page_title: Vermicelli
section_title: The Americas
hierarchical_section_title: Vermicelli / Vermicelli in other countries / The Americas
caption_attribution_description: English: Q&amp;Q Vermicelli (Fideo) from O.B. Macaroni Company of Fort Worth, Texas.
context_page_description: Vermicelli is a traditional type of pasta round in section similar to spaghetti. In English-speaking regions it is usually thinner than spaghetti, while in Italy it is typically thicker.
  The term vermicelli is also used to describe various types of thin noodles from Asia. In Vietnam vermicelli is the same as angel hair pasta or capellini.
context_section_description: The fideo is a type of noodle, produced in Europe ever since Roman times, best known as fideus or fidelis, and then spread to Mexican and Latin American cuisine, often referred to by speakers of English as "vermicelli."  It is commonly used in chicken soup and in sopa seca, a type of side-dish.
caption: Vermicelli (fideo)
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