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Chris Marksberry wrote:
> "Corey Richardson" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Macaroni Cheese is extremely popular in Scotland (like US Mac & Cheese).
>>
>> In Scotland it's often eaten with tomato ketchup and chips. The Scots
>> often eat Cheese Macaroni Cheese pies too!
>>
>> But who imported it where?
>>
>> Did the Scots export this cuisine to the US, or was it the Italians?
>>
>>

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> I couldn't say this is written in stone, but here's what I found:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/macandchees....html#inventor
>
> Macaroni and cheese was invented by the third president of the United
> States, Thomas Jefferson. It continues to be a favorite Presidential dish.
>
>

It's extremely dangerous to say someone invented such a dish.
There are precedents that go back at least as far as the
14th-century Forme of Cury!

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Jean B.