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[[Image:Misua noodle making Taiwan.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Misua]] noodle making in [[Lukang]], [[Taiwan]]]]
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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 language|German]] ''Nudel'' (noodle) and may be related to the [[Latin]] word ''nodus'' (knot). In [[English language|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 [[Han Dynasty|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 [[Proso millet|broomcorn millet]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4335160.stm "Oldest noodles unearthed in China"], [[BBC News]], [[12 October]] [[2005]].</ref>
==Types of noodles by primary ingredient==
[[Image:Egg noodles.JPG|thumb|250px|Wide, uncooked egg noodles.]]
===Wheat===
*Chūka men (中華麺): [[Japanese language|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 [[Japan]]ese 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 [[Mung bean|bean]] vermicelli. ''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|potato starch]] or [[Canna_%28plant%29#Agricultural_Cannas|canna starch]] or various starches of the same genre.
===Buckwheat===
*[[Naengmyeon]] (냉면): [[Korea]]n noodles made of buckwheat and sweet [[potato]] starch. 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.
==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.
==See also==
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*[[Phở]]
*[[Chinese noodles]]
*[[Cup noodles]]
*[[Frozen noodles]]
*[[Instant noodles]]
*[[Japanese noodles]]
*[[Korean noodles]]
*[[Pancit|Philippine noodles (pancit)]]
*[[Shirataki noodles]]: Japanese noodles with very [[low carbohydrate]]s
== Notes ==
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* [http://www.acornhut.com/ Acorn Hut Organic Acorn Noodles]
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