It is then forced by a sort of rough machinery through holes, partially baked during the process, and then hung up to dry.

Macaroni contains a great amount of nourishment, and it is only made from the purest and finest flour.

It is the staple dish throughout Italy, and in whatever form or way it is cooked, except as a sweet, tomatoes and grated Parmesan cheese seem bound to accompany it.
SPARGHETTI .-- Sparghetti is a peculiar form of macaroni.

Ordinary macaroni is made in the form of long tubes, and when macaroni pudding is served in schools, it is often irreverently nicknamed by the boys gas-pipes.
Sparghetti is not a tube, but simply macaroni made in the shape of ordinary wax-tapers, which it resembles very much in appearance.

In Italy it is often customary to commence dinner with a dish of sparghetti, and should the dinner consist as well of soup, fish, entree, salad, and sweet, the sparghetti would be served before the soup.