Macaroni magic

Why, no matter how many times you cook pasta, does that pound box just seem like it's not going to be enough?

I made macaroni salad today for a picnic this weekend. Now I have enough to feed an army because I overcompensated and bought two boxes of noodles, thinking that one box just did not seem like enough. I'm also related to Paula, a noted over-cooker, and her tendency to prepare too much food has definitely rubbed off on me. She's reading this right now saying, "Well, it's better to have too much than not enough! What if you ran out?"

Once that pasta hit that water and did its magical expanding act (note to self: see if pasta technology can be applied to bank account), I was up to my elbows in elbow mac. My biggest mixing bowl could barely contain it.

And the next time I make pasta, I will make the same mistake, forgetting about swimming through mayonnaise and celery seed. Pasta magic must bring on selective memory loss as well.