Noodle

A noodle is a type of food made from unleavened dough that is cooked in a boiling liquid. Anthony Richard(Dick Allisons cloths always smell like noodles. At ferndale area high school all of us call him noodle or richard. Also he cant get his hair cut without permission from bshaw. He's wipped. Depending upon the type, noodles may be dried or refrigerated before cooking. The word derives from the German Nudel (noodle)^[1] and may be related to the Latin word nodus (knot)^{[citation needed]}. In American English, noodles is a generic term for unleavened dough made from many types of ingredients. Noodles exist in an abundance of shapes and sizes.

In 2005, Chinese archaeologists discovered the oldest noodles ever found, at Qinghai.^[2]^[3]

Types of noodles by primary ingredient

Wheat

Handmade short, thick small German noodles called spätzle

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
Nokedli: Hungarian noodles
Pasta: approximately 350 variants used in Italian cuisine
Sōmen (そうめん): very thin Japanese wheat noodles
Spätzle: a Swabian type of noodle made of wheat and eggs
Tészta: various types of Hungarian noodles
Udon (うどん): thick Japanese wheat noodles
Erişte: flat, yellow or reddish brown Turkish wheat noodles

Rice

Flat or thick rice noodles, also known as hé fěn 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)
Idiyappam is an Indian rice noodle.

Mung bean

Cellophane noodles, also known as glass noodles, sweet potato vermicelli or bean vermicelli. fěnsī (粉絲) in Chinese, harusame (春雨) in Japanese, soun or suun in Indonesian, wun sen (วุ้นเส้น) in Thai. These are the principal ingredient in the Korean dish japchae.

Potato or canna starch

Cellophane noodles can also be made from potato starch or canna starch or various starches of the same genre.
Gnocchi, small Italian dumplings.
Halušky, small Slovak dumplings made of grated potatoes and wheat flour (and sometimes egg), usually made with sheep's cheese, sauer cabbage, or tvaroh (cottage cheese/curd), and fried bacon.

Buckwheat

Makguksu (막국수), local specialty of Gangwon Province in South Korea
Naengmyeon (냉면): Korean noodles made of buckwheat and sweet potato starch. Slightly more chewy than soba.
Soba (蕎麦): Japanese buckwheat noodles
Pizzoccheri: Italian buckwheat noodles from Valtellina, usually served with a melted cheese sauce

Acorn

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

Types of noodle dishes

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A simple noodle soup consisting of Soy sauce and Sesame oil.

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 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
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.
Noodle casseroles: lasagna, kugel, tuna casserole, baked ziti, timballo, and pastitsio

References

^ Harper, Douglas. "noodle". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
^ "Oldest noodles unearthed in China", BBC News, 12 October 2005
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[1] Harper, Douglas. "noodle". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2009-10-14.

[2] "Oldest noodles unearthed in China", BBC News, 12 October 2005

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