# macaroni & cheese **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 16, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macaroni-cheese/103989 "2002-04-16T18:13:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macaroni-cheese/103989/1 "2002-04-16T18:13:07Z")
Why is macaroni & cheese considered “southern cooking”? In the restaurant advertisements or reviews I read, all of the restaurants that feature southern cooking all have macaroni & cheese. Why is this “southern”? ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macaroni-cheese/103989/2 "2002-04-16T18:46:34Z")
It’s not. Macaroni cheese (as we call it over in the UK) is working class food. My wife’s from Oregon and the restaurants that serve it there are blue collar, working guy type places. I’m British and it’s the same over here. ---
**Author:** ![BF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5ac83/32.png) [@BF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BF)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macaroni-cheese/103989/3 "2002-04-16T18:51:11Z")
A few [answers](http://southernfood.about.com/library/weekly/aa101100a.htm). ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macaroni-cheese/103989/4 "2002-04-16T19:18:45Z")
My son and I consider it “food of the gods.” 😛