KRAFT DINNER: Gotta b KD

We Canadians call it ‘Kraft Dinner’ or ‘KD’ for short. The Americans know it as ‘Kraft Macaroni and Cheese.’ And the Brits call it ‘Kraft Cheesey Pasta.’

Kraft Dinner is a staple of the Canadian diet. Especially if you’re a student or low on cash.

A box of KD contains dried macaroni noodles with a powdered cheezy sauce. Cook it up and the mixture turns fluorescent orange.

Canadians consume more Kraft Dinner per capita than any other nation on earth.



Kraft Dinner is such a Canadian icon that it’s mentioned in the song If I Had $1000000 by the Barenaked Ladies. They sing that they’d still eat Kraft Dinner even if they had a million dollars. An entry in Wikipedia states that:

The song became so popular in Canada that when it was performed live in concert, fans would often throw boxes of Kraft Dinner on the stage during the song. In recent years they have encouraged their fans to donate the food to charity rather than throw it on-stage (especially when some fans started cooking it beforehand and the cooked macaroni was getting stuck in the instruments). There is usually a sign outside the venue saying Macaroni & Cheese hurts when you get it in the head. BNL would appreciate donations to the food bank instead. Thank You.

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How do you serve your KD?

With our without ketchup?

Bottle of red wine or bottle of white wine or box of wine?

Do you add anything else to the KD mixture such as meat, fish or veg?

Have you experimented with your own KD recipes?

Tell us what Kraft Dinner means to you.