Noodle

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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. 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). In English, noodle is a generic term for unleavened dough made from many different types of ingredients and includes a variety of shapes.

The first written account of noodles is from the East Han Dynasty between AD 25 and 220. In October 2005, the oldest noodles yet discovered were found at the Lajia site (Qijia culture) along the Yellow River in Qinghai, China. The 4,000-year-old noodles appear to have been made from foxtail millet and broomcorn millet.^[1]

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

[edit] Types of noodles by primary ingredient

Wide, uncooked egg noodles.

[edit] Egg

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

Asian egg noodles (known as mie telor in Indonesian or ba mee (บะหมี่) in Thai) are common throughout China and Southeast Asia.
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.

[edit] 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, yellow Chinese noodles, popular in Southeast Asia
Sōmen (そうめん): very thin Japanese wheat noodles
Udon (うどん): thick Japanese wheat noodles

[edit] 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)

[edit] Mung bean

Cellophane noodles, also known as glass noodles, or bean vermicelli. fěnsī (粉絲) in Chinese, harusame(春雨) in Japanese, soun or suun in Indonesian, wun sen (วุ้นเส้น) in Thai.

[edit] Potato or canna starch

Cellophane noodles can also be made from potato starch or canna starch or various starches of the same genre.

[edit] Buckwheat

Naengmyeon: Korean noodles made of buckwheat and sweet potato starch. Slightly more chewy than soba.
Soba (蕎麦): Japanese buckwheat noodles

[edit] Acorn

Acorn noodles, also known as dotori gooksoo (도토리국수), are made of acorn meal, wheat flour, wheat germ, and salt.

[edit] Types of noodle dishes

Pasta is an Italian noodle dish.

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 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. Typical examples include chow mein, lo mein, mee goreng, hokkien mee, some varieties of pancit, yakisoba and pad thai.

Noodle soup: noodles served in broth. Examples are phở, beef noodle soup, ramen, laksa, saimin and batchoy, and chicken noodle soup.

[edit] Other uses

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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. 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.