Mac & Cheese Monday IV
October 16, 2006 :: Link :: Reviews
Wacky Mac
Price: 84¢
Additives: 1/4 stick butter; 3 Tbsp. 2% milk
Synopsis: Noodles & butter
I was excited to try Wacky Mac, not only because it is my first reader-submitted mac & cheese, but also because the box claimed, "it's all mixed up and it's crazy!" Wacky Mac has "shells, wagon wheels, spirals and tubes" in the very same bowl. INSANE.
"But," the box also states, "it's great fun to eat." So don't worry, folks. Wacky Mac might be wacky and crazy, but that doesn't mean it isn't fun.
I prepared Wacky Mac as instructed, and sat down prepared for some downright lunacy.
If someone else had prepared the meal for me, I probably would have accused them of forgetting to include the cheese mix. Most mac & cheese is bland, but this stuff is supremely bland. Even looking at the picture, it seems as if it's a bowl full of noodles, butter, and milk.
But that isn't necessarily a bad thing. There's nothing wrong with Wacky Mac. But frankly, if this is your idea of wacky, maybe you ought to get out of the house a little bit more often.
Comments
That even looks bland. I'll have to try that anyway though --can't resist something called "wacky mac".
I try to buy the organic kind of mac& cheese so I don't feel too bad about feeding it to my kid, but I really can't aford it now. Since you're a rich bachelor, I'd love it if you reviewd Annie's Mac & Cheese or Back to Nature's Crazy Bug Dinner and compared it to the cheaper brands you are reviewing.
Posted by: Purple | October 16, 2006 10:14 AM
We use Annie's and it's a bit bland too. But my kids are so picky I think they'd refuse the Wacky Mac because they'd be leery of the shapes. Because if a mac n' cheese noodle isn't shaped like macaroni it will definitely taste like ass (their theory).
Posted by: Beret | October 18, 2006 5:26 AM