[Sca-cooks] Re: Ancient Noodle Dish

[Johnna Holloway]

For those wanting more stories--It's also at
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20051012/sc_space/worldsoldestnoodlesalterviewofancientdiet
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4335160.stm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/12/AR2005101202339.html
http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?story=EC1218563W&news_headline=worlds_oldest_pot_noodle_found_by_scientists

People who have access to Nature need the following to find the actual
article:

Nature 437, 967-968 (13 October 2005) | doi: 10.1038/437967a
    Culinary archaeology: Millet noodles in Late Neolithic China

Houyuan Lu1 ,2 , Xiaoyan Yang1 , Maolin Ye3 ,
Kam-Biu Liu4 , Zhengkai Xia5 , Xiaoyan Ren6 , Linhai Cai6
, Naiqin Wu1  and Tung-Sheng Liu1
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Description:
A remarkable find allows the reconstruction of the earliest recorded
preparation of noodles.

It took some doing to locate it, so save the citation if you are
interested in it.

Hope this helps.

Johnnae