... and called it macaroni ...
The Dundurn Castle guide told us a story that, when MacNab was occupying the house with his family in the mid-1800's, one of the latest rich-person delicacies was Macaroni Cheese. If you could serve Macaroni Cheese at your house, which MacNab did, then you were considered pretty hip as well as very well off for being able to transport such an exotic food from abroad to your tabletop. In fact, the term "macaroni" became synonymous with "hip" or "cool", which is why Yankee Doodle "stuck a feather in his cap, and called it macaroni..."
posted by lumpy @ 1:48 PM
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3 Comments:
Ok, from now on I'll address emails to you as "Lumpy Macaroni". I must admit the visual that conjures up is not entirely appealling, so maybe I'll just continue to thing of you as a "hip lumpy". Come to think of it that doesn't sound so great either. How about "cool lumpy", seems more appropriate, especially if you go out and forget your keys!!! ME
smarty pants! ;-P
heh heh we nearly had macaroni last night but Mike(y) now thinks it's way too swanky :)
Liz
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