Long before paper, gunpowder and the compass, the Chinese had invented
yet another staple of human civilization. A coil of dry noodles,
preserved for 4,000 years, sat beneath an overturned earthenware bowl
at an archaeological site in northeastern China. In 2005,
archaeologists discovered the spaghetti-like tangle, effectively
settling the score about whether the Chinese, Italians or Arabs began
producing pasta first. But as any gourmand worth an ounce of orzo will quickly tell you, there isn't a grain of truth to Polo as the pasta pioneer.
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