[Sca-cooks] OOP: Shredded noodles

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

From: "Vincent Cuenca" <bootkiller at hotmail.com>
>Here's one for the Chinese experts on the list:
>
>I was watching "Iron Monkey" this morning (I admit it; I have a weakness for
>Yuen Wo Ping's fight choreography), and I saw something interesting.  The
>two main characters were cooking for each other, comparing Cantonese and
>Chekiang techniques.  One character picked up a lump of dough and began
>slicing off thin shreds with a cleaver, slinging them across the room and
>into the water.  No doubt he was showing off a little, but is this an actual
>noodle-making technique in northern China?  I was under the impression that
>most noodles were either doubled and stretched or cut from rolled dough.

I can't really answer your question, but...

"IRON MONKEY" ROCKS!

Anahita