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MACARONI
Grimes, William. 2004. Eating Your Worlds. Oxford University Press.
is a variety of pasta formed in narrow tubes.
- ORIGIN from Italian maccaroni (now usually spelled maccheroni), plural of maccarone, from late Greek makaria 'food made from barley.'
Garrett, Theodore Francis (edited by). 1898. the Encyclopedia of Practical Cookery. L. Upcott Gill, 170, Strand, W.C. London. Vol. II
is a preparation of a very fine wheat-flour and water, originally made in Italy, but, on account of the simplicity of its manufacture, now largely prepared in other parts of the world.