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[camwyn]

1802. "Dined at the President's - ...Dinner not as elegant as when we dined before. [Among other dishes] a pie called macaroni, which appeared to be a rich crust filled with the strillions of onions, or shallots, which I took it to be, tasted very strong, and not agreeable. Mr. Lewis told me there were none in it; it was an Italian dish, and what appeared like onions was made of flour and butter, with a particularly strong liquor mixed with them."

I don't know whether to be terribly disappointed in Thomas Jefferson for pulling one of the less classy stunts a cook can pull, which is to put a dish in front of his guests and not tell them what it is, or to be entertained by the fact that basically America owes its interest in macaroni and cheese to the man.

What's your excuse, Canada?

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[lions-wings.livejournal.com]

It sounds like it should've given Americans a disinterest in macaroni.

No wonder we just boil noodles and dump cheese on them.