Talk:Macaroni and cheese

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[edit] Removed Recipes

I have removed a pair of recipes from this talk page. Not because I really mind a talk page having recipes, but because google searches [1] and [2] indicate that both are copied from the New York times. That's a copyright violation. Do not paste in content from other copyrighted sources. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 06:17, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] POV

This article was very POV, so I have added a section which lists other varities of pre-prepared Macaroni cheese available in the UK produced by a dozen different companies. They have ball been tested by someone with a stronger stomach than me. Clearly this page is of high importance. Harrypotter 20:36, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

POV? Its food. Why do we need dozens of links and lists of food companies? It just really not needed. Pogo 05:31, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Actually it is important to show the range of companies who manufacture Macaroni Cheese in Great Britain, compared to the iconic status of Kraft Dinner in Canada. It shows how widely different these societies are. Pogo might have had a point if the whole 50 varities were listed, but this is the selected list. Food is actually very important, and the scale of choice shon here is indicative of how supermarket culture in Great Britain has been able to create such diversity in such a simple commodity. Check the web page and you can see how the different makes vary. I would have put the a whole chart up, if I wasn't worried about copyright. This material is a great improvement to the article. Perhaps we should also have President's Choice for Canada. What do people think?Harrypotter 18:57, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Just wanted to say Kraft is probably more popular in the U.S. than Canada! Sorry,it was really annoying me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.84.39.147 (talk) 00:27, 3 April 2008 (UTC)


The list is not encyclopedic, and the fact that it advertises a website along with certain brands makes it spam. You are not adding any information to or about the list, so if you think it is really appropriate to include it as a reference, then make an external link to the page you got the list from. Do not reproduce the list here. Ham Pastrami 07:05, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't understand - are you complaining that the list is not enclopedic because it does not include all varieties? It is not a matter of "advertsing a certain website" it is that someone has done some important research in this area. Although Macaroni Cheese an iconic food form like spam doesn't make it spam. Yes of course the entry could be improved, but is that not our role rather than tearing down what others have acheived?Harrypotter 08:06, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
The list is not encyclopedic because it is just a list. If you are merely copying text from another website, you should link to that website instead of reproducing the content. I'm not going to go into some melodramatic argument about "tearing down" anything. This is an encyclopedia and the content you put in an article should be encyclopedic. If you think the list is a good reference, then reference it, don't copy it just to have the information here. I already stated this in my previous comment. Ham Pastrami 11:13, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

Can someone please upload a photo of real macaroni and cheese, not the Kraft stuff? This is like using a package of instant ramen for Noodle. Ham Pastrami 07:13, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] too much Kraft

i think this article talks too much about "kraft dinner", and needs to focus more on generic macaroni and cheese. it could also use some cleanup. Sahuagin 15:41, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree. Of course it is true that Kraft may have iconic status inCanada. However, my efforts to deal with the full range of commercially available Macaron cheese available in Britain have been removed.Perhaps they should be reinatsted?Harrypotter 07:41, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

"Purists"?? There's such thing as Mac N Cheese PURISTS?! LOL who wrote this retarded shit —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.89.137.252 (talk) 04:16, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Excuse me, I find your use of the word "retarded" to be hugely offensive, go and troll somewhere else, child. And don't swear on wikipedia talkpages. Zanusi 10:40, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Speaking of Kraft, I have heard the claim that Kraft's "Velveeta" processed cheese product was created in the 1950s as a food service product, to make it easier for restaurants to make cheese sauces and dishes like macaroni-n-cheese. Has anyone else heard this? Is there any truth to it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.224.242.249 (talk) 01:36, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Macaroni and Cheese is a Drug?

This article has a disambiguation notice pointing to Cheese (recreational drug). However, the article on the drug makes no reference to macaroni, and some quick Google searching turns up nothing relevant. So I've removed the notice. If someone has a source for mac and cheese as a drug, feel free to re-add it, but please also cite the source in the drug article. Electrolite (talk) 05:11, 5 January 2008 (UTC)