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a thick round or squared Japanese noodle similiar to spaghetti made from wheat or corn flour.
Barer-Stein, Thelma. 1999. You EatWhat You Are. A FireFly Book, [GT 2850 .B371 1999]
is a Japanese macaroni. [Japanese p. 281]
Kagawa, Aya. 1957. Japanese Cookbook. Japan Travel Bureau and printed by Hosokawa Printing Co., Tokyo.
is a kind of vermicelli like soba, but made of corn flour.
Grimes, William. 2004. Eating Your Words. Oxford University Press.
in Japanese cooking it is wheat pasta made in thick strips.
- ORIGIN Japanese
Excerpts from Passmore, Jacki. 1991. The Encyclopedia of Asian Food and Cooking. Hearst Books, New York.
A basic wheat flour and water noodle. They are usually made round, but can also be flat. In Japan they are usually served in soup-noodle or simemred dishes or are braised with a soy-based sauce.
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