Abstract:

Noodles are originated from China as early as 4000 years ago. Wheat was firstly cultivated in the West Asia, while it was discovered in many sites of ancient China around 4000 years ago. The dietary habits of China was mainly dominated by grains food. During that period, wheat was inferior to millet. During Tang-Song Dynasties, wheat took the place of millet and noodles and became popular, on the basis of development of mill stone and the application of flour ferment. Since wheat has more protein than millet, it is easy to process wheat flour into noodles. And noodles spread from China to the world to be a worldwide cuisine.