A question for Australians and New Zealanders and maybe South Africans

[Cowboy_Dan]

I supervise a delicatessen in the Midwestern US. When I got to work today, one of my employees told me a story about a tour group that stopped by for lunch a while back. He said that he thought they were Australians and that one of them asked for the pictured dish, but he didn't understand the term the man used. His friend looked at my employee and said to the man, "I think they call that [local name omitted] here." When my employee told me this story, a fake Australian term invented itself in my head and I said it. He thought it was close to what the man said, but I'm sure it's wrong because I just made it up. However, I don't think my employee would be able to tell an Australian accent from a New Zealander, or any other accent on English except Brittish, Irish, Scottish or Canadian. So, what do you call this dish in your home slang?

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[JeffinNZ]

Mac and cheese?

Macaroni and cheese.

[Nose Dive]

Yup... not from New Zealand, been yearsssss since I was in Australia.... and yes...we too,,,in South Texas call this 'mac and cheese'....

Nose Dive

Cheap, Fast, Good. Kindly pick two.

PS: Spent 7 years in Valpo...called it 'mac and cheese' there too. ND

PSS: Aussies have a 'specific' tone and accent to their voice...New Zealanders accent lays a bit different on my old years...but...to me, in my old ears...still can make out 'mac an' cheese' from both... ND

[jonp]

I know in some parts of Canada mostly in the Maritimes I think they call it "Kraft" or "Kraft Dinner". I've heard it called that in The Eastern Townships.

[Bob65]

Mac and cheese

[dave524]

I know in some parts of Canada mostly in the Maritimes I think they call it "Kraft" or "Kraft Dinner". I've heard it called that in The Eastern Townships.


In Canada Kraft even markets it with "Kraft Dinner" on the package instead of macaroni and cheese, we love our Kraft Dinner:bigsmyl2:

https://www.google.ca/search?q=kraft+dinner&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=643&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjn-Iza_YPMAhVjk4MKHZJUAVEQ7AkINw

[leebuilder]

We called it kraft diner, some call it KD.
A restaurant sells it here with lobster in it.
Some good
Be well

[w5pv]

Mac and cheese and I like a little parmesan sprinkle on it for a little added favor at times

[Beerd]

Mac and cheese

[smilie=s: Hi Bob! Welcome to the forum!

First post and he already has the correct answer! :bigsmyl2:
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[farmerjim]

Could they have called it by the major brand name? Like here you can ask for clorox, and everybody knows that is bleach, In Montreal it was Javex for bleach.

[marlin39a]

Maybe the guy from Oz said it was "dung?"

[dogmower]

how can you mess up Mac and Cheese?
I've lived in PA, MI, OH, AZ and spent time in NM, MD, CA, to name a few.
NEVER heard that referred to anything but Mac and Cheese, except my son. At age 4 he INSISTED it was "Macaroni and Cheese, Dad".

[ShooterAZ]

My dad used to add green chili's to it, and call it Krapper.

[Ural Driver]

Even in Texas its called Mac and Cheese.................acourse we have been known to put a few drops of Tabasco sauce in the bowl.......(the chipotle version is the best)........:redneck:

[BJ343]

It doesn't really feature down here, it might have been "Maggie Pasta", its a brand that makes a packet type of thing down here... or just Macaroni..I dunno but when it is occasionally mentioned, it seems obvious that it has cheese so its called just Macaroni.... the Kiwis are a bit different to us..

[NavyVet1959]

If you make it with an white cheese / Parmesan / alfredo sauce and put a lot of crushed red peppers in it, it's a lot better. :)

[Driver man]

Macaroni cheese.

[Col4570]

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[Bob65]

Add bacon to it, because bacon makes everything better.

[BigMagShooter]

cheesey noodles

[Cowboy_Dan]

Thanks for the responses so far. I guess I should have been more specific, I'm looking for names that would confuse an American (we also cal it some variation of mac and cheese here). More along the lines of "Maggie Pasta" as suggested above. The fake name I had come up with when he told me the story was "wiggly womplers", but I am sure that no one had ever said that before me.

[Nose Dive]

well now... I think we are all now in a full blown 'recipe manual' for the ole Mac & Cheese....

From Beauregard Parrish.... Mmmm limme see... can I 'member all dis....

Bit of bacon
bit of Ondoui sausage
chopped onion
chopped bell pepper
Chopped celery
Dash Louisiana hot sauce
some take parsley
some take cilantro
in south Texas I have seen some chopped chile pepper...
Ole Nikto used to put to some fired gator in there....

Now... mmmmm crawfish tails?...shimps?...did somebody say lobster above?

Gosh....where are we gonna stop with dis?

Nose Dive

Cheap, Fast, good. Kindly pick two.

PS..some duck breast and roue?
PSS...seen squirrel, nutria, and in France, horse meat too. brown meat in vegies, add the rest..All good...all 'goes away'....

Gotta go...gettin hungry... ND

[NavyVet1959]

bit of Ondoui sausage

Andouille sausage...

[MaryB]

Snot on noodles... how anyone can eat stuff from a box...

[GRUMPA]

Snot on noodles... how anyone can eat stuff from a box...

I know the Mrs. and I can't.....homemade or nothing.

[tunnug]

Ever since my kids were small I've called it "smack the cheese" for whatever reason it hasn't caught on.

[Col4570]

Snot on noodles... how anyone can eat stuff from a box...
I agree but ideal for a quicky on top of Toast when you only have 10 minutes or so to spare.

[Col4570]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Witchetty_grub.jpg
You could put these on the menue and call the macaroni cheese ( Faux Witchettys ) That should impress the Bruces and Sheilas.

[NavyVet1959]

I agree but ideal for a quicky on top of Toast when you only have 10 minutes or so to spare.

And yet another thread morphs into a sex topic... And a rather kinky one at that... :)

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=quicky

[Col4570]

Ha ha Ha,Honestly I did not intend to imply any such connection.Has the word quicky been highjacked.

[NavyVet1959]

Ha ha Ha,Honestly I did not intend to imply any such connection.Has the word quicky been highjacked.

Oh, it's had that meaning for a pretty long time here in the US. Quite a few decades at least. I'm pretty sure it's been used that way at least since the early 1970s -- probably longer, but my memory gets fuzzy. I just figured it was yet another of the colloquialisms that differentiates American English from British English that is funny when someone from the other side hears it.

Looking up British slang (http://www.effingpot.com/slang.shtml), I see that your meaning for "diddle" is quite a bit different than what we mean when it is used here... Quite frankly, I can't remember it ever having been used to refer to anything other than what pedophile priests do to young boys.

It appears that "knock up" also has a different meaning... Here, it means to get a woman pregnant...

Yeah, we speak the same language -- supposedly... I would hate to see what it was like if we didn't... :)

[Col4570]

Yes when I was working in the USA (6 months 1974)some office personnel from The UK HQ came to familiarise themselves with the U,S operation.One lady asked a colleague to Knock her up in the morning as she was a heavy sleeper.All innocent but it caused a good laugh from our American co workers.

[GhostHawk]

Never liked it from a box, growing up I had a real mom that stayed home and worked 4 x as hard as any man.

From scratch it is easy, basic rue, add milk, add whatever cheese you have about to turn green in the fridge. Boil water and cook the mac (Prefer medium shells meself, they hold more sauce).

Take a slice or 2 of ham, cube it, put it in a bowl, little water, put in the microwave for a minute to boil.
Then drain, ( Keeps the ham from curdling the sauce)

In a big baking dish combine mac, ham. sauce. Best is cover the top with Velveta cheese sliced thick, bake until the velveta runs and starts to brown on the bubbles.

Bacon is ok in a pinch, lobster would be good with a selection of good white cheeses.