Macaroni And Cheese

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Macaroni And Cheese

Break 1/4 package macaroni into pieces 1 inch or longer; cover with boiling salted water and cook until tender, usually 20 minutes or thereabouts.

Drain, turn into a colander, place under the cold water faucet and let the cold water run through the macaroni until it is white and free from all the stickiness usually found when freshly boiled.

Now mix together or arrange in layers in a baking dish 1 pint of the cooked macaroni and 1 cup of thin white sauce, seasoned with salt and pepper and 1/2 cup grated or chopped cheese; sprinkle the top with buttered crumbs and bake in a hot oven until heated throughout and browned on the top.

Preparing The Meal

About 1 hour before lunch time start the macaroni to cooking and then make the white sauce, using 2 tablespoons butter and 1 tablespoon flour to 1 cup of milk.

When the macaroni is cooked and ready to be mixed with the sauce, light the oven and then arrange the macaroni in a baking dish. A few minutes before it is done cut the bread and butter and put the milk on the table ready for luncheon.

While the macaroni is in the oven the dishes used in boiling it and also in making the white sauce may be washed, thus leaving only the dishes actually used on the table to be washed after lunch.