The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-17

Spaghetti Made in United States and
Shipped to ltaiy for Sale.

SPaJ'etti WAGE IN Ohited 0tatcS ana
Shipped to Italy for Sale.
New Work Tribune: 1t Will be a Sc
we're stab to the pride of Italy to learn
that the Americans are now marutac-
urtng m~acaronl. and are actually send
Ing some abroad Factories for the
making of macaroni are running in
Philadelphia, and the owners are stead
lily ~encroaching on the business of the
importers until 1t seems only 4 question
of time when the macaroni used In this
country Will be made entirely of Amer
lean wheat, In American factories by
American workmen. 1t is all a question
or wheat. AT Il time ii WAS thought
impossible to make good macaroni from
any wheat other than that grown at
ODESSA n Taranog, but now Italy and
Genoa nave to share the profits of the
business with the makers of
Marseilles, in France. With America
cutting Into the race for wealth by the
"a route, The national industry
OF Italy will be still further encroached
upon.
me process of manufacturing maca-
rom IN the Quaker city is the same as
INA IN Europe. Only the hard wheat.
when contains a large percentage OF
gluten, is used. The wheat is first
ground into a coarse meal, from which
~ 81 10 ieiloNeu. Great care mas 10
De exercised during the grinding to
keep the temperature of the room at
lle right point, both heat and humid-
lily being employed to insure the re-
suit being satisfactory. The substance
formed by the grinding process. called
semola, is then worked up into .. dough
with water. and tor macaroni and Yer
micelli is forced through gauges, With
or without mandrels, as in wire and
DIDO ORA wing. or. if M Sta n rA rpnjIiral
1t Is rolled out in very thin sheets,
from which are stamped out the vari-
Gus forms of stars, rings. etc. There
is little difference between macaronl
and the line, threadlike vermicelli and
the mimi variety of curious II ele-
CANT little forms which, under the
name of Italian pastes, are used for
soups.
Macaroni cannot be made every day
In the year, or month. or week. 1t must
be a dry day, or the substance from
which 1t Is made win not bind proper
ly. Good macaroni breaks with q brit
lie sound like glass. When boiled 1t
swells with an even swell n does not
come apart. The inferior kin Will often
break Of its W weight, and will burst
IN the boiling. A visit to a macaroni
factory is of interest as disclosing AN
industry entirely nov to American
eyes. The rooms through which the
factory proper Is reached are hung
from floors to ceiling with festoons of
the macaroni drying. 1t is everywhere.
strung over parallel poles, hanging
from every piece on the vail where a
peg can be placed, stretched in door
ways so that 1T has to be brushed
aside to allow the visitor to pass
through, and frequently strung out to
dry on he roof and in the yard for
want of room elsewhere.
The process of its manufacture Is
worth watching. IN q huge bowl in the
center of the room, a bowl large enough
for half a dozen men to coil up in, the
dough is placed, a big stone coming
down on this and flattening it to the
strips like %piecrust, doubled over, and
the big stone brushes it again until the
roper elasticity is produced. Then it
is turned into the gauges and forced
through the holes in the bottom, plung-
ers coming down on it during the proc
ess, and SO giving it the hollow form
familiar to lovers of the delicacy. 1t
reaches Its final stage. ready for the
drying, IN the form OF a hairpin, and in
this shape is hung up. II it is good
macaroni 1T Will not break while dry
ing, but viii hang in the hairpin form
suspended by the bent part untll it is
dry.
All varieties Of macaroni are made in
the same way, and, whether it is sold
as vermicelli, spaghetti or just plain
macaroni, it is manufactured from the
same wheat, deprived of its starchiness
and allowed to retain only It's glutinous
properties. In this form it has been
called "one of the seven delicacies OF
the world" and in the estimation of the
Italians at least, doubtless deserves
that description.