mein

ancient chinese noodles were dug up suspected to be over 4000 years old,


http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Quirks&article=UPI-1-20051013-13412700-bc-china-oldnoodles.xml

Pretty cool stuff.

PS I think the word you mean in the title is "mien" (noodles)
Chow ("tsao" in Mandarin) means "stir-fried"

i actually didnt know it ment stir fried in manderin, do you speak any cantonese? or province variations?

and oops i spelled mien wrong,

thanks,

peace,

Actually you spelled 'Chow mein' correctly (which I think is from the Wade-Giles system), but I'm assuming that's how it's pronounced in Cantonese (I was taught Mandarin long ago).

I know very little Chinese, and like 4-5 characters. They're almost vestigial components of my distant past.

Actually you spelled 'Chow mein' correctly (which I think is from the Wade-Giles system), but I'm assuming that's how it's pronounced in Cantonese (I was taught Mandarin long ago).

I know very little Chinese, and like 4-5 characters. They're almost vestigial components of my distant past.


i love chinese literiture. and all of its ancient art/teachings/books,

even down to simple charactures, there are thousangs of symbols, many are family symbols and rare ones that many dont know of, some of the symbols are lost aswell,


peace,

Actually you spelled 'Chow mein' correctly (which I think is from the Wade-Giles system), but I'm assuming that's how it's pronounced in Cantonese (I was taught Mandarin long ago).

I know very little Chinese, and like 4-5 characters. They're almost vestigial components of my distant past.Yes it is called "chao3 mian4" in Chinese pinyin: meaning stir-fried noodles

"chao3 mian4" 炒面 in pinyin: "chaau2 min6" in Cantonese

who would eat a bowl full of those 4000 year old noodles for 20 bucks?.


peace,

When thing I love about living in China is that food is so dirt cheap. A $10 steak in the U.S. will cost you $2 in China: a bowl of noodles 50 cents.

Heck, make that 5 cents: 20 cents including beef.