Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-06

Extent Of the Manufacture i'm CalifOr.
nia-The Varieties, Etc.

To the sons of sunny Italy we are indebted for
the invention of macaroni. Perhaps in no
other country is it made with such perfection,
yet it is a great and growing industry in the
United States, and especially in California.
Neither are our Italian citizens the only con-
sumers of this healthful and slippery diet.
Americans especially are taking lovingly to its
consumption. A San Francisco paper Says
Macaroni, vermicelli Cor little worms), tallia-
RIM, etc, are the products of -four from the
best quality of wheat. the seed of which is
imported for that purpose, and which is grown
mainly in Contra Costa county and on the
islands in the Sacramento river. About 10 600
sacks are raised yearly for this market About
80 coo boxes of macarOni are shipped from this
city yearly to the Pacific coast states and terri
tories. About 1900 boxes are annually shipped
to Mexico. Australia, Central America, China,
the Sandwich and South Sea islands San
Francisco consumes about q, 0OO boxes a year,
and the other towns of the state about twice
that amount, while some masaroni is sent a."
far south as Texas and as far north as Siberia
Once a year a shipment of 5000 or 10000
pounds Of macarOni, vermcelli and spaghetti Is
made to Alaska Dealers state that there is an
Increasing demand among the English-speaking
people tor this variety of food stimulated. per-
haps. by knowledge that it is not only healthy
and wholesome. but strengthening. 1t stO the
Italian what the fig and the date are to the in
babitants OF the Levant and what rice is to the
Asatic
Those who have eaten it at Italian restaurants
know what macarOni is. Taiarlni is made
pretty much on the same plan, only that it is
long, narrow and flat and when served up looks
something like wrecked spider-web. Vermi-
CELL means little worms. and when in soup one
would come to that conclusion without know
ing the literal meaning of the word. Spaghetti
is another species of the same kind of food
chopped into small round sections. Italian
paste is used in puddings and soups 1t is cut
into small particles in the shape of stars hearts,
crowns and letters of the alphabet so that the
gourmand. while swallowing his soup, can either
refresh his memory IN spelling or study astron-
Omy OF anatomy.
Macaron differs from vermicelli only in size
the latter being made in smaller tubes. Both
are prepared in the greatest perfection at Naples
and are the principal TODD of the great majority
of the population. The hard wheat flour I'M
ported from the Black sea is the best suited for
the manufacture of macaroni. None of it ever
reaches this country. The flour is mixed with
water. frequently washed in mountain streams.
then ground in water-mlls. and hot water is
added until it becomes dough. 1t is forced by
pressure through number of holes and then
cut off at the desired length. The largest tubes
are called macaroni. next vermicelli and the
smallest fedelin. At Naples It's preparation is
best understood; nothing is used except flour
and water, the best being made OF flour of hard
wheat; the most inferisr is made of flour of soft
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