maccheroni
nounEtymology Borrowed from Italian maccheroni.
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Macaroni.
- Large kettles stand full of dressed maccheroni, with cheese scattered over it, and decorated with small pieces of love apple.1819 August, Galignani’s Traveller’s Guide through Italy; or, a Comprehensive View of the Antiquities and Curiosities of That Classical and Interesting Country: […], Paris: […] Galignani; […], page 467:
- Part of the supper, consisting of boiled and fried fish; French beans, and different kinds of fried vegetables, was quickly served; fried light pastes and a dish of maccheroni with cheese, were afterwards brought in.1826, [Alexander Brodie], The Prophetess: A Tale of the Last Century, in Italy, volume II, Edinburgh: […] Thomas Clark, […]; and Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London, page 300:
4 more examples
- The whole of the next morning was taken up in kneading the paste for making the maccheroni; […]1856, Madame Émile de Girardin [i.e., Delphine de Girardin], translated by Alfred Elwes, “How to learn to make Maccheroni”, in Stories of an Old Maid Related to Her Nephews and Nieces, London: Addey and Co., […], section “The Isle of Cooks”, page 61:
- In the kind of eating-house that suited his mood, an obscure bettola probably never yet patronized by Englishman, he sat down to a dish of maccheroni and a bottle of red wine.1890, George Gissing, The Emancipated: A Novel, volume I, London: Richard Bentley and Son, page 153:
- When the maccheroni are dried (twelve hours of exposure are usually sufficient) they are ready to be packed and shipped.1912, T.P.’s Magazine, volume 4:
- When Mariannina has sent us in a particularly nice and generous dish of maccheroni garnished with a few pieces of meat, she does not always serve the companatico, but keeps it for the evening meal, and boasts of her economy.1913, Cooking Club Magazine, volume 15, page 76: