World's oldest noodles

[JoeP]

Oldest noodles unearthed in China (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4335160.stm)

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The remains of the world's oldest noodles have been unearthed in China.

The 50cm-long, yellow strands were found in a pot that had probably been buried during a catastrophic flood.

Radiocarbon dating of the material taken from the Lajia archaeological site on the Yellow River indicates the food was about 4,000 years old.

Scientists tell the journal Nature that the noodles were made using grains from millet grass - unlike modern noodles, which are made with wheat flour.
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The remains of the noodles were found atop a mould of sediment inside an inverted earthenware container. The noodles were thin (about 0.3cm in diameter), delicate, more than 50cm in length and yellow in colour.
Yummy :ramen:

The article indicates there's a lot more interesting stuff at the site, which I've posted in the thread The Pompeii of China.

[livius drusus]

Wow. They look like just yellow soba noodles, only made from bird food instead of buckwheat, of course.

Very cool find, Joe.

[JoeP]

I thought somebody here would like it!

[curses]

The forerunner of ramen!

[Ymir's blood]

Earliest known evidence of college students.

[pescifish]

Wow, if I unearthed something like that in my backyard, I'd be gettin' my pups some worm medicine asap. :doggies:

Seriously, JoeP, that is very interesting! That places the use of noodles much earlier than previously documented.

[JoeP]

That places the use of noodles much earlier than previously documented.
And:
Prior to the discovery of noodles at Lajia, ... it remained a subject of debate whether the Chinese, the Italians, or the Arabs invented it first.One up for China!

[Legs]

mmmmm... noodles...
:homdrool:

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[Blue]

I bet those are good with General Chicken. Bon appetite!

[Ohm]

Nothing a little ketchup won't fix heheheehe....