Comments on: A Useful Lesson from Junior High

By: Dr John K

Dr John K — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:51:00 +0000

Our recipe uses a so-called medium white sauce, for which I use butter, skim milk, and flour and a dash of pepper. Then it’s cooked macaroni, sauce, and shredded cheese in layers, bake until heated through. Mmmmm.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:48:00 +0000

Hey Chris – I feel deprived on the workplace slacking lesson. I went to Junior High with you and went through those same crafts classes, but I must have been on a different rotation. I not only had to make the metal box, I also had to make a metal napkin holder.

However, I did learn my own life lesson as a result of the sewing portion of those four classes. When it came to the final week of the class, you were supposed to turn in the t-shirt you had sewn throughout the quarter and that represented your entire grade. All I had to offer was a piece of cloth with a tattered mess of stitches and threads and needles strewn wildly about in no particular pattern. Needless to say, I failed, giving sewing the distinction of being the only class at any level of my education that I flat out flunked. In the process, I learned that I had absolutely no future in sewing. Maybe the larger lesson was to try not to waste time in life on endeavors for which you have neither the passion nor the aptitude to succeed. Thankfully, I wasn’t forced to retake the class, and I’ve never sewed anything since.

- Matt

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:24:00 +0000

Here’s the one I tried.

http://southernfood.about.com/od/macaroniandcheeserecipes/r/bl50617i.htm

By: joannahurley

joannahurley — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:56:00 +0000

So, yours is just roux + cheese, add pasta, bake? I was looking for a mac & cheese recipe the other day that just used cheddar, since that was all that I had in the house. Everything I saw added extra stuff I didn’t have (cream cheese, heavy cream, 3 kinds of cheese, etc).