macaroni

This article describes one type of tubular pasta. In Germany, bucatini are called macaroni .

Italian maccheroni

Cornetti, "Hörnchen" or "Hörnli"

Macaroni ( Italian maccheroni ; in Switzerland Magronen ; for small macaroni in Switzerland Hörnli , in Austria and Germany Hörnchen ) are short tube noodles that have a curved shape.

origin

The term is probably derived from the Greek word makaria for a soup or groats-like barley dish that was eaten at funerals in honor of the dead. The term can still be found in the Greek Christmas biscuits Makarona or Melomakarona , while Makaronia refers to pasta dishes, analogous to Italian pasta.

The macaroni or bucatini probably come from the former Greek-speaking Sicily . The geographer Al-Idrisi at the court of King Roger II described the making of Maccaruni in 1154 in his notes on the customs of the Sicilian people .

Specific

In the GDR and historically also in German cookbooks before the Second World War , thin tubular noodles without curvature (actually: bucatini ) were called macaroni and are now sold under this name throughout Germany.

Well-known dishes

• Pastitsio
• Macaroni and cheese
• Älplermagronen

See also

• Penne (short tubular pasta without curvature, taken from Italian)
• Macaronic poetry
• List of pasta shapes

Web links

Wiktionary: macaroni  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Commons : Maccheroni  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ macaroni. In: Oxford Dictionaries Online. Retrieved August 27, 2011 . 
2. ↑ macaroni. In: Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved August 27, 2011 . 
3. ↑ Andrew Dalby: Food in the Ancient World From A to Z . Routledge, 2003, ISBN 0-415-23259-7 , pp. 251 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
4. ↑ macaroni. In: Webster's New World College Dictionary / YourDictionary.com. Retrieved August 27, 2011 .