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This paste is then put, by little at a time, viz. A paste is made with flour, water and less yeast than is used for making bread. The best maccaroni in Italy is made with a particular sort of flour called Semola, in Naples: but in almost every shop a different sort of flour is commonly used for, provided the flour be of a good quality, and not ground extremely fine, it will always do very well. Jefferson's notes on the production of pasta by machine in Italy (with accompanying drawing) read as follows: While Jefferson had the pasta machine at Monticello, in later years he regularly ordered pasta from Europe. We know that Jefferson did have the machine in the United States eventually, as it is mentioned in a packing list with other household items shipped from Philadelphia to Monticello in 1793.

His belongings were shipped to Philadelphia in 1790, and the machine was probably included with those items. The macaroni mold probably did not reach Paris until after Jefferson had departed. In February 1789, William Short wrote to Thomas Jefferson that, at Jefferson's request, he had procured a 'mould for making maccaroni' in Naples, and had it forwarded to his mentor in Paris. Thomas Jefferson's Notes on Macaroni and a Macaroni Press

Note: Thomas Jefferson used the word 'macaroni' as a general term for pasta.

Mac and cheese noodles and company style