[Sca-cooks] Macaroni

[Johnna Holloway]

Martino explains it. Pasta is rolled out into tubes around a stiff
wire which is then withdrawn. The extrusion press came about
in the late 16th century according to Serventi & Sabban in their
book Pasta The Story of a Universal Food. US edition is by
Columbia University Press, 2002.

Johnnae

> The mac'n'cheese in Platina has you roll the paste into fingers and 
> poke a skewer through them.  A bit like the fabled Kraft Dinner type 
> Mac, yes?  Not necessarily elbow-shaped but one step closer anyway. 
> Blue Box Kid Selene C. <G>
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Rosalyn MacGregor wrote:Did the pasta noodles now know as macaroni have 
a different name in the SCA

>>>> period? Gratefully,
>>>> Rosalyn MacGregor
>>>> (Pattie Rayl)
>>>>