- ♪ I got my mac and cheese, mac and cheese ♪
♪ I got the mac, mac, mac and cheese ♪
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- My mac and cheese is delicious.
It's cheesy, it's juicy,
and that's why I'm gonna win.
- I figured, let me do the Caribbean version
because that's what my background is.
My mom's from Trinidad.
I would say the difference
between that and American mac and cheese,
it's kind of firmer and it's a little more flavorful.
- I have the best macaroni and cheese
and it's going to be the bomb,
so when you taste it, you gonna be like,
"Mmm, what does she put in there?"
- My name is Leslie Enston.
- My name is Trudy Knockless.
- My name is Chanel J.
I think my macaroni and cheese is the best.
- I certainly grew up eating
what Trinidadians called macaroni pie.
It makes me think of family gatherings,
it makes me think of backyard barbecues.
- I really love my macaroni and cheese,
and everybody loves my macaroni and cheese.
- Christmas, Thanksgiving,
wakes, weddings, all those things.
- My macaroni and cheese have a whole bunch of cheese
and it's creamy,
and it's a little crispy on top.
When you taste it, it just makes you want to sing, you know?
- If you look at my macaroni pie,
you can see that it has a lot of cheese,
and on top, it has extra cheese
to give it that extra crisp
with a little bit of breadcrumbs.
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- Okay... hm.
- Okay.
It's not bad looking.
- Well, it's got a firmer look,
so it kind of looks like macaroni pie,
but it also is sort of in a blob,
which makes me think of mac and cheese.
- You can tell... okay.
Mine's is a little bit better,
but I'm gonna just taste it,
'cause it might just be good.
- It's bland.
- It's, it's, it's... hmm.
Hmmm.
- It's got a good amount of cheese in it,
but it just tastes like cheese.
- Okay, it needs a little bit more seasoning.
That's number one.
- Definitely some more salt,
maybe like a different kind of cheese?
- You know, I think it's some other type of cheese
that I don't care for,
and I don't know what kind of cheese this is.
- No, I don't want this at my barbecue.
(chuckles) I tried, I tried a third time.
I really wanted to make it work, but no,
I don't want that at my barbecue.
- It's not bad, I've had worse.
The cheese is a little pasty, I guess?
- Give it the side eye?
Like, who brought that?
There's just something that needs to happen here.
It's gotta be the cheese.
Maybe you could add a different, another cheese
that's more exciting, a little...
- No, I'm sorry.
- Garlic, like infusing the milk with some garlic,
that helps.
- [Producer] What kind of family function
do you think you could bring
that particular mac and cheese to?
- Ugh, I would bring it to, I mean,
maybe the job if I really don't care
and I wanted somebody else to cook the food maybe,
but I don't know.
I wouldn't bring it,
but it still has the aftertaste in my mouth
that I really don't like.
- I gave it a four.
It's not coming to my party, I'm sorry.
Really, I wouldn't, I don't want it there.
- I would give it like, a five.
It's not horrible.
(digital pinging)
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(chuckles)
- Okay, it's very cheesy, which is promising.
It's a little squishier than my heart desires.
- Okay. (coughs)
- It just needs more, like, spice, more flavoring.
- I thought it would have tasted better.
No!
I think they added flour to this or something.
I'm tasting something grainy.
- But its cheese quotient here is good.
I'm definitely not mad at the cheese amounts.
- It looks cheesy, so I thought it would taste good.
Has a nice little color going on.
I'm just not sure why it doesn't taste good.
- I don't think it beats mine,
but I'm not mad at this
if this was on my plate at a cookout,
I would eat the crap out of it.
- Do you think somebody eats this and enjoy it?
I'm just wondering.
- I think it needs more seasoning.
- It's nowhere close to mine.
Nowhere close.
- I would give it a seven.
- [Producer] Seven means she put her foot in it?
- Definitely a hand.
Full hand, but I'm not sure about foot.
(laughs)
- Let's give her a five.
(digital pinging)
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- Okay, it looks nice.
Okay.
It's a little tough.
Smell though, I don't really care,
but that's certain types of cheese.
- I'm not liking the smell of this.
It is a pie, I give them that.
I don't like the look of it either, it's not appealing.
Okay.
- No, y'all doing this on purpose.
This gotta be this good.
Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh!
- It needs cheese.
I don't know what happened to the cheese.
I think the cheese ran away and left the macaroni.
(chuckles)
- [Producer] Let's talk it through.
- I don't want to talk it through.
- [Producer] What
- Uh uh, uh uh, uh uh.
(chuckling)
- [Producer] What's something you like about it?
- Maybe this little part right here
the color, that little part right here.
It has too much seasoning.
It's seasoned like somebody seasoning meat.
- If you asked about like, we could bring this,
no! Take it back, take it back take it
I think y'all did this.
And she
- First of all, nobody would eat this
if I bring this to an event.
More cheese and maybe a little less macaroni
and less seasoning.
I can't give this more than a two.
I think it may have too much butter.
It's oily on top.
I'm going to give her a three
because it's not dry.
Yeah. I'll give her a three.
- Zero! Get it out, get it out, get it out.
(pinging)
(horn)
- Y'all hear that? You hear that?
'Cause I'm the winner.
See, I told you!
I'm the winner!
Yeah!
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