Vermicelli is a kind of hand-made pasta with fine hair, white luster, toughness, storage resistance and cooking resistance. There are round and thin noodles and wide and flat noodles. The main varieties are ordinary vermicelli, colorful vermicelli and hand-made vermicelli. According to the variety of accessories, there are egg noodles, tomato noodles, spinach noodles, carrot noodles, kelp noodles, lysine noodles and so on. At present, dried noodles have developed together with staple food, flavor, nutrition and health care. Dried noodles have always been one of the main favorite pasta because of their good taste, convenient eating, low price and easy storage.
In China, dried noodles have a long history. In Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty, noodles really became "strips". In Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty, dried noodles were already available. The production of dried noodles began in the Yuan Dynasty, when the sun was mainly used for drying. Until the founding of New China, a large number of dried noodles were made by hand, and only a few were made by machinery. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the noodle making industry developed rapidly, the mechanization of noodle production line increased day by day, and indoor drying technology was widely popularized. Today, there are many kinds of dried noodles with different production techniques, which can be divided into two categories: one is the oriental noodles represented by China and Japan, which are made into noodles by multiple rollers, cut into strips and dried at low or medium temperature for a long time. The total drying time is generally 4 ~ 8 hours; The other is the western macaroni represented by Italy, which is extruded into strips by an extruder under high pressure and then dried at medium or high temperature. Both of these products originated in China.
Adding proper amount of salt and alkali to dried noodles to make them resistant to cooking, and the cooked noodles are clear and refreshing when eaten; Some also add some auxiliary materials to make them more nutritious and delicious. Because dried noodles are convenient to eat, carry and keep, they are very popular among the masses. In the past, noodles were made by hand, but later they were made by machinery.