Noodles originated in China and have been made and eaten for more than 4,000 years.

The story of noodles begins with China, the "noodle empire". China is a vast country. Thousands of years of cooking smoke gave birth to more than 2,000 kinds of noodles, which influenced the noodle culture in East Asia. However, neither noodles nor wheat, the main raw material for making noodles, originated here.

China's hieroglyph "Mai" originally refers to "people far away", and when combined with the word "noodle", it becomes "noodle" (the traditional Chinese character of "noodle"). Noodles made of wheat and wheat flour thousands of years ago really came from far away.

With an annual output of 600 million tons, wheat has become the staple food of 60% of the population on the earth. It was first born in the farming civilization of Mesopotamia 9000 years ago.

In 6500 years after its birth, wheat planting technology and flour making technology began to spread from the Middle East to the Mediterranean, across the Balkans and Alps, and eastward to China via Central Asia. Therefore, this "Silk Road", which starts from Chang 'an and passes through Gansu, Xinjiang, Central Asia, West Asia and even Mediterranean countries, is also called "Noodle Road".

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The value of noodles

1. Noodles contain copper. Although the demand for copper in a friend's body is not great, copper is an indispensable trace element in a friend's body, and noodles just contain copper, which plays a very good role in the development of a friend's hair, so friends can also eat some noodles in moderation to care for their hair.

Noodles have a very good effect on helping friends nourish their stomachs. Therefore, friends with indigestion can eat noodles when eating staple food. Because noodles are easier to absorb, noodle soup can help friends warm their stomachs, and friends with bad stomachs can eat more noodles to nourish their stomachs.

3. Noodles are low in calories and will absorb a lot of water during cooking. 100 grams of noodles will become 400 grams when cooked.

Noodles have the characteristics of suppressing appetite, because noodles are digested slowly in the stomach, which makes people feel full for a long time and is not easy to get hungry.

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