Food Terminology #6
1.Spaghetti Spaghetti is the plural form of the Italian word spaghetto , which is a diminutive of spago , meaning "thin string" or "twine". Spaghetti ( Italian pronunciation: [spaˈɡetti] ) is a long, thin, solid, cylindrical pasta . Spaghettoni is a thicker form of spaghetti, while capellini is a very thin spaghetti. 2.Hamburger The term hamburger originally derives from Hamburg , Germany 's second-largest city. In German , Burg means "castle", "fortified settlement" or "fortified refuge" and is a widespread component of place names. The first element of the name is perhaps from Old High German hamma , referring to a bend in a river, or Middle High German hamme , referring to an enclosed area of pastureland. Hamburger in German is the demonym of Hamburg, similar to frankfurter and wiener , names for other m...