Creamette Elbow Macaroni
Item Purchased: Creamette Elbow Macaroni (32 oz.)
Location Purchased: Dominick’s / 3145 S. Ashland / Chicago, IL
Price: $1.99 + tax
Review: Creamette was the first company to develop quick cooking elbow macaroni. I only know this because it is the type of information one seeks out when they can’t think of anything else to say about the macaroni they just bought.
As a child of not only the eighties, but also middle class America, I have eaten a crapload of macaroni in my life. Macaroni with powdered cheese. Macaroni with grated cheese. Macaroni with cheese sauce. Macaroni with ch… you get the picture. The point is, even though I try and look deeper into the everyday purchases we make, some things are so ingrained into my being that I can’t successfully comment on them in an interesting manner. Macaroni just happens to be one of these things.
I can say that Creamette elbow macaroni doesn’t develop the starch powder taste that many boxed pastas do. It cooks fast and tender and goes well with just about anything you have on your spice rack.
For a boxed pasta that isn’t whole wheat, Creamette does just fine. Though, maybe I just need to pay more attention and contrast and compare. Tell ya what… Next time I buy macaroni, I’ll be sure it is a different brand so I can delve deeper into my pasta subconsciousness.
Rating: 3 / 5
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