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Macaroni for Children

A simple boiled macaroni dish for children.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Macaroni for Children

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Break the macaroni into small pieces.

  2. Bring 1 quart of water to a boil and add 1 teaspoon of salt.

  3. Add the broken macaroni to the boiling water.

  4. Cook until tender, then drain and serve.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Macaroni
Forms the starchy body of the dish, which softens and absorbs water as it cooks.

The step that matters

Cook until tender, then drain. Pasta keeps cooking from residual heat after draining, so it can turn soft if left too long. Checking for tenderness just before draining helps keep a firm, pleasant bite.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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