Elbow Mac, leftover jarred tomato sauce, kielbasa from the freezer,

It qualifies as sad...

yeah looks relatable

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>>8891057
>green can cheese

you know, people shit on this stuff all the time but I honestly think it has its place as a convenience seasoning, even if it's not 100% real imported grated-from-the-wheel parmigiano reggiano

I don't even need to see the rest of the table to know that's one of those cheap $10 folding tables from Walmart

I'd eat it (I eat high- and lowbrow).

~25 years ago, public elementary school served something similar––either elbow mac or spaghetti noodles––with buttered Texas Toast. This was one of favorite school meals.

>>8891087
Back in my bachelor chow days the generic shit would cost me 2.50 usd and I would get three weeks of lunches from it. It really stretches cheap food.

I hope you atleast added garlic and some seasoning to the jarred tomato sauce, or was it a jarred pasta sauce with seasoning already? If so that would be fine, although personally I prefer kielbasa with sauerkraut myself.

>>8891087
>>8891112
Sawdust Parmesan also works well for making a cheese sauce. Make a quick roux, add in some milk or half-n-half, dump in sawdust parmesan and let it simmer, stirring it in, finish with some extra salt to taste, a splash of white wine vinegar or lemon juice, and a pinch of cayenne. Makes a good inexpensive base for a parmesan sauce, without having to use a lot of more expensive versions of the cheese, is good for tossing with leftover or excess noodles and pasta.

>>8891096
Yeah I remember similar school meals, pretty good. Also texas toast reminds me of another good poorfag use of sawdust parm; butter the fuck out of some sliced bread, sprinkle sawdust liberally, sprinkle some garlic powder to taste, and pop that in a toaster over for some quick as fuck poorfag garlic bread.

Good stuff OP. Only issue I have is kielbasa in the freezer but I'm assuming you just bought a bunch in bulk.

>>8891057
This is cavatappi you philistine.

>>8891829
Bzzt. Cavatappi has longer twists.