Hot N' Ready

My never ending adventures for mac n' cheese has taken me all over, had me scouring store and restaurant alike for any sign of a new bowl of golden goodness.  My biggest concern (if I could really call it that) is how long will I be able to find any kind of mac that I may run across.  Brands die off, stores stop carrying something that doesn't sell or I may see something that is only a regional or chain specific item.  

This uncertainty has me buying like a mad man, building up a stock of mac that has spread it's way across the home and work, in pantries and freezers all because of a meal that I had let pass back before I started the blog.  A meal that I would expect to see because everything else in that was in that grocery store hot case has been prepared fresh daily since... except that.

Swinging by a semi-local Safeway grocery store to get deli sandwiches before some adventures on a Saturday, amazingly, to my left was that white golden whale.  While I didn't grab it at 9 AM when I was getting sandwiches, I had a good feeling that it would still be there in the afternoon... and I swung back by hoping to scratch another mac off my list.


The Review

Brand:
Safeway Signature (hot case) Macaroni and Cheese

While here in California it's Safeway, in other parts of the country you'll find yourself at Dominicks, Vons, Tom Thumbs among other regional chains.

Whole Cheese

A mainstay of the American grocery store is still the deli department.  A place where you can get meats, cheeses and all kinds of prepared sides by the pound.  Major grocery stores and boutique ones alike all have a variety of goods.  Some even have hot case items.  Normally the hot case items at a standard grocery store includes all kinds of fried staples like corn dogs, chicken strips and potato wedges, but those higher end stores grace our pallets us with expanded selections that in some cases may include mac n' cheese.  I've known for a long while that Whole Foods has a hot case mac, it's time it got reviewed.


Brand:
Whole Foods Market Hot Case Macaroni & Cheese

The only grocery store where you can go in with a whole paycheck and come out having purchased two loaves of bread, some cheese and a few bananas.