No, not those ancient take-out boxes I just excavated from fridge…the BBC has news (and horrible photos) of some 4,000 year-old noodles unearthed in China.
The article quotes Professor Houyuan Lu: “Prior to the discovery of noodles at Lajia, the earliest written record of noodles is traced to a book written during the East Han Dynasty sometime between AD 25 and 220, although it remained a subject of debate whether the Chinese, the Italians, or the Arabs invented it first…Our discovery indicates that noodles were first produced in China,”
In other words “Take that, you anti-Marco-Polo-ite Italian pasta patriots! Neener neener to those who claim the Arabs were first! All your spaghetti are belong to us!”
But wasn’t that tactful of the BBC to hold back this news until after Columbus Day?
I’m sorry I ever hinted Brits weren’t polite…