What with my jones for food that's easy and fast and hot, the apotheosis of which is Nissin Cup Noodles — now even better with a new cardboard cup that doesn't require you to unwrap the cellophane enclosing the longtime flagship styrofoam iteration — it seemed a no-brainer... heh... to ask Perplexity Pro for some suggestions for other highly regarded microwave dishes.
It offered up, among other, venerable Kraft Mac & Cheese.
I really like the original in the blue box but the effort and time and cleanup involved are just not worth it to me.
So I figured there was hope for the microwave version, for which I paid $4.92 for four.
WRONG.
It looks terrible when you first peel off the top and see a few noodles sitting in some white powder (starch) at the cup's bottom.
You remove the cheese powder packet, then add water to a nearly invisible fill line about a third of the way up from the bottom.
Then you stir, then nuke it for 3.5 minutes.
But wait — something really bad happened 2 out of 4 times: the cup leaked in the microwave, making a smelly sticky mess of the glass platter and inside the microwave, requiring not only tossing what was left in the trash but also a prolonged cleanup.
FAIL!
The two that didn't leak were terrible after mixing in the cheese powder as directed.
But wait — there's more!
Turns out there's a Deluxe version (top) that features bigger elbow macaroni and cheese sauce sort of like Velveeta as opposed to that orange powder.
Preparation is identical to the original.
4 out of 4 of Deluxe cups turned out as specified, and they were pretty good.
Astoundingly, the Deluxe version costs the same as the original: Four for $4.92.
Go figure.
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