The comparison to carbonara keeps coming up, but I don't really get it. Cheese is a component of carbonara, but it's as much about cured pork and egg. And the c

The comparison to carbonara keeps coming up, but I don't really get it. Cheese is a component of carbonara, but it's as much about cured pork and egg. And the cheese is a salty and acidic sheep's milk cheese, nothing like varieties typically used in mac & cheese. Edit: also long vs. short noodles. There's really no commonalities between the two besides the inclusion of noodles and cheese, which applies to probably hundreds of dishes.