Why on earth would Yankee Doodle call his feather macaroni?

The reason behind it is the British made up this song to make fun of the Continental Army and they called George Washington Yankee Doodle to make fun of him. I think it is a funny song, but until a few years ago I just thought it was a funny little song that we made up. However that wasn't the case it was actually a song that British Regulars made up while they were stationed here to make fun of General Washington and our pretty primitive little army.