Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Mac and Cheese in ASL

He spells "cheese." Here's the sign for cheese.

He spells "seasoning." Here's the sign for seasoning. ("taste" + "shake")

He could have used the sign for "powder." 

Notice "milk" is pantomime for milking a cow. Squeezing an udder, ew, gross.



He thinks the packet of powdered cheese is seasoning. And that's why his mom bought a box of macaroni and cheese instead of assembling basic ingredients from the pantry. They don't think it's possible to replicate the mysterious spices. When it's just powdered cheese.

The kit gives you macaroni and powdered cheese. That's it.
You add your own butter
You add your own milk
You add your own bacon  
You add your own jalapeño (hot chile)

He could have used a colander. 

You might as well add your own cheese. That way you can upgrade to excellent cheese. You can combine various types of cheese.

You can add sour cream, Philadelphia cream cheese, mozzarella for stringiness, cheddar for intense flavor, Parmigiano-Reggiano for quality. You have the whole world of cheese available to you. 

Chefs usually start with a béchamel sauce to carry the cheese. The kits rely on the starch in the noodles. 

Kraft cheese sauce mix ingredients list: 
whey, milkfat, milk protein concentrate
salt, sodium tripolyphosphate,
citric acid, lactic acid, sodium phosphate, 
calcium phosphate, yellow5, yellow 6
cheese culture enzymes.

Regular cheese is milk, salt, culture (and time, except for the fresh cheese types.)


3 comments:

The Dude said...

Now contemplate the sign for "pasteurized milk". Nothing better than a visual pun.

We learned the sign for "sandwich" and I immediately asked "hammer turkey?" The teacher was not amused. *signs 'class clown'*

Amartel said...

I just add the nuclear apocalypse colored powder.

The Dude said...

So that is the "feel" handshape touching her chin twice, then shaking. Works for me.

"Salt" looks like a nervous train getting derailed.