Who invented noodles?
4000 year-old pot of noodles found in China, settling (for now) the “hotly contested” question of who invented the noodle.
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Reader comments
Brian VanOct 19, 2005 at 10:09AM
Keith Richards was wondering where he put that...
Rey DhunyOct 19, 2005 at 10:22AM
More importantly, it could settle who invented the Pot Noodle!
LodeOct 19, 2005 at 10:35AM
We all know who invented the noodle, don't we?
Jonathan DobresOct 19, 2005 at 11:16AM
We followers of the great Flying Spaghetti Monster now have incontrovertible proof that world is roughly 4000 years old, as the First Noodle indicates.
MegOct 19, 2005 at 12:06PM
It belonged to the first university student. It is ancient Ramen.
sixfoot6Oct 19, 2005 at 3:40PM
Indeed, the Appendage of the great FSM was noodling at least 2,000 years before Christ.
BrockOct 20, 2005 at 7:44AM
I think we just need to accept that prior to the 16th Century, China invented EVERYTHING first.
This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.