Noodle

For other uses, see Noodle (disambiguation).

A noodle is made from unleavened dough that has been shaped into thin flat strips or round cylinders and cooked in a boiling liquid. Misua (also spelled mee sua or miswa) is a very thin variety of salted Chinese noodles made from wheat flour. Lukang ( lit "Deer Harbour" is an urban township in northwestern Changhua County, Taiwan (latitude 24°03'N longitude 120°26'E Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. Dough is a paste made out of any Cereals (grains or leguminous crops by mixing the Flour with a small amount of Water. Depending upon the type, noodles may be dried or refrigerated before cooking. The word noodle derives from the German Nudel (noodle) and may be related to the Latin word nodus (knot). The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. In English, noodle is a generic term for unleavened dough made from many different types of ingredients and includes a variety of shapes. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States

The first written account of noodles is from the East Han Dynasty between AD 25 and 220. The Han Dynasty ( 206 BC–220 AD followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. In October 2005, the oldest noodles yet discovered were found at the Lajia site (Qijia culture) along the Yellow River in Qinghai, China. PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. Lajia ( Chinese: 喇家 Pinyin: Lǎjiā is an archaeological site located in Minhe County, Haidong Prefecture in Northwest China The Qijia culture (齊家文化 ( 2400 BC - 1900 BC) was an early Bronze Age culture distributed around the upper Yellow River region of western The Yellow River or Huang He / Hwang Ho ( Hatan Gol Queen river) is the second-longest river in China (after the Yangtze River) and the (青海 qīnghǎi is a province of the People's Republic of China, named after Qinghai Lake. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The 4,000-year-old noodles appear to have been made from foxtail millet and broomcorn millet. Foxtail millet (botanic name Setaria italica) is the second most widely planted species of Millet, and the most important in East Asia. Proso millet ( Panicum miliaceum) is also known as common millet, broom corn, hog millet or white millet. ^[1]

1 Types of noodles by primary ingredient
2 Types of noodle dishes
3 Other uses
4 See also
5 Notes

Types of noodles by primary ingredient

Wide, uncooked egg noodles.

Egg

Egg noodles are usually made of a mixture of egg and flour

Thin noodles: Asian egg noodles are common throughout China and Southeast Asia (known as mie telor in Indonesian or ba mee (บะหมี่) in Thai). Flour is a powder made of Cereal grains It is the key ingredient of Bread, which is a staple food in many countries and therefore the availability Indonesian or Bahasa Indonesia, based on the Riau version of Malay language, was declared the official language with the declaration of Thai (th ภาษาไทย, transcription: phasa thai, transliteration:; pʰāːsǎːtʰāj is the national and
Lochshen: wide egg noodles used in Eastern European Jewish cuisine
Reshteh: Middle Eastern egg noodles
Spätzle: Egg noodle generally associated with the southern German states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria
Tăiţei: Romanian egg noodles
Tagliatelle: Italy Made either fresh with eggs or pasta-like with heavy grain. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. Jewish cuisine is a collection of international Cookery traditions linked by Jewish Dietary laws ( Kashrus) and Jewish holiday traditions Reshteh, from the Persian word for thread or string refers to a very fine Noodle similar to Capellini (angel hair pasta The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. Spätzle (also spätzli) in Northern Germany Spätzle Knöpfle or Knödel in Southern Germany Baden-Württemberg Bayern Tirol and Austria Knöpfli in Schweiz are Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Tagliatelle /taʎːa'tɛlːe|/ (from the Italian tagliare, meaning "to cut" is the classic Pasta of the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest

Wheat

Chūka men (中華麺): Japanese for "Chinese noodles", used for ramen, chanpon and yakisoba
Lamian (拉麵): hand pulled Chinese noodles
Mee pok (麪薄): flat, green Chinese noodles, popular in Southeast Asia
Sōmen (そうめん): very thin Japanese wheat noodles
Udon (うどん): thick Japanese wheat noodles

Rice

Flat or Thick rice noodles, also known as héfěn or ho fun (河粉), kway teow or sen yai (เส้นใหญ่)
Rice vermicelli: thin rice noodles, also known as mǐfěn (米粉) or bee hoon or sen mee (เส้นหมี่)

Mung bean

Cellophane noodles, also known as glass noodles, or bean vermicelli. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities is a Japanese Noodle dish that originated in China. It tends to be served in a meat-based broth and uses toppings such as,, Kamaboko, green onions literally "fried noodles" is a dish often sold at festivals in Japan but originates from China. Lamian is the name of hand-made or hand-pulled Chinese noodle. Mee pok is a type of Chinese noodle that is flat and yellow often varying in thickness and width Chinese noodles are an essential ingredient and staple in Chinese cuisine. are very thin white Japanese Noodles made of Wheat Flour. The noodles are usually served cold and are less than 1 is a type of thick Wheat -based Noodle popular in Japanese cuisine. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Rice vermicelli are thin noodles made from Rice, sometimes also known as Rice noodles or rice sticks. Rice noodles are Noodles that are made from Rice. Their principal ingredients are Rice flour and water Cellophane noodles (also known as Chinese vermicelli, bean threads, bean thread noodles, or glass noodles) are a type of transparent Asian noodle ||-||} Mung bean, also known as green bean, mung, moong, mash bean, munggo or monggo, green gram, golden fěnsī (粉絲) in Chinese, harusame(春雨) in Japanese, soun or suun in Indonesian, wun sen (วุ้นเส้น) in Thai.

Potato or canna starch

Cellophane noodles can also be made from potato starch or canna starch or various starches of the same genre. Cellophane noodles (also known as Chinese vermicelli, bean threads, bean thread noodles, or glass noodles) are a type of transparent Asian noodle The potato is a Starchy Tuberous crop Vegetable from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae Canna (or Canna lily, although not a true Lily) is a Genus of approximately twenty Species of Flowering plants

Buckwheat

Naengmyeon: Korean noodles made of buckwheat and sweet potato starch. Naengmyeon (hangul 냉면; also spelled naeng-myeon, naengmyun, naeng-myun) literally "cold Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. The potato is a Starchy Tuberous crop Vegetable from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae Slightly more chewy than soba.
Soba (蕎麦): Japanese buckwheat noodles

Acorn

Acorn noodles, also known as dotori gooksoo (도토리국수), are made of acorn meal, wheat flour, wheat germ, and salt. is a type of thin Japanese Noodle made from Buckwheat flour It is served either chilled with a dipping sauce or in hot broth as a Noodle soup. Buckwheat refers to plants in two genera of the Dicot family Polygonaceae: the Eurasian genus Fagopyrum, and the North American genus

Types of noodle dishes

Pasta is an Italian noodle dish. Pasta ( Italian for "dough" is a generic term for Italian variants of Noodles.

Basic noodles: These are cooked in water or broth, then drained. Other foods can be added (for example a pasta sauce ) or the noodles are added to other foods (see fried noodles or lasagna) or the noodles can be served plain with a dipping sauce or oil to be added at the table. In Cooking, a sauce is Liquid or sometimes semi- Solid food served on or used in preparing other Foods Sauces are not consumed by themselves Fried Noodles are common throughout East and Southeast Asia. Many varieties cooking styles and ingredients exist Lasagna (singular laˈzaɲa in Italian plural lasagne pronounced) is both a form of Pasta in sheets (sometimes rippled though seldom so in Northern In general, noodles are soft and absorb flavors.

Chilled noodles: noodles are sometimes served in a salad. An example is the Thai glass noodle salad yam woon sen. In Japan, traditional Japanese noodles such as soba and somen are often served chilled with a dipping sauce. Some western dishes like pasta salads also call for cold noodles.

Fried noodles: dishes made of noodles stir fried with various meats, seafood or vegetables. Fried Noodles are common throughout East and Southeast Asia. Many varieties cooking styles and ingredients exist Typical examples include chow mein, lo mein, mee goreng, hokkien mee, some varieties of pancit, yakisoba and pad thai. Chow mein (also known as chao mian in Chinese-speaking communities is a generic Chinese term for a dish of stir-fried Noodles of which there Lo mein is a Chinese dish with Noodles It often contains Vegetables and some type of Meat or Seafood, usually Beef, Mie goreng ( Indonesian) or mi goreng ( Malay; English: fried noodles) is a dish famous in Indonesia, Malaysia Hokkien mee refers to fried noodles cooked in Hokkien (Fujian style. Pancit or '"Pansit"' is a Stir-fried Noodle dish common in the Philippines. literally "fried noodles" is a dish often sold at festivals in Japan but originates from China. Pad Thai (or Phad Thai, ผัดไทย pʰàt tʰāj " Thai style frying" is a dish of stir-fried Rice noodles with eggs,

Noodle soup: noodles served in broth. Noodle soup refers to a variety of soups with noodles and other ingredients served in a light broth Examples are phở, beef noodle soup, ramen, laksa, saimin and batchoy, and chicken noodle soup. Phở (fɤ̂ in Vietnamese; in English written pho and typically) is a traditional Vietnamese Beef noodle soup is a Chinese Noodle soup dish composed of stewed Beef, beef Broth, Vegetables and Chinese noodles It exists is a Japanese Noodle dish that originated in China. It tends to be served in a meat-based broth and uses toppings such as,, Kamaboko, green onions Laksa is a popular spicy Noodle soup from Peranakan culture which is a merger of Chinese and Malay elements found in Malaysia and Saimin is a Noodle soup dish developed in and unique to Hawaii. Batchoy (contention states that the word may have originated from the Chinese (Hokkien Ba-chui (肉粹 meaning "pieces of meat" is a Noodle Soup

Other uses

As an adjective, the word "noodle" can be combined with a body part in order to emphasize the narrowness or literal noodle-like size of such body part, often in a mocking sense. For example, "This credenza desk is very heavy. A credenza desk (often simply credenza) is a modern Desk form usually placed next to a wall as a secondary work surface to that of another desk such as a Pedestal You won't be able to pick it up with those noodle-arms. "
'Noodling' is also a term for playing smooth fast guitar solos on the guitar.
Also used as a verb, to ponder. Example, "I have been noodling that idea for some time. "
Also a noodle is a foam pool toy.

Notes

^ "Oldest noodles unearthed in China", BBC News, 12 October 2005. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

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Dictionary

-noun

(usually in plural) A string or strip of pasta, especially as used in Chinese food.
(colloquial) A person with poor judgement; a fool.
(colloquial) The brain.

-verb

(fishing) To fish (usually for very large catfish) without any equipment other than the fisherman's own body
To think or ponder.
To fiddle, play with, or mess around.
To improvise music.

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