Macaroni
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 Macaroni facts

• It is also produced in various other shapes and sizes
• originating from Italy and made with durum wheat, usually without egg
• It is normally cut in short lengths; if cut in lengths with a curve it is sometimes called elbow macaroni
• Some home machines can make macaroni shapes but, like most pasta, macaroni is usually made commercially by large-scale extrusion
• The curved shape is caused by different speeds on opposite sides of the pasta tube as it comes out of the machine
• In North America, macaroni most often comes in elbow shape, while in Italy the noun maccheroni refers to straight tubular square-ended pasta corta ("short-length pasta")
• Maccheroni may also refer to long pasta dishes such as 'Maccheroni alla chitarra' and 'Frittata di maccheroni', which are prepared with long pasta like spaghetti