Saturday, January 6, 2007

Oldest Noodles Made in China

    Unearthed in Lajia archaeological site in China, the noodles made of grains from millet grass (modern noodles are made with wheat flour) 4,000 years ago is thought to be the oldest noodles by the archaeologiests.
    "Prior to the discovery of noodles at Lajia, the earliest written record of noodles is traced to a book written during the East Han Dynasty sometime between AD 25 and 220, although it remained a subject of debate whether the Chinese, the Italians, or the Arabs invented it first."

    "Our discovery indicates that noodles were first produced in China," Professor Houyuan Lu from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, explained to BBC News.

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