I grill steak with a timer and an instant read thermometer. And I grill a damn good steak, if I do say so myself. Nyah!

Tonight's gourmet dinner:

KD with a little chopped onion, peas, diced zuchini and topped with a really good sliced smoked ham. Waaay better than KD deserves to be.

My trick to KD is more butter, 35% cream (whipping cream) instead of milk and a tablespoon or so of the salted pasta water the noodles cooked in. Cook it down on low until it thickens and the pasta will finish cooking.

You Canadians and your funny talk.

Please tell me you don't actually eat KD with catsup and I've just been misunderstanding that song.

Absolutely. However in the East, 'Catsup' is just for rejuvenating left over KD. Those crazy central Canadians go all willy nilley with it.

Myself, I prefer Frank's Hot Sauce to re hydrate it.

What the hell is KD, anyway?

That's freakin' nasty, man.

I had to Google it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraft_Dinner

"Kraft Dinner is considered a Canadian national dish. Canadians purchase 1.7 million of the 7 million boxes sold globally each week. They eat an average of 3.2 boxes of Kraft Dinner each year, 55% more than Americans. The meal is the most popular grocery item in the country, where "Kraft Dinner" has iconic status and has become a generic trademark of sorts for macaroni and cheese. For most teenagers it is the first thing they learn to cook on their own, and becomes an easy and inexpensive food for young people living away from home for the first time. It is often simply referred to by its initials K.D."

I knew it from the Barenaked Ladies song, or at least inferred it from that.

Ah, thanks Doc. It didn't seem like a Googlable type of thing.

I admit I make M&C (That's what it's called here in Americuh!) sometimes with some mixed veggies and a can of drained tuna.