Happy National Noodle Month

How much does your noodle know about noodles?

• A noodle is a thin and elongated shaped food made from unleavened dough typically boiled in water or fried in oil.
• The word noodle derives from Latin "Nodus" (knot), via German "Nudel" (noodle, pasta).
• The oldest known noodles are from Central Asia (in what is now China).
• Noodles can be made from numerous types of flours: acorn, buckwheat, corn, mung bean, potato, rice and wheat.
• In American cuisine, noodle consumption increases by approximately 20% during colder months.

Tonight the illegible ink family (which includes our 7 week addition) enjoyed Baked Shrimp Scampi with hand nested tagliatelle (from the Italian tagliare, meaning "to cut").

Here's hoping your March 2011 is also filled with oodles of noodles!

Keep Calm Arsenal's "Keep Calm and Slurp Noodles" print on Etsy.