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Rep Power: 10 | Making Pasta... Thomas Jefferson Style
I just thought this was neat. Thomas Jefferson's drawing of a macaroni machine and instructions for making pasta, ca. 1787. (Thomas Jefferson Papers)
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01-23-2008, 12:58 AM
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Rep Power: 2 | That is really cool. Thomas Jefferson was such a neat and talented guy! | |
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01-23-2008, 01:09 AM
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Rep Power: 10 | I remember reading about that. He had a love for macaroni and cheese and had to find a way to make it. That is really neat  He was an early Alton type.  | |
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Rep Power: 3 | I'm interested in that link Gop and can't get it to work. Help!
Jefferson was also credited for bringing back the first baked Alaska from France. He had his own ice cream recipe as well.
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Rep Power: 10 | Go to the Library of Congress Website, go to American Memory and then search on Thomas Jefferson Machine and it should be the first link returned.
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Rep Power: 10 | Talk of the Town: Help! I’m having a ‘Cheese and Mac’ attack! Green Valley News, AZ - Feb 9, 2008 As told by Alton Brown of the Food Network’s Good Eats program, Jefferson, upon failing to receive an Italian pasta-making machine, designed his own, ... | |
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Originally Posted by isilzha  I just thought this was neat. Thomas Jefferson's drawing of a macaroni machine and instructions for making pasta, ca. 1787. (Thomas Jefferson Papers)
Link | That's exactly the way extruded pasta is made in Italy.
The dies ("N" "O") are (traditionally) made of bronze.
Tom was very observant and well schooled in pasta making.
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Originally Posted by Food Network Fan | Cool.
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