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Etymology

"The word noodle derives from German "Nudel", meaning pasta." That`s incorrect, it derives from the Latin word Nodus!

Actually, both are right - it's Latin via German. I've corrected this. Rd232 12:22, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

History

You cant say, that Italian people claim to have invented noodles! They only claim, that they have taken over this tradition from Etruscans and Greeks. Its also wrong to say, the Chinese can claim for this invention, because at that time there was no such thing as "China" in any form. The people of the Quijia-Culture are also believed to be under the first groups in this region to have produced bronce, wich came relatively late to Asia from the West. So maybe the art of making noodles came alongside with the art of making bronce, or maybe it didnt. Nationalism and cuisine sucks anyway. -- 62.178.137.216 21:16, 5 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Mention may be made of Marco Polo who brought spaghetti back to Italy from China. The Travels of Marco Polo supposedly backs this up and I will download from Gutenberg to investigate. At the very least it is a common legend among the Italian people.

He couldn't have brought back "spaghetti" from China. They created their own versions of noodles from the Chinese ones. 66.91.211.32 09:09, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure they claim the invention of noodles, since the Italians were at the height of European civilization.

Terminology

My ex-wife used to claim vehemently that "noodles" were a food distinct from "spaghetti", and got all jumping up and down whenever anyone spoke of "spaghetti noodles". I have no way of knowing the basis for her assertion, but thought that Wikipedia might shed some light. The existing article appears to contradict, but I wonder whether anyone else has information to confirm or deny my ex's passionately held belief. Dbhelphrey 21:27, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was taught that it's not a "noodle" unless egg went into making it - if there wasn't egg, such as in spaghetti, it's "pasta." However, this notion doesn't seem like it extends well to the very wide diversity of noodles beyond Italian pasta. Nerwen 08:07, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]