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Frozen "Macaroni & Cheese" Pizza: Why? WHY? WHYYYY???

Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
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1
No poll?
ArtBasketSara on September 19, 2012 at 1:30 PM Report this
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Hey, my grandmother lived through square pizzas in the forties. How dare you.
MacCrocodile on September 19, 2012 at 1:34 PM Report this
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Hmmm, is it really that much worse than the kind that you empty the orange powder in and glop a half a stick of butter? Also, nobody actually eat's Tony's pizza. I mean seriously, that's like those Banquet Fried Pigeon TV dinners.
mrbarky on September 19, 2012 at 1:36 PM Report this
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So...how was it?
bleedingheartlibertarian on September 19, 2012 at 1:38 PM Report this
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two starches, one entree? no thanks.
internet_jen on September 19, 2012 at 1:38 PM Report this
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Hey, things are bad enough in Darfur without making comparisons like this.
Brooklyn Reader on September 19, 2012 at 1:38 PM Report this
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On the plus side, the pizza-like substance is only $1.99!
Big Matt G on September 19, 2012 at 1:39 PM Report this
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that is the Homer Simpson pizza
neoanderthal on September 19, 2012 at 1:45 PM Report this
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These are nasty, but processed pig anuses and raccoon elbows in a sausage tube? That's an American Tradition!
Zebes on September 19, 2012 at 1:46 PM Report this
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Agreed.
Jamie in Pittsburgh on September 19, 2012 at 1:47 PM Report this
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When was the last time you really took a look around the grocery store?

It's marketed at parents who don't want to cook real food for their kids and also don't want to fight with them over every meal.

Kids will love this gross thing. Kids want plain cheese pizza and boring mac & cheese, this is perfect for them (and by "perfect" I mean, they'll love it... not "perfect" as in "healthy" which I suspect this thing is not even close to being).
Urgutha Forka on September 19, 2012 at 1:48 PM Report this
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Hmm. I get the feeling that living off of frozen pizza and microwavable mac-and-cheese for like 5 years had something to do with the development of this product (aahhh, college -- now I have a stomach ache just thinking about it).
Swearengen on September 19, 2012 at 1:51 PM Report this
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@9 - Actually, if you put some chopped-up pig anuses and raccoon elbows on this pizza, you'd almost have an edible product.
MacCrocodile on September 19, 2012 at 1:55 PM Report this
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Pizza Pi has offered a (vegan) Mac & Cheese (and Ham) pizza for years now during Pi days in March. It rocks.
stinkbug on September 19, 2012 at 1:56 PM Report this
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Maybe it will sell well in Ireland. My sister ships my nephew in Dingle a few boxes of Mac n Cheese, they dont even have a generic version of that.
Kinison on September 19, 2012 at 1:57 PM Report this
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@7 Now that I think about it, what is the definition of "pizza," anyway? How can you tell if something is like a pizza?

I'm kinda reticent to leave out the whole parmigiana topping thing from the definition, which would just leave it as pretty much anything on, in or near a crust. I mean, how can you tell if something is a pizza, or a gyro, or a pancake, or a steak and kidney pie, or for that matter, a bagel?
Brooklyn Reader on September 19, 2012 at 1:59 PM Report this
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They stole it from the Domino's affront to human waistlines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKFT0BX-k…
fuddy on September 19, 2012 at 2:01 PM Report this
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@16 "I knows it when I sees it."?
Big Matt G on September 19, 2012 at 2:02 PM Report this
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I had a fresh slice of Mac & Cheese pizza in NYC two years ago, and it was delicious. I probably wouldn't buy the frozen variety though.
very bad homo on September 19, 2012 at 2:10 PM Report this
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Zayda Buddies in Ballard has had one of these for years too.
ItsAllOverNow on September 19, 2012 at 2:14 PM Report this
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@15 I'm not sure about Ireland, but in England, mac 'n cheese is sold as "Kraft Dinner," and has been for decades. Same shape and color box, same picture, different words. I'd be shocked if it wasn't available in Ireland, too.
Brooklyn Reader on September 19, 2012 at 2:15 PM Report this
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Macaroni and cheese pizza was a frequent offering in my college dining hall. Whenever there was left over macaroni and cheese they would throw it on a pizza for lunch the next day.
swankylemming on September 19, 2012 at 2:22 PM Report this
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Dude, Ian's Pizza in Madison/Chicago/Milwaukee. Mac n cheese is their top seller. And Tony's is gross and everyone knows that, so why blog about it? It's like showing a picture of shit and saying "gross! so stinky!"
on September 19, 2012 at 2:28 PM Report this
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Dear Hump:

I take exception to the gravamen of particular # 3, to wit that:

It's covered with macaroni & cheese—THAT'S BEEN FROZEN.

Have you ever had Trader Joe's frozen macaroni and cheese? It's fucking delicious. It's more fucking delicious than any other macaroni and cheese I have ever eaten. So let's just strike that bit of superfluous nonsense from your diatribe, why don't we?

As for the rest of it, no objection from me (and I lost half of my ancestors in the Holocaust!). I'd rather try the corn-and-squid pizza at a Japanese stadium concession stand than put this fluorescent orange abomination into my mouth.
PCM on September 19, 2012 at 2:37 PM Report this
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I'd hit it...I mean eat it...
sheepsclothing on September 19, 2012 at 3:05 PM Report this
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They call it Kraft Dinner in Canadia too.

I'm pretty sure that the boxed dried stuff REQUIRES margarine and that if you put real butter in it, the real butter automatically curdles and is spoiled.
Mike Friedman on September 19, 2012 at 4:08 PM Report this
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At sights like this I'm glad I'm wheat/gluten intolerant.
Simone on September 19, 2012 at 4:22 PM Report this
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I'd eat something like that if it were cooked from scratch.
Andy on September 19, 2012 at 4:42 PM Report this
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@24: WORD. That said, this probably isn't the same caliber of mac & cheese, and frozen pizza is rarely decent, let alone good. So two strikes against, methinks.
Those that say "fresh" mac & cheese pizza is tasty I will believe, however.
stirwise on September 19, 2012 at 6:14 PM Report this
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So don't eat it. What's the big deal?
I have always been... east coaster on September 20, 2012 at 5:41 PM Report this
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This is the best product review I've ever read.
on October 22, 2012 at 2:18 PM Report this

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