[wildbill]

I thought you might be interested in how noodles are made by hand. Takes about two minutes on average with a good chef.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzHtPyqUll0&feature=related

Which brings up the important anthropological questions of the day: What in the world led to the original discovery of this method?

I’m thankful they were so velly cleva, those ancient Chinese.

[SunkenCiv]

:’) The best noodles are made by guys named Tony. I wanted some handmade noodles for the restaurant one night, he didn’t show up, so I had to rig a Tony.

Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all week.

24/7, if past habits are any guide.

[muawiyah]

Couldn't get the video to play BUT remember that the Silk Road was created in truly ancient times only to be shut down at the beginning of the Dark Age (AD 535- ) so there was a lot of stuff that could have gone on between China and India, and India and Europe long before.

It was reopened in the 1200/1300 period by the Mongols at great expense in men and treasure ~

[SatinDoll]

My theory is that flat bread was first used for pies (with filling) or with a topping (like pizza). Then someone took thinly rolled dough cut into strips and boiled them (oven probably wasn’t available), then mixed the cooked filling in with the “noodles” and ‘voila!’, pasta style dinner.

It’s just my theory.