Hi,

I've been living outside the US for eleven years now and my eating habits have changed dramatically, for the better.

My wife was given a few boxes of Kraft "Macaroni and Cheese Dinner" today and we cooked some up. I hadn't had any since leaving the US and was looking forward to it as a treat.

Yuk, what a disappoiintment. The "Macaroni" is really some sort of laboratory experiment intended to create an edible sponge. It's just a bleached white flour-like substance that swells to about five times it's original size when boiled, giving the illusion that there's actually something there to eat.

The "Cheese"... my god, what is this stuff? Whey powder with artificial colors and flavors.

And then they have the nerve to put the word "Dinner" on the box. ???

So, I'm wondering... do any of you eat this stuff regularly and do you actually consider it "food"? Is there anything good about?

For a runner, I think it's more useful for hydration than carb-loading. But then, you could just drink water...

Funny thing is, Kraft is a German company and they would have a hard time pushing this stuff over here. My mother had a couple boxes of the microwave version (for those who can't be bothered with all the fuss of actually boiling the other version of fake pasta noodles, I guess) with her last time she was here and that was something I wouldn't even try on a dare...