Macaroni and cheese is a dish of English origin, consisting of cooked macaroni pasta and a cheese sauce, most commonly cheddar. It can also incorporate other ingredients, such as breadcrumbs, meat and vegetables.

Some interesting facts you didn’t about Mac and Cheese:

In the fourteenth century, a cheese and pasta casserole known as makerouns was recorded in the famous medieval English cookbook, the Forme of Cury. It was made with fresh, hand-cut pasta which was sandwiched between a mixture of melted butter and cheese.

Tomas Jefferson Loved It ! The American president Thomas Jefferson encountered macaroni both in Paris and in northern Italy. Jefferson then imported both macaroni and Parmesan cheese for his use at his estate in Virginia. In 1802, Jefferson served “a pie called macaroni” at a state dinner.

In the United States, July 14 has been branded as “National Macaroni and Cheese Day.”

During WWII, food rationing led to increased popularity for Kraft Mac and Cheese.

In 1993, Crayola named one of its crayon colors “Macaroni and Cheese.”

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