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pdmako: ...sorry, this is not Ina Gartens mac and cheese recipe! Check your facts...recipes are all on line and available. Ina is terrific but MS's mac and cheese is an original and the best ever!

Now you've piqued my interest. I always used the Chat N Chew Mac & Cheese recipe but with an endorsement like Adam's who can resist?? The C&C recipe also makes a ginormous batch and I frequently change up the cheeses somewhat.

I'm surprised that 1 pound of pasta really makes enough for 12. Do those of you who make it think this is an accurate serving size?

I have made this mac and cheese dozens of times. Several times, when I've had fancy dinner parties, I make this for the kids but the adults just can't resist it.

I also use it as a clean out my cheese drawer recipe and I've put up to 8 different kinds of cheese that were getting to the ends of their lives -- even goat cheese. And I totally agree with the nutmeg suggestion - and must add. I'm salivating just writing about this.

I'm not surprised to hear that Ina Garten was the originator of Martha's recipe. I don't like watching Ina on TV, but I love her recipes (try her French Potato Salad, it's wicked good).

Once we tried this M&C, there was no debate--just a natural consensus within the family that this was The One. My wife's notes indicate she always substitutes Swiss for the Gruyere/Romano. She always uses freshly grated nutmeg (it really does make a BIG difference), If you like lots of crust (we do), cook it in a broad, shallow casserole dish. And regarding freezing, it can be stored in the freezer cooked or uncooked. It's so good, it'll make your tongue smack your mama!

Pardon my blasphemy, but would Shells be better than elbow macaroni?

Off topic, but as regards the request for a crab recipe; try a seafood bread pudding. Butter your dish, layer buttered (crustless) bread and seafood (crab, browned shrimp, lobster all work well, as do salmon, tuna and any whitefish, smoked or unsmoked) with gruyere, and top with sharp cheddar after pouring a full pot of cream over the whole thing. Add pepper and whatever spices you like. You can add a few whipped eggs if you like to give it a more 'custardy' feel. Bake until brown and bubbly. And don't skimp on the cheese. You can add some grated parmesan as well, but then again, I regard most food as a parmesan delivery vehicle. Chuck in some veg, too, if you like...peas and cut broccoli work very well, but you can be creative.

So i purchased a bag of disappointment for $2.50. The bag was labeled
"Giant Cheetos".
After seeing the awesome and over the top television advertisements for giant cheetos, I was super excited to get my hands on a bag!

I went to my local market and was glad to see bags of them available after seeing the new commercial a day prior.
Since the bag of giant cheetos is opaque, I decided to squeeze the bag a little, to feel how big these "Giant" Cheetos actually were.

They didn't feel giant at all!

After i felt up the bag, proceeded to crush one of the giant cheetos between my thumb and forefinger.
It took quite a bit of effort to bust one of the cheetos, through the bag.
So I thought ," Damn! this stuff is hard as hell.", and then I left the store with out the bag of the Giant cheetos.

Curiosity got the best of me, and i was back in the snack isle the very next day to make the purchase.

So I open the bag of giant cheetos, and it smells nice.
I take a bite of one, and I was immediately put off buy the harsh texture, and lack of flavor.
I tried another one, this time i popped it in my mouth.
BAD IDEA!

Giant Cheetos are worst than Captain Crunch with out milk!

So i tried to pawn the giant cheetos to my dad aka: The human garbage disposer.

After he took a bite, he asked me when the expiration date was, because he flet they tasted and felt stale.

I just had purchased and opened them that day, and the bag said "NEW" !

So yeah..... the idea of a Giant Cheeto was nice, but i wish they were bigger and softer.

I feel Cheeted by the Cheeto Cheetah.
I'm going to write frito-lay explaining my disappointment with Giant Cheetos.

Ok, I just have to mix it up a bit here: Frozen biscuits? Are you kidding? People make biscuits from scratch precisely because they come together so quickly and are so tasty! Buying frozen biscuits is sort of like buying frozen toast! (Another phenomenon I'll never understand. The instructions for preparing pre-made toast that you buy in the freezer section of the grocery store: put into the toaster and, well, TOAST.) Biscuits are simple to make from scratch and I guarantee homemade biscuits will taste better. My husband, a native Kentuckian, says no true Southerner would make frozen biscuits, and serving them to guests would be just plain SHAMEFUL!

Thank you all for the information. Now I need to order some of these. Some of you have said you have ordered or started to order some of these breads. Can you please provide me a good website to go to if they don't have them at Walmart here in Omaha, NE.

Thank you and HAGD,

But where can you buy them in the NYC area? I searched and cannot find anywhere close to here? Any tips from a tri-stater?

For Chicagoans, Sister Schubert yeast rolls are available at The Fresh Market in Northbrook.