Noodles have been a popular staple food in many parts of the world for at least 2,000 years, although it is debatable whether the Chinese, the Italians or the Arabs invented them first. A recent study by CAS researchers and co-workers from home and abroad reveals that the preparation of boiled noodles was already invented in China about 4,000 years ago. The work was reported in the October 13 issue of the journal Nature. Prior to this finding, the earliest record of noodles only appeared in a book written during China's East Han Dynasty (25 -220 AD), says lead author of the paper LU Houyuan from the CAS Institute of Geology and Geophysics. "Due to the difficulties for their long-time preservation, direct evidence for early noodles has not been available, until recently."
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