Thread: Kraft Mac n' Cheese...does it exist in Bali?

Thanks, but that's just the cheese. I want the packaged macaroni and cheese like I used to eat for lunch when I was a little kid. I've just about given up on the hunt at this point.

Originally Posted by gilbert de jong

it's like a microwave meal...just heat it up and it's ready to eat :lol:

Exactly, I feel funny wanting it, knowing it will probably come at a premium price when there is so much fresh, delicious Indonesian and balinese dishes available for so cheap, but it's one of the few things that I miss from the western world.

That and fast, cheap, reliable internet.

Oh - that stuff.

I saw some a couple of weeks ago in the Libby Mall supermarket, (Jl Teuku Umar, Denpasar). There was a pile of it, (in the small "imported foods" section) and I remember thinking to myself at the time how many local Balinese would actually buy it.

I might have seen some in Hardy's Sanur a few days ago, whilst searching for the currently elusive Vegemite. (I have irrational cravings, too). The Pantry (Sanur) is also worth a try...

I spotted a 400g jar of Vegemite at Pepito's for about Rp250,000!

Macaroni is easy to cook. Kraft cheddar is readily available. Cream, butter and MSG are easy to find. A teaspoonful of Vegemite in the mix should sort out the Vitamin B "content".

If you can't find "the real thing", do it yourself. The nutritional content of your own concoction might even be higher than Kraft's, despite Kraft's claims that their macaroni-cheese has more than the actual cardboard box it comes in.

This suggests to me a small business venture for somebody. A depot somewhere that only stocks foodstuffs that foreigners crave. I can envision a back-room somewhere piled high with Mac-cheese, Vegemite, Promite, Marmite, Cranberry sauce, etc. Buy it all up when it's available, sit back and wait for desperate addicts to come beating down the door.

:D

Originally Posted by bolli

Kraft is not cheese, it' some plastic concoction :roll: :roll: :lol: :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Kraft "cheese" is more like soap you can eat.

I used to love it as a kid, especially the sliced versions. Even now, there are times when nothing can compare, if you need a hit of that pseudo-soap.

Some Indonesian food companies have managed to create (clone?) their own versions. It's hard to believe that they could screw-up a product like this so badly, but they have.

Another faux-Indonesian family of "dairy" products has to be the Yummi brand of yoghurts, sour cream, whipped cream, etc. Mind you, I once met a German guy who thought it tasted OK. Each to their own.

I think the people behind Yummi should be either put behind bars,flogged to death, or, made to eat their own products whilst listening to Krisdayanti CDs, non-stop, until they confess.

:cry:

I couldn't resist this.
Anybody watching NASA's live coverage of LCROSS? (Lunar CRater Observation & Sensing Satellite.)

NASA is crashing a rocket into a lunar crater near the Moon's South Pole.
Why? To raise a cloud of dust to find signs of water. That's what they claim.

I think they're really trying to find out if the Moon is made out of blue cheese.

I'm watching the live coverage as I write. (We weren't born with two eyes for nothing.) The introduction to the impact proves that NASA publicists can read, albeit rather badly.

One scientist answered the question of why we're doing this at all something along the lines of: "This is the next stage of our development...to discover cheese on other planets".

The impact is expected to throw up 200 metric tons of dried cheese dust, (unless they also find dry water molecules). I recently heard that an Indian satellite's already found water. Now all that's needed is an Italian/Chinese probe to find macaroni up there.

If you think I'm making this up, go to this site to see what's going on right now:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

44 minutes left before the Centaur rocket crashes into that crater. Less than 400 miles left before impact. They're still turning on various instruments on the companion craft. I wonder if they're using Windows 7?

Check out this historic moment for yourself.
I just hope something doesn't go wrong and they blow the Moon up.

:shock:

Looks like I'm off to Teuku Umar. Doris any advice on what the store as near, so I'm not driving up and down that crazy street all day? This has me excited.