Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dual.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!ucbvax!dual!hav From: hav@dual.UUCP (Helen Anne Vigneau) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Wanted: Casserole recipes Message-ID: <1050@dual.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 16:01:33 EDT Article-I.D.: dual.1050 Posted: Fri Jul 12 16:01:33 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 16:32:13 EDT References: <545@sftig.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Dual Systems, Berkeley, CA Lines: 45 <*munch*> /* I've been meaning to post this for a long time . . . */ Greatest Macaroni and Cheese in the Universe 0.5 lb. bacon (optional, but I think this really makes the dish!) 0.5 stick (i.e., 0.25 cup) butter (margarine will do in a pinch) 1.0 cup bread crumbs 1.0 lb. uncooked elbow macaroni 1.0 lb. Swiss cheese Place the bacon in a frying pan and cook until very crisp. When done, blot dry (I find the best way is to put a couple of paper towels on top of an old brown paper bag, then the bacon, and then a couple more paper towels on top of that, and then just pat with the hand a few times.) Put the butter in a small frying pan and heat at a low temperature until it's melted. When melted, add the bread crumbs and saute until the bread crumbs are browned, stirring as necessary. Boil the macaroni in water according to directions on package, but don't overcook . . . it should be *al dente*. A little olive oil added to the pot will help prevent the macaroni from sticking together. While the macaroni is cooking, grate the cheese. When the macaroni is done, drain it in a colander. The "assembly" is done in layers into a glass baking dish. I generally do a layer of macaroni on the bottom, then cheese, and then crumble bacon on top of this. Make the layers thin; this way, you can get about three pasta- cheese-bacon layers. When all of these are in the pan, top with the bread crumbs and bake at 325 for 20 minutes or until the bread crumbs are a little more browned and the cheese is melted. EAT!!! Helen Anne {ucbvax,ihnp4,cbosgd,hplabs,decwrl,unisoft,fortune,sun,nsc}!dual!hav If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.