Posted on 07/18/2017 1:32:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Whether you prefer the classic stuff in the blue box or the organic brand famous for its pasta bunnies, you probably realize that mac-n-cheese isn’t healthy, exactly. But given the fast food alternatives, we tell ourselves, it’s isn’t that bad. And yet, because everything we love is secretly conspiring to kill us, a recent report suggests that each serving of America’s favorite processed cheese food also serves up a hefty dose of phthalates... But does this mean that you should give up eating that orange goo?
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Thanks to a 2008 bill, phthalates are now banned in the production of children’s products (like toys). But they're still abundant. You’ll find phthalates in vinyl flooring, aftershave, nail polish, and increasingly in food, although their presence there isn’t completely understood. It’s thought that some foods packaged in materials containing phthalates (including cellophane, paperboard, and plastics) pick the chemicals up as they sit on your shelves. Tasty.
Before delving into the mac-n-cheese report that is currently making the rounds, it’s important to note that unless you’re raising cows yourself with a feed you’re making yourself (and hand-milking said cow into glass containers), almost all dairy products you consume contain phthalates. In fact, you might do all of the aforementioned dairy farming and still find that your milk contains the chemicals. A 2013 study in the journal Environment International tracked the progression of eight different phthalates through the food chain and determined that basically every step of the milk production process helps introduce phthalates into the end result.
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Which brings us to the mac-n-cheese report...conducted ...at the behest of a host of environmental groups—including the National Resources Defense Council, Earth Justice, Center for Science in the Public Interest and others—under the not-exactly-subtle consortium name “Klean Up Kraft”.
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I had some for lunch and I feel fine.
Love this place! http://www.macdaddysrestaurants.com/
> classic stuff in the blue box
That’s not macaroni and cheese.
Man, that’s some good eatin’. In my impoverished undergraduate days I substituted Bacon Bits for the Spam. It’s what I had in the cupboard.
Buffalo Wild Wings has awesome mac and cheese! It also goes well with lobster!
Probably it’s because my Mom made it, but I much prefer “Spaghetti and Cheese”, made with Longhorn cheese.
“Of course, if you eat the junk in a box...”
Otherwise known as “Macaroni & Powdered Plastic” around our house.
I’m constantly reminded of Joe Jackson’s “(Everything gives you) Cancer”
What a pointed song.
Kraft. Another large company with lots of money, being subjected to an extortion racket by activist groups.
..with bacon bits!
Add finely chopped broccoli and it becomes a “healthy” dish.
Throw in some shredded cheese of your choice! Perhaps some cumin or whatever spice you like, and presto!!
I also highly recommend adding some vegetables, or meat that’s left over. Makes it much better.
Frozen peas are the best, but whatever you like. Plus add some more milk or water so it’s not dry.
I don’t even consider it real food, and avoid restaurants that have it on the menu. 50 cents of ingredients sold for $15. Please!
Not only is that stuff in the blue box not macaroni and cheese-it isn’t “real” food-even the “cheese” isn’t cheese at all...
Real food has natural ingredients and actual nutritional value other than just empty carbs and calories-I would guess the box the Kraft stuff comes in has more nutritional value than the contents...
I ate the dorm food du jour in college-it was hamburger helper-tasted awful, but it was cheap...
If Kraft Dinner were actually toxic
everyone in Canada would be dead.
A co-worker of T5’sguy ate some for lunch at a restaurant near the office-he liked it and so was wondering out loud how their cook prepared it-without looking up from his computer, T5’sguy replied “with a pear burner”...
Concentrate wrote: ". . . .Plus add some more milk or water so it’s not dry."
We rarely had the blue box in our cupboard but stocked it for the kids to prepare while I was away for same-day surgery . Got a call at the hospital with the kids questioning the directions on the package - saying
'the box says 6 cups of boiling water seems like too much to add'.
I nearly busted a stitch laughing so hard. They didn't realize the water was for boiling the pasta - not for preparing the powdered sauce.
It may not be toxic, but it isn’t “food” in any context I can relate to...
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