and cheese is perfection on its own.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I feel like there are better ways to do this. Add a veggie or a meat. My family does chicken and spinach. Or you can do chopped bacon, ham bits, broccoli, something that brings a little more to the dish. Adding bread to a pasta seems redundant to me, as well as flavorless. Even if you season the bread, you get the seasoning but the bread doesn't actually add anything flavor wise.

by Short-Apartment 1 week ago

If you're adding stuff to it, it's not mac n cheese. It's a casserole. That's like adding meat to a grilled cheese. It's not a grilled cheese then. It's a melt.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It'll make my Mac straight?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That doesn't help when it's a texture issue

by Anonymous 1 week ago

When you bake ut the cheese gets crusty, and you don't need breadcrumbs.

by durganozella 1 week ago

It's not the same

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You're right. It's better.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

A cheese only crust is good but, generally, is going to be closer to "plastic" than not. Which, again, is good. But a crumb crust is crunchy and crispy in completely different ways. Its the difference between a sligthly burned pizza and a casserole.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

They're ON Mac and Cheese, not IN it.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I actually went back and forth with on vs in tbh. Regardless, I don't want sand texture involved

by Anonymous 1 week ago

wait, that's even a thing??

by Swiftines 1 week ago

Unfortunately πŸ˜’

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I'm with you I'll eat it, but all I want are noodles covered in cheesy goodness

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I don't want crunchy. I want gooey.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You do you darling!

by Unhappy_Code 1 week ago

No. It tastes like nothing. Gross.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Ick

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Sounds like you aren't eating seasoned ones. Adding in a little spice can help make things livelier as well.

by Cassieklein 1 week ago

No. It's the texture. It doesn't belong.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Go off sis

by Cassieklein 1 week ago

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ guilty

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It keeps it from being one note and slimey

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I don't mind one note. Consistency is key. Literally and figuratively

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Use crushed up ritz crackers in stead of bread crumbs

by Anonymous 1 week ago

My mom used to do that when I was a kid. So good!

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Have experienced. Did not like. Better than breadcrumbs, but only marginally so

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I completely agree. Breadcrumbs have NO place near mac and cheese.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I don't want anything in my mac n cheese...especially breadcrumbs. Yuck!

by Novel-Parsnip 1 week ago

Mix in some melted butter then toast that panko

by Ok_Climate1567 1 week ago

Garlic butter.

by Practical-Scratch 1 week ago

That's a casserole, not mac n cheese

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It was mac and cheese, it just had a barbecue twist

by Practical-Scratch 1 week ago

No

by Anonymous 1 week ago

THANK YOU

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Amen

by Responsible-Sun 1 week ago

Mac n cheese is a comfort food for me, I like it cause it's completely safe. It's just mac and cheese thats it. Once people started making crusts and stuff I hate it

by ybradtke 1 week ago

Exactly this

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I think this might just be user error

by Anonymous 1 week ago

No OP is personally responsible for my actions

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Ah of course

by Anonymous 1 week ago

My friendβ€¦πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Hard agree

by Curtisziemann 1 week ago

Agreed. It tastes like the Mac has a beard

by Anonymous 1 week ago

This is a hilarious descriptor

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Absolutely agree, OP. I hate breadcrumbs on my Mac and cheese. I want it to be gooey and cheesy, I don't want a crunch.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I am so happy someone said this!! Its not mac n cheese if there are breadcrumbs!!

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I hate them too

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Your mistake is putting them in the mac and cheese. They go on the mac and cheese

by Anonymous 1 week ago

They don't belong anywhere near it. In or on.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yup. Baked bread crumbs and a huge squirt of ketchup

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Byeeeeee lol .

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That depends on Quality of breadcrumbs

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It doesn't. The texture is terrible and upsetting

by Anonymous 1 week ago

They end up mixed in while it's being eaten. I don't want them anywhere.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It's alright Anakin, sometimes the sand helps.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Discover panko and allow them into your life

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I am familiar with panko. I will accept it on my fish or chicken. Keep it away from my macaroni and cheese

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I had that saying "Mac" is the standard now. It's almost as disgusting as the burned bread crumbs bad home cooks use to make their meal "special."

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Now? It's been the standard since I was a child and I'm pushing 40

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I know.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Neither does powdered cheese. A real Mac and cheese needs a bechamel sauce.

by isaac07 1 week ago

That's a separate issue πŸ˜‚

by Anonymous 1 week ago

The seasoning is not the issue. The texture is. I can't stand that texture in this context.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

As a person with some texture sensitivities, some of which want me to crawl out of my skin, I get it.

by cecelia88 1 week ago

That is why the crust on baked mac and cheese needs to be a mixture of crushed potato chips, and more cheese.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That's almost worse

by Anonymous 1 week ago

They're ok, but combining three savory items makes me only have a bite then I'm full

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That's fair. It's a super heavy dish

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Are the breadcrumbs in the room with us rn?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Who TF does this?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Panko breadcrumbs are the way to go, normal breadcrumbs are gross

by Own-Complaint 1 week ago

Still no

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I will literally never like it.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I don't send food back because I don't order things I know I won't like in the first place

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You can have it. I will encourage you to take it because I won't eat it

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You probably like wet sandwiches

by stiedemanntaryn 1 week ago

Joke's on you. I don't care for most sandwiches

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I do not

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Breadcrumbs can be good, but ONLY when part of a crust layer. It must combine with the cheese and become one; it must not be left as individual crumbs.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I'll choose mac n cheese over a ton of other things, so can't agree

by Anonymous 1 week ago

To each their own pal. As long as you enjoy it, keep on enjoying it

by elinorestark 1 week ago

I dunno, it def had a moment circa 2013, but they were putting lobster in it

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Agree every time I try it because someone says it is good and they know how to make a good mac n cheese, just disappointment comes my way

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I don't care that you don't like it, but I'm curious what makes it disappointing for you? Is it a flavor issue? Texture? I'm always searching for the perfect mac n cheese, alfredo, and bbq pork ribs.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Flavor, I like cheese but I feel like It's to much cheese.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Totally valid. That's typically my disappointment, too. So many flavorless ones.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I didnt know this was even a thing, wtf

by Difficult-Army5565 1 week ago

Textural and flavor diversity is a good thing. It helps complement and enhance the creamy cheese instead of leaving the whole thing one note.

by FunStage 1 week ago

Not in macaroni and cheese it's not. I'm not someone that craves contrast of textures in food. Often times it is texture that makes a food inedible for me, not flavor.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Ok I guess that's why this an unpopular opinion. Can I ask, why you don't like texture? Do you dislike fried foods?

by FunStage 1 week ago

I enjoy fried foods! Fried fish is a favorite of mine. But fried foods are supposed to be crunchy. Pasta and its sauce should not be. It's not a contrast to me. It just ruins the dish. I want smooth and gooey, not crunchy.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Do you ever take a fried food and dip it in a creamy sauce?

by FunStage 1 week ago

Rarely. I do tartar sauce for fish, but a good tartar sauce has pickles in it. And I eat battered fish, not breaded.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Oh, you reminded me of something. When I was a kid I would order mozzarella sticks, pull of the breading, dip the naked cheese in marinara, and eat it that way. I don't like breaded things very much. I like things battered if they're fried, but I will remove most breading. Crumby textures are upsetting to me in many cases

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Breadcrumbs in mac n cheese I have to try this!

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Someone has never gotten sand in their mouth lol

by Automatic_Carrot 1 week ago

I most certainly have. How do you think I got the comparison?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

For Kraft dinner, I agree breadcrumbs do nothing but homemade mad and cheese from the oven benefits from breadcrumbs.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I'm using no breadcrumbs. Because I hate them. If I were to use Martha's recipe I would omit the step of making them. The issue isn't flavor. It's texture. I don't know why this is such a hard concept.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Because different breadcrumbs have different textures πŸ™„. That's like saying I don't like bread.

by Which-Ad2986 1 week ago

The end texture is still crunchy. I don't want any sort of crunchy

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I made the mistake of disagreeing with someone whose tastebuds are stuck at 5 y/o. Enjoy your slop.

by Which-Ad2986 1 week ago

Yes they do.

by Benton86 1 week ago

Ok yes I agree. The texture is off putting and they add 0 taste.

by sydni90 1 week ago

"The texture is off putting" Yeah, who likes the texture of toasted crunchiness.

by FunStage 1 week ago

Toasted, seasoned bread is like gravel?

by FunStage 1 week ago

In this context, yes. I don't want it. I want smooth and gooey, not crunchy.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

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by Anonymous 1 week ago

Meh. Mac n Cheese is a disgusting mess, either way.

by Anonymous 1 week ago