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Macaroni and cheese, of course!! But today, we're making an improved recipe of baked macaroni and cheese, a very easy and tastier recipe with eggs and creamy cheese sauce. The secret to good, baked mac & cheese is this crispy top, which hides a creamy, soft bottom and lots of cheese flavor. Turn off heat and add gruyere, cheddar, pepper and seasoned salt to taste. Stir until cheese is melted. Add cooked cavatappi and stir to combine. Pour into 9 X 13 baking dish and cover with aluminum foil. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove aluminum foil, add cheese for topping and bake for another 10 minutes uncovered until melted and bubbly on top.

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1. In a ______ that would follow him to his dying day, Geoffrey greeted the Queen by saying, “It is my majesty, Your Honor.”

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1. gaff
2. gaffe
3. guff

2. Which type of protester is likely to be the most disruptive?

1. A truculent trucker
2. A taciturn attorney
3. A tractable actor

3. Sherry prefers daiquiris to margaritas, asiago to mozzarella, tangerines to oranges, and fig newtons to macarons. What’s the key to Sherry’s tastes?

Answers and Explanations

1) b. gaffe

Gaffe with that final e is the word that means “a social or political blunder,” which is certainly what Geoffrey committed when he transposed the words majesty and honor.

The e-less gaff has had a number of meanings over the years, including “a cheap theater,” “a painful ordeal,” and “a deception.” But most use of the word these days comes down to hooks: metal leg spurs used in cockfights, large hooks for moving heavy fish or hanging meat to be butchered, and smaller spikes affixed to boots to aid in climbing are all different types of gaffs.

On a film set, the gaffer is the head electrician, which doesn’t seem to have an obvious connection to hooks. It’s believed, though, that the term came from the name of the person in charge of stage lighting in the early theater. Gaffers would use a gaff — a long rod with a hook on the end — to adjust overhead lights.

Guff is a completely unrelated word that simply means “nonsense,” as in, “Don’t give me any guff!”

2) a. A truculent trucker

The three words truculent, taciturn, and tractable are by no means obscure, but neither are they common.

Truculent, the correct answer, derives from a Latin word that means “savage,” and that is more or less what the word means today — though it has lost some of its fierceness. A truculent person is easy to anger and likely to argue.

Taciturn, a synonym of reticent, means “inclined to silence” — the very opposite of disruptive. You might recognize the related word tacit in there, which usually describes a type of communication without the use of words or speech, as in giving tacit consent. A taciturn attorney might be effective for creating and interpreting complex paperwork but would likely underperform in a courtroom setting.

Tractable isn’t related to tractor but is a relative of treatise. From the Latin tractare “to handle, treat,” tractable means “malleable or easily controlled.” Far from being disruptive, a tractable actor would be easy to direct.

3) Sherry likes foods that are named after places.

• The daiquiri is named after the rum-producing Cuban district of Daiquirí, whereas margaritas are named after a woman.
• Many (I daresay most) cheeses are named after the regions where they were developed, including asiago, which is a town in Italy. You’ve also probably tasted cheeses from Cheddar, England; the Gruyère district of Switzerland; Gouda, Netherlands; France’s Brie district; and Limburg, Belgium. Mozzarella, on the other hand, is from an Italian word that means “to cut off” and is etymologically related to the word mutilate.
• The mandarin oranges we call tangerines got their name from the Moroccan city of Tangier (through its French spelling, Tanger), while the word orange traces its roots to Sanskrit.
• As many people learned in the early seasons of The Big Bang Theory, fig newtons are named after the town of Newton, Massachusetts. The word macarons — describing a type of French sandwich cookie — is etymologically related to the Italian macaroni, “a stuffed pasta.”

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Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks will be cooking Monday against the Philadelphia Eagles. When off the field, the quarterback enjoys spending time in the kitchen as Chef Russell. Let Russ Cook is the saying and he knows what to do.

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He has decided to share one of his favorite — and most comforting — recipes.

Check out the way to work up Russell Wilson’s special mac n cheese.

It certainly would be a great accompaniment while watching Wilson and the Seahawks work on Monday Night Football.

The recipe is a feature of the Why Not You Foundation’s holiday campaign to help those in need. The foundation announced a partnership Monday to tackle the issue of hunger and support children and families most in need due to COVID-19.

“Let Russ Cook” aprons and wine can be purchased to help the cause here.

(The aprons are available at Safeway and Albertsons stores across Washington.)

The recipe from the quarterback who cooks on and off the field.

Russell’s Mac and Cheese

Stockpot

Whisk

9 X 13 baking dish or your favorite individual mac and cheese dishes

Aluminum foil

Ingredients

1 pound cavatappi 1 stick unsalted butter (8 Tbsp) 1/2 cup all purpose flour 4 cups whole milk 2 cups grated gruyere 3 cups grated extra sharp cheddar 1 teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon seasoned salt (add to taste at the end)

For Topping

1/2 cup grated extra-sharp cheddar 1/2 cup grated gruyere

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cook cavatappi in a large pot of salted boiling water.

Pro Tip: Cook to al dente (normally 2 minutes less than package instructions), because when you add to cheese sauce and bake it will cook a little more.

Drain pasta and rinse with cold water so it stops the cooking process.

In a stockpot over medium heat melt butter. Once butter is melted, add flour and whisk to combine. Keep whisking flour and butter mixture for 2 minutes.

Add milk and keep whisking. Whisk for another 2-4 minutes and the mixture will start to thicken. Turn off heat and add gruyere, cheddar, pepper and seasoned salt to taste. Stir until cheese is melted. Add cooked cavatappi and stir to combine.

Pour into 9 X 13 baking dish and cover with aluminum foil.

Bake for 30 minutes.

Remove aluminum foil, add cheese for topping and bake for another 10 minutes uncovered until melted and bubbly on top.