{"id":136629,"date":"2018-05-29T21:44:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T03:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=136629"},"modified":"2018-05-30T08:04:42","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T14:04:42","slug":"on-cheesy-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/29\/on-cheesy-mac.html","title":{"rendered":"On Cheesy Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Macaroni and Cheese is an American staple, but its history is an interesting one, as is how it fits into various subcultures in the US across racial and economic lines.<\/p>\n


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\nA Brief History of America’s Appetite for Macaroni and Cheese<\/a><\/span>
\nPopularized by Thomas Jefferson, this versatile dish fulfills our nation’s quest for the ‘cheapest protein possible’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Macaroni and Cheese is an American staple, but its history is an interesting one, as is how it fits into various subcultures in the US across racial and economic lines. A Brief History of America’s Appetite for Macaroni and Cheese Popularized by Thomas Jefferson, this versatile dish fulfills our nation’s quest for the ‘cheapest protein … Continue reading “On Cheesy Mac”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,38,108],"tags":[1645],"class_list":["post-136629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-food-drink","category-history","tag-mac-and-cheese"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/kraft-mac-and-cheese.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":137669,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/01\/15\/that-27-pound-bucket-of-mac-n-cheese-at-costco.html","url_meta":{"origin":136629,"position":0},"title":"That 27-pound bucket of Mac 'n' Cheese at Costco","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 15-Jan-19 11:04pm","format":false,"excerpt":"In my household we always make jokes about the 50-gallon drums of shampoo one can buy at Costco. 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