Mac and cheese can be fancied up many ways and tastes great. BUT, I like my mac and cheese like Gramma made it. Plain and simple and decadent. 2ml of mac to 1g of GOOD quality old cheddar. I use Cracker Barrel.

Acompanying, on the side, tomatoes, hot tea biscuits, fresh bread, sausages, molasses... whatever. But, mac and cheese is just that.

And pepper.

I personally don't have anything on the side except maybe fresh bread with COLD margerine and that is very seldom. To me, mac and cheese is like potatoe chips... once every month or two and enjoy the sheer decadence of it. Then, work at unclogging the arteries for a like time period.

Now.. did your Gramma burn stuff? Mine used to say that a hash had to be burned in an iron frying pan to bring out the taste. Of course, she used to burn a lot of stuff... that was the Irish Gramma.