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macaroni

  (măk'ə-rō') pronunciation
n.
  1. pl. macaroni. Pasta in any of various hollow shapes, especially short curved tubes.
  2. pl. macaroni or -nies.
    1. A well-traveled young Englishman of the 18th and 19th centuries who affected foreign customs and manners.
    2. A fop.

[Italian dialectal maccaroni, pl. of maccarone, dumpling, macaroni.]


 
 

[mak-uh-ROH-nee] Legend has it that upon being served a dish of this food, an early Italian sovereign exclaimed "Ma caroni!" meaning "how very dear." This semolina-and-water pasta does not traditionally contain eggs. Most macaronis are tube-shape, but there are other forms including shells, twists and ribbons. Among the best-known tube shapes are: elbow (a short, curved tube); ditalini (tiny, very short tubes); mostaccioli (large, 2-inch-long tubes cut on the diagonal, with a ridged or plain surface); penne (large, straight tubes cut on the diagonal); rigatoni (short, grooved tubes); and ziti (long, thin tubes). Most macaronis almost double in size during cooking. The Italian spelling of the word is maccheroni.

 
Nutritional Values: The Nutritional Value for: macaroni

Description Quantity Energy
(calories)
Carbs
(grams)
Protein
(grams)
Cholesterol
(milligrams)
Weight
(grams)
Fat
(grams)
Saturated Fat
(grams)
cooked, firm 1 cup 190 39 7 0 130 1 0.1
cooked, tender, cold 1 cup 115 24 4 0 105 0 0.1
cooked, tender, hot 1 cup 155 32 5 0 140 1 0.1
 
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Penne, a very common kind of maccheroni in Italy.
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Penne, a very common kind of maccheroni in Italy.

Macaroni is a kind of moderately extended, machine-made dry pasta. Much shorter than spaghetti, and hollow, macaroni does not contain eggs. Though home machines exist that can make macaroni noodles, macaroni is usually commercially made.

Macaroni is a corporation of the Italian word maccherone and its plural maccheroni. Its etymology is debatable. Some scholars think it's related to Greek makaria, a kind of barley broth. Others think it comes from Italian ammaccare, "to bruise or crush" (referring to the crushing of the wheat to make the pasta), which comes, in turn, from Latin macerare.[1]

In English-speaking countries, the name macaroni is customarily given to a specific shape of pasta ie. small pasta tubes cut into short pieces. In the United States macaroni is also sometimes labeled as elbow macaroni, or more simply elbows, due to the slight bend in the shape of the pasta noodle. In the U.S. and the United Kingdom, this pasta is often prepared by baking it with a sauce made from cheddar cheese; the resulting dish is called macaroni and cheese (often shortened to macaroni cheese in Britain, and "Mac'n'cheese" in the U.S. In Canada, the dish is known typically by the brand name Kraft Dinner). In some parts of the U.S., a more narrow type of macaroni is sold as elbow spaghetti.

In Hong Kong, the local Chinese has adopted macaroni as an ingredient in the Hong Kong-style Western cuisine. In the territory's Cha chaan tengs, macaroni is cooked in clear broth, and served in the broth with ham or frankfurter sausages, peas, black mushrooms, and optionally eggs reminiscent of noodle soup dishes. This is often a course for breakfast or light lunch fare [2].

Macaroni machines

Thomas Jefferson is credited with introducing the first macaroni machine in the United States, in 1789, when he returned home after serving as ambassador to France. He said that Daniel Paese taught him all he learned about this machine. The word macaroni was already familiar in the U.S. at that time, having appeared in the previous decade in the lyrics of the popular song "Yankee Doodle", in which the titular character "stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni"; this usage had to do with the Macaroni fashion.

Macaroni Art

Dried macaroni pasta is often used by young children in arts and crafts. Macaroni art was used as the concept in the hit 2007 Australian short film Macaroni Man, directed by Tim Renkema starring Josh Davis, Crystal Reay & Josh "Jman" Marshal.

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  1. ^ Maccherone, Maccarone (Italian). Vocabolario Etimologico della Lingua Italiana di Ottorino Pianigiani. Retrieved on February 24, 2007.
  2. ^ AP, Explore the world of Canto-Western cuisine, January 8, 2007 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16440507/

 
Translations: Translations for: Macaroni

Dansk (Danish)
n. - makaroni, laps, miskmask

Nederlands (Dutch)
macaroni, fat

Français (French)
n. - macaroni

Deutsch (German)
n. - Makkaroni

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μαγειρ.) μακαρόνι(α), (ιστ.) 'Αγγλος λιμοκοντόρος

Italiano (Italian)
maccheroni

Português (Portuguese)
n. - macarrão (m)

Русский (Russian)
макароны

Español (Spanish)
n. - macarrones

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - makaroner, spaghetti (lirare) (sl.), snobb

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
通心面, 纨绔子弟

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 通心麵, 紈褲子弟

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 마카로니, 멋쟁이 남자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - マカロニ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) معكرونه, متأنق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מקרונים, אטריות‬


 
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