Macaroni

Macaroni is one of the favorite types of noodles enjoyed by the Europeans. The discovery of macaroni was by pure coincidence. During the 18th century there was a restaurant run by Mr Maca Roni in the city of  Naples, Italy. The reastaurant specialized in making all kinds of noodles. It was among the favorites of the locals.

One day while  Roni’s daughter was playing, she took some dough from he dad’s basket, and folded it into a noodles with a hole in the middle, and put it under the sun to dry. Roni was very angry as all the dough for that day’s business was ruined. Since he had no choice, he then took the noodles and boiled them in hot water and mixed them in tomato sauce to served to his customers. He never thought that his customers would actually praise him for the delicious noodles.

Soon after, Roni began to make the noodles again for his customers. All his customers liked it very much. From then on, Roni’s restaurant made noodles with holes as a specialty, and he became very wealthy. To expand his business, he opened a factory to process the noodles which he named as macaroni. Macaroni became well-known in many places around the world.

Food for Thought :

People are often limited by existing ways of thinking as they are still within the old frame of mind. The journey towards invention requires one to always keep an open mind, to constantly observe, be imaginative and creative and to explore new innovative ideas.

Short Stories on Discoveries, Inventions, Innovation & Creativity

AAET and UTAR, 2015

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