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I am twisted...
Aug. 12th, 2012 02:20 pmSo, for reasons that don't require exploration at this juncture, I was researching Asian noodle recipes and came across this Wikipedia article about Chinese noodles. Under the History section, I read the following:
"In 2002, archaeologists found an earthenware bowl containing world's oldest known noodles, 4000 years old, at the Lajia archaeological site of the Qijia culture along the Yellow River in China.The noodles were well-preserved. After research with parts of the noodle remains in 2004, scientists determined that the noodles were made from foxtail millet and broomcorn millet." (all the footnote superscripts, etc., have been removed. This is plenty well cited in the actual article.)
How twisted is it that my first thought was "this is what happens when you don't clean your plate! Four thousand years later, people are analyzing it and wondering if you were brought up or dragged up," and I don't even have any children of my own. Seriously, I was wondering if there was evidence of barbarian invasion interrupting the meal. If you're making noodles out of what sounds like barely- or undomesticated weeds, you're not living such a life of leisure that you can waste food.
(Note to self: next time you're wondering why you're having trouble shedding the re-gained weight, see this entry, and put the damn fork down.)
Any chance of my f-list rescuing me from further fruitless meandering over teh intertubes? I'm looking for a fairly easy recipe for home made wheat noodles not because I don't love Panda Express, but because I (and my rear view) can't afford to love themquite this much.
"In 2002, archaeologists found an earthenware bowl containing world's oldest known noodles, 4000 years old, at the Lajia archaeological site of the Qijia culture along the Yellow River in China.The noodles were well-preserved. After research with parts of the noodle remains in 2004, scientists determined that the noodles were made from foxtail millet and broomcorn millet." (all the footnote superscripts, etc., have been removed. This is plenty well cited in the actual article.)
How twisted is it that my first thought was "this is what happens when you don't clean your plate! Four thousand years later, people are analyzing it and wondering if you were brought up or dragged up," and I don't even have any children of my own. Seriously, I was wondering if there was evidence of barbarian invasion interrupting the meal. If you're making noodles out of what sounds like barely- or undomesticated weeds, you're not living such a life of leisure that you can waste food.
(Note to self: next time you're wondering why you're having trouble shedding the re-gained weight, see this entry, and put the damn fork down.)
Any chance of my f-list rescuing me from further fruitless meandering over teh intertubes? I'm looking for a fairly easy recipe for home made wheat noodles not because I don't love Panda Express, but because I (and my rear view) can't afford to love themquite this much.
