How does Mac & Cheese without the sauce taste like?

Bland I suppose? Has anyone who has tried Mac & Cheese without the sauce tell me the answer?

Quote from 4NIA4

Nephew's wife makes her family's traditional Mac-n-Cheese. Noodles coated with cheese but no standing liquid. Like a Mac-n-cheese noodle salad.

It's good as a side dish. Too dry for a full meal of Mac-n-cheese.

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Quote from JiminieKookie

so you are talking about just the pasta ?

Yeah. What would it taste like?