welcome friends it is Sunday morning so we're going to do another one of our
post Depression pre-world War two recipes and this week we're doing one
from the Elm Vale community cookbook published in 1939 and we're going to
make macaroni and cheese with tomato now this was published in 1939 which is just
as Canada was entering World War two we entered World War two in 1939 so some of
these recipes show the austerity of what's coming and a little bit of hope
that they've made it out of what just happened so into that pot I've got
salted boiling water I put in some elbow macaroni in this pot on sort of
medium-low heat I'm going to put in some red onion
that's just sliced up and it says half a can of tomatoes now doesn't say what
size the can of tomatoes needs to be just half a can so let's see if that
works it says just to cook this together and I imagine that's just to get the
onion to soften it also says to put in some salt and pepper so we'll let that
cook away for a little bit now in this pot we're going to make a roux
so first off I'm going to melt this butter okay the butter is melted so we
put in some flour we just stir this and cook it until the flour starts to brown
okay just a few more seconds until that flour is cooked and starting to brown
the macaroni is done so I'm going to turn that off and I'm going to drain it
and I'll just leave that over the pot there for a moment this looks pretty
good now so in go the tomatoes and it says to stir cook and mix this together
until it starts to thicken and it starts to thicken almost immediately so I'm
gonna turn the heat off to this and we'll just let this sit while I grate
the cheese okay I think I've got all of the components ready now it doesn't say
what size of a baking dish to put it in so I'm gonna try this 8 by 8 I'll put
the macaroni in first and see how it fills it up yeah 8 by 8 it's gonna be
the right size now it says to mix in the cheese so mix the cheese in so mix the
cheese and the macaroni is still hot and the cheese is going to start to melt
into the macaroni almost immediately now it just says to pour the tomato mixture
over top it doesn't say to mix it in so I guess we just plop this on top it is
quite thick it's very thick spread it out
interesting and mix on some buttered bread crumbs now this just goes in the
oven it says until it's heated through and the breadcrumbs are crispy it smells
pretty tomatoey looks pretty tomatoey is pretty tomatoey a little bit of cheese
okay is a fork or spoon I'm gonna say spoon
you're not sure I'm not sure I don't think it's gonna hold the tool together
enough for fork I think this was going to work and spins it looks like it's got
all the right things though tomatoes cheese tomato roni tomatoes cheese
macaroni that's I mean an onion with it that's like it should be fine
they'll still be kind of hot oh yes steamy it's perfectly fine
okay I got half way in this is gonna be really bland because there's only salt
and pepper in your tone suggested that you were concerned um I was concerned I
thought there's only salt and pepper in it you've made a roof with the tomato
sauce to thicken the tomato sauce and it's gone
it's gonna be goopy it's gonna be goopy and flavorless even hot it's not goopy
no it is actually quite nice it's ounces of rice I am surprised but no so I made
this exactly as the recipe because that's what this that's what this series
is about I would take this method make it again and throw some of those other
things in that we always associate with tomatoes and noodles why um just elevate
it a little bit if you if you're looking for a comfort this is what you're
looking for this is very comforting you could you know go all that way and add
ulcers of other flavors some basil and some you could yes you could you could
do that you could but okay I don't want to undersell it it is I am
surprised that it is as good as it is it is very comforting it's a very lovely
comfort food like warm I would yeah yeah I'll be having this for
lunch this is like Asher over at the cottage after you've taken the doc soup
ya need something it makes like this happy ripped off because it was three
pots on the stove and then this thing that went in the oven was a lot of work
it felt like I used a lot of utensils to make something that was very simple so
maybe not you maybe your task is not to add more flavor to it because it sounds
but how to simplify it so that it is a one-pot wonder mm-hmm that would be I
know I'm digging this so as much as I was apprehensive I'm gonna finish this
and I'm going to really enjoy it and I won't make it again so thanks for
stopping by see you guys soon
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