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[18th-century literature] Ann Radcliffe in 1797, desperately trying to think of something that Italians might need regular deliveries of:
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"Maccaroni," she says to herself, knowingly. "No-one would question daily deliveries of maccaroni."
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No time to buy the fresh maccaroni.
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The maccaroni man must deliver it from Naples.
MapleSpice🍁
I didn’t expect this at all
MapleSpice🍁
I snorted
wefeelspooky
JUDGEMENT BOY
"And such sorts of things"
JUDGEMENT BOY
You know, italian things
JUDGEMENT BOY
Like specifically maccaroni
Dr. BeardoPuff
You know. Things you need for your maccaroni.
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This guy, bringing you your Italian notions.
This guy, bringing you your Italian notions.
What a twist!
that is quite a wig
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I mean, why do you think that when Yankee Doodle puts a feather in his cap he calls it macaroni? It's because he's become a Fancy Lad.
What a twist!
I....... 
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That's it. That's what you've been singing about since you were like 4.
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A macaroni is a man who went on tour in Italy and came back Fancy.
What a twist!
cries
What a twist!
it's my state song and I didn't even know that
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I had to actively stop myself from talking about the macaroni man.
I had to actively stop myself from talking about the macaroni man.
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I'm dead.
I'm dead.
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Ann Radcliffe, trying to think of something that Italians would eat from vendors at the fair: "Italian ice... sherbet,,, Italian chocolate drops... maccaroni."
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Ann Radcliffe, trying to think of something that an Italian puppet would do as part of it's jokes (tm): "Eat hot maccaroni."
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I laughed myself until I couldn't breathe.
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British gothic novelist Ann Radcliffe in 1797, desperately trying to come up with someone Italians might talk with.
British gothic novelist Ann Radcliffe in 1797, desperately trying to come up with someone Italians might talk with.
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Any Italian born before 1797 can’t cook… all they know is Inquisition, go to convent, stiletto, be accused of heresy, eat hot maccaroni & lie.
wefeelspooky
Ann, honey, you have an unhealthy fascination with macaroni
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the footnote is great, too
the footnote is great, too
Dr. BeardoPuff
"it's a seller of pasta"
JUDGEMENT BOY
the only pasta anyone ever eats
Dr. BeardoPuff
to be fair, in the late 18th century any dried extruded pasta would have been called macaroni by English speakers
Dr. BeardoPuff
dried noodles would have come in very long strands. Not cut. You have to chop your own macaroni.
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so imagine strands of spaghetti or penne pasta that are like a couple of feet long each
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that's how the English know Italian pasta and it's usually just called macaroni