I doubt you’d import any actual noodles. It’s the method of manufacture that is the important secret of the noodle and the idea of how to make them requires no heavy lifting on a long trip home.
Marco Polo certainly seems to have been the type of observer who’d make a note of that detail so even if he didn’t bring actual noodles back to Italy, I’m gonna believe and give him credit for his contribution to my favorite food.
Way to go, Polo, way to go!
I have a question, perhaps some educated FReeper might know the answer to?
One observation this poster made visiting China was that Chinese traditionally also had the custom of using a red carpet, to signify an honored welcome.
Prior to Marco Polo, the East and West really did not interact much.
How is it, both East and West, ended up using a red carpet to signify the same thing?
Was it an imported, custom originally from the East, or actually a rather remarkable coincidence?