NOODLES

The origin of noodles has been disputed, but the evidence heavily favors its origin in China. Claims have been made that the noodle was of Chinese,Arabian and Mediterranean origin. Given the scarcity of physical evidence, it is unlikely that the question of origin can even be answered with certainty. A Nature article claimed the oldest evidence of noodle consumption was from 4,000 years ago in China.

In 2005, a team of archaeologists working in the People's Republic of China reported finding an earthenware bowl that containedfoxtail millet and broomcorn millet noodles at the Lajia archaeological site, arguably hailing from the late neolithic period, but this claim was disputed by later research,which suggested that noodles simply cannot be produced from millet, which lacks gluten.