Recently, Shawna told me about a book she read in her office. For those of you who don't know Shawna used to work in the Sexual Awareness Center at her school. The center keeps a wide variety of books on a variety of sexual subjects on hand to help the SAC crew understand all different viewpoints on sex. Shawna says she happened to pick one up that was from a Christian viewpoint, which championed the idea of married sex as better sex. The book goes on to suggest that married sex is like macaroni and cheese, comforting if a little bit boring. Immediately Shawna took exception to one thing. She exclaimed that macaroni and cheese is many things but boring is not one of them. Kraft mac and cheese may be boring, but there are so many ingredients you can add to make this comfort food more "exciting."
However, soon after this exchange I happened to journey to Seattle with Valerie and my cousin looking to purchase some D&D dice. Being Mega, my cousin needed to stop and eat and he took me to Beecher's Handmade Cheese in the Pike Place Market. Beecher's claims to have the "world's best" macaroni and cheese. My cousin and Valerie ordered the regular macaroni and cheese, while I, feeling adventurous went for the "Mariachi" mac and cheese. "Mariachi" mac and cheese means Anaheim chiles and vegetables. We dug in overlooking the curd making vats that the Beecher's Seattle spot is famous for, and I was underwhelmed. Too many veggies, not enough mac and cheese. The chiles did not add any "south of the border kick" (thats direct from the Beecher's website). But then my cousin offered up some of his plain mac and cheese. And my taste buds were delighted. More than delighted, I enjoyed every sneaky bite of that savory goodness. I mean its cheese made like a yard away from you. Served hot, all day long. All I wanted was more of this cheesy goodness, luckily way too much macaroni and cheese was ordered and I got to eat my fill.
Which brings me abruptly to the conclusion of my post. (I was never good at transitions) Yes, macaroni and cheese can be exotic, you can add almost anything to it, and its almost always going to be good. But sometimes hot steamy straight up, plain old macaroni and cheese is just as tantalizingly delicious, sometimes even more so. I mean when you have the best ingredients already, like Beecher's awesome cheese, nothing can really go wrong.
So I guess the Christians sometimes get it right.
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