According to a public opinion survey in Japan in 2000, instant noodles are considered to be the most important invention in Japan in the last century, followed by karaoke. In 2002, the global consumption of instant noodles was 55 billion bags.
principle
The principle of instant noodles is to harden the cooked seasoning noodles with palm oil and press them into blocks. Brew with hot water before eating, dissolve palm oil with hot water, heat the noodles until they are soft, and you can eat them in a few minutes.
nutrition
Palm oil is mainly composed of saturated fatty acids and is solid at room temperature. Saturated fatty acids are not easily oxidized, but they are not good for people's health. In order to further avoid palm oil oxidation, manufacturers will also add vitamin E as an antioxidant.
aspect
Red curved surface
Recently, because of advocating the concept of low-calorie food, it has risen. But it's not very popular because it's not delicious.
Non-fried dough
It is a kind of noodle recently invented to deal with the health concerns of fried noodles, omitting the frying process, so it does not contain palm oil and saturated fatty acids. It is a relatively healthy noodle, and its taste can be comparable to that of fried noodles, which has a bright prospect.
Fried dough
The dough used in the original prototype of instant noodles is said to have been invented at first to remove water and blend oil fragrance into noodles, but it needs a lot of preservatives because it needs to be preserved for a long time.
history
Instant noodles were invented in 1958 by Fumio Ando (formerly known as Fumio Wu), a native of Taiwan Province Province in Ikeda City, Osaka Prefecture. After Ando invented instant noodles, he founded Nissin Food Company to sell the flavor of "chicken soup Lamian Noodles". At first, the price was 35 yen, but immediately imitation products appeared, leading to price reduction competition.
Nissin company actively developed abroad after inventing instant noodles. 1963 cooperated with Korean Sanyang Food for the first time, 1968 cooperated with Taiwan Province International Food Company to produce chicken soup-flavored noodles. The original vitality noodles didn't sell well in Taiwan Province Province because they followed the Japanese formula. After seasoning and adjustment of noodle taste, it has become a best-selling product in Taiwan Province Province. Most customers buy their goods for midnight snack or cooking with eggs. At one time, "Victory Face" almost became synonymous with this kind of products. However, due to poor management, Shengli finally withdrew from the market. As of 2005, only one Shengli bakery in the past international food companies continued to operate in the emerging area of Kaohsiung City, but it has withdrawn from the instant noodle market.
Although instant noodles were widely praised in Asia, they could not be successfully opened in the United States in the late11960 s, because the average American did not have the habit of boiling water, and the tableware at home was mainly plates. In order to make people who are not used to using bowls consume instant noodles, Nissin Company invented a cup noodle with expanded polystyrene as a container, which was listed in Japan on 197 1 and the price was 100 yen (0.25 USD), which was more than three times the price of bagged instant noodles at that time.
During the interview, the cups were sold in gymnasiums and racetracks, and were not popular because of their high prices. Finally, it can only be sold in some units that have to be on duty at night, such as the fire brigade and the Japanese Self-Defense Force. In order to open the market, Ando Baifu cooperated with Mitsukoshi Department Store in downtown Tokyo to promote sales, setting a record of selling 20,000 copies in four hours, laying the foundation for Japanese to accept cup noodles. Because the cup noodles take a high-priced route, the ingredients include dried shrimps made by freeze-drying, and forks are also tableware. Street promotion in Tokyo makes cup noodles stand firm in Kanto. 1In February, 972, the Asakusa Villa incident occurred in Japan where the Red Army Company took hostages and confronted the police. Because the police ate a cup of noodles wrapped in belly, which was broadcast live on TV, the cup noodles became an instant hit.
Long before the invention of instant noodles, similar pasta was called "one side" or "Yi Fu noodles" in China (that is, "spaghetti" in Taiwan Province province). According to legend, there was a local official in the Qing Dynasty who entertained guests at home. The cook mistakenly put the cooked egg noodles into the boiling oil pan, so he had to pick up the soup to eat. Because the guests were full of praise after eating, this dish was handed down.
According to legend, when Yi Bingshou, a great calligrapher in Qing Dynasty, held a birthday party at home, the chef mistook oil for water and fried the noodles until they were cooked. In desperation, he had to cook the fried noodles and pour thick soup with chicken, pork bones and seafood. Unexpectedly, after eating, the guests praised the noodles for being smooth and tender, and the soup was delicious. Since then, this kind of fried noodles has been called "Yi Noodles" and has been handed down. Because its processing method is very similar to modern instant noodles, future generations regard instant noodles as the embryonic form of modern instant noodles. Once, Song Xiang, a poet and calligrapher, tasted it and found it very delicious. Knowing that it had no name, he said, "It's a pity that such delicious food has no name. What if it is not named' Fu Yimian'? " Since then, the Iraqi government has spread, known as the "Iraqi face."
The production of pasta pays attention to good color, loose constitution, floating but not real, and smooth and sweet taste. It is the blueprint of Japanese instant noodles and the ancestor of doll noodles.
manufacture
As far as the instant noodles on the market are concerned, most of them are mass-produced by machines in factories, and almost no hand-made instant noodles can be seen. Because most factories produce packaging, people mostly distinguish instant noodles by packaging: bowl noodles are made of polystyrene (commonly known as styrofoam; Instant noodles and cup noodles packed in bowls or paper bowls are packed in paper cups, while others are usually packed in plastic or paper. When you want to eat them, you can put them in a bowl and boil hot water. As for the types of noodles, they first appeared in the Japanese market, so most of the early instant noodles came from Lamian Noodles, Japan, and later there were different instant noodles such as oolong noodles.
Security is a problem.
Because the bowl attached to instant noodles is made of polystyrene, polystyrene itself is not heat-resistant. When it meets hot water, it often mixes with soup and condenses on the stomach wall, so it can't digest food normally.
You can also add a lot of preservatives to the seasoning package for long-term preservation. Some expensive instant noodles usually contain soft cans, which is also a fresh-keeping method.
Cooking method
Instant noodles can be eaten quickly. In some areas, some people also eat instant noodles by cooking, such as cooking instant noodles in a general way. A kind of fried instant noodles is popular in Jinmen, Taiwan Province. It is cooked first, then fried in a pot, served with vegetable leaves or shredded pork.
Although instant noodles are designed to be eaten after being brewed, some people eat them directly without being brewed. In Taiwan Province Province, some brands of instant noodles, such as "Prince Noodles", "Science Noodles" and "Mommy Noodles" made in Thailand, are mostly directly crushed and mixed with seasoning powder (or shaken well) as snacks. It is said that this way of eating is probably invented by primary school students.
In Taiwan Province Province, pot-stewed vendors sometimes use instant noodles as one of the materials.
In Hong Kong, the "diced fish" that can be eaten in tea restaurants is instant noodles in the form of noodles. Put the spiced diced meat on it and mix well to eat. There are also different ways to eat instant noodles. Put a piece of cheese on the cooked instant noodles as an ingredient.
In Macau, you can eat the best Portuguese flavor in Yong 'an Cafe, such as turmeric pork, smoked duck breast, salted beef and so on.
In Korea, the team pot is also made of instant noodles.
condiments
In addition to noodles, most instant noodle products also contain dry ingredients, such as dehydrated vegetables and dehydrated meat. With the development of food science and technology, vacuum-packed food conditioning packages also appear in some high-priced instant noodle products.
other
In addition, some people in Taiwan Province Province call pirated software CDs instant noodles. Please refer to the big supplement.
Famous instant noodle brand
Taiwan Province Province, China: Unity, Dan Wei, Weili, Master Kong and Wang Wei.
China: Baixiang, Huafeng, Gu Wu Dojo, Uni-President (from Taiwan Province Province), Master Kong (from Taiwan Province Province) and Baijia vermicelli (whose instant noodles are made of vermicelli).
Hongkong: Doll Noodles, King of Peach Noodles and Yi Tong Fuzi.
Japan: "Top One" and "Miscellaneous Cup Noodles" of Nissin Food (this product is also produced and sold in Hongkong and Chinese mainland, but the quality is different).
Malaysia: MAGGI, then noodles, only, MAMEE.
South Korea: Nong Xin's "Spicy Lamian Noodles" (commonly known as "Spicy Noodles" in Hong Kong), Sanyang Lamian Noodles, Sanyang Lamian Noodles and Sanyang Lamian Noodles are a delicacy.
Thailand: "Mom" brand instant noodles (that is, "Mommy noodles" sold in Hong Kong, which are usually eaten dry)
Interestingly, Thailand adopted the "Mommy Instant Noodles Index" in 2005, taking the sales of mommy noodles as an indicator to reflect the increase and decrease of the economy (the increase and decrease of the economy is negatively related to the sales of mommy noodles). In recent years, Thailand's economic development has gradually improved since the 1997 financial turmoil, and the sales of mommy noodles have increased steadily. However, in 2004, Thailand's economy declined, and the sales volume of Mommy Noodle immediately increased by 5%, and increased by 15% in the first seven months of 2005. This phenomenon is because instant noodles are cheap, and when the economy is depressed, people buy instant noodles to save money, so the sales of mommy noodles have soared.
Indonesia: the camp is multifaceted.
United States: Raman
Noodles, a kind of food, are made by adding water to the flour of cereals or beans to make dough, then pressing or rolling into pieces, cutting or pressing, or rubbing, pulling and kneading into strips (narrow or wide, flat or round) or small pieces, and finally boiling, frying, stewing and frying.
History and origin
China, Arabia and Italy all claimed that noodles originated in their own countries, but the earliest recorded noodles were in China in the Eastern Han Dynasty. In 2002, Ye Maolin, a researcher at the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, discovered noodles with a history of more than 4,000 years at the Lajia site in Minhe County, Qinghai Province (buried by the earthquake about 4,000 years ago). Noodles are about 50 cm long and 0.3 cm wide, and are made of millet. In June 2005, related papers were published in the American journal Nature.
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history
In China, all kinds of pasta were originally called cakes, and those cooked with soup were called "soup cakes", the earliest noodles. There are cakes in Han Liuxi's Interpretation of Famous Foods. "Water-induced cake" in the Book of Qi Yaomin written by Jia Sixie in the Northern Wei Dynasty is a kind of boiled food with broken feet and as thin as "leek leaves". In the Tang dynasty, cold noodles with water were called cold scouring; There are as many kinds of noodles in the catering market in Song Dynasty as 10, which are rich and colorful, including meat noodles and topping noodles. Long-lasting dried noodles appeared in the Yuan Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, there were superb Lamian Noodles, and Shanxi and other places had special Daoxiao Noodles. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there were boiled, fried and boiled noodles, all of which were famous flour products in the history of China.
The Chronicle of Jingchu's Age says: "When you enter the soup cake in June, it is called avoiding evil spirits." Evil, disease and filth. Flies have a lot of bacteria in dog days, and their diet is unclean, so they are prone to intestinal diseases. However, scalding the "soup cake" with boiling water and eating it while it is hot may be the least polluted food in ancient dog days, which will greatly reduce the occurrence of diseases. The patient's resistance is poor, so of course he should eat the cleanest food. This is why noodles have been used to serve patients for thousands of years.
According to modern research, soup cake is actually a kind of noodle soup, which is to hold the mixed dough in your hand and tear it into pieces and cook it in a pot. If "tearing" is changed to "cutting with a knife", it will become Daoxiao Noodles, which is still widely circulated in Shanxi. Later, the production process of noodles was changed to: first knead to the thickness of chopsticks, break it with one foot, and fill the plate with water. "You'd better put your hand in the pot and cook it as thin as leek leaves" (Qi Yaomin's Book). At this time, noodles look like lasagna. When it comes to gold, it becomes a thin strip again. Fu Xuan's "Seven Humens" said that "three beasts and one soup, the guests suddenly swim and attract, and the flight feathers are thin and thin, as thin as the cocoon of Shu and as thick as the thread of Lu", which is almost comparable to Li Enhai's craft.
The shape of the noodles is finally fixed into a long strip. In the Song Dynasty, soup cakes were also renamed noodles (called Tuotuo in the Tang Dynasty). The appearance of noodles makes people associate noodles with birthdays and birthdays. According to customs and etiquette, eat longevity noodles on birthdays. Why do you want noodles for your birthday? Ma Song Yongqing said in Lazy True Son: "Those who have to eat soup and bread will hope to live a long life." Why noodles can be used as a symbol of longevity? Because the face is "slender", the homonym is "longevity". Noodles have become the best food to win favor. There is another saying: During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, people thought that life span was related to the length of a person, and the length of a person depended on the length of his face, while noodles coincided with the "face length", from which longevity noodles came.
kind
In ancient China, food hygiene conditions were very poor. Compared with other foods, boiled noodles are the cleanest and can greatly reduce the occurrence of gastrointestinal diseases. Therefore, noodles have become one of the most common foods in China. Due to the difference of making strips and seasoning, thousands of noodle varieties have appeared all over China, all over the country. The famous noodles are:
Zhajiang and Longxu Noodles in Beijing;
Lamian Noodles in Fushan, Shandong;
Noodles with gravy in Jinan;
Penglai's little face;
Huimian Noodles in Henan, muddled noodles, handmade noodles, etc.
Xi an's noodles with minced meat;
Daoxiao Noodles, Shanxi;
Lanzhou broth beef noodles (Lanzhou Lamian Noodles);
Regan Noodles in Wuhan;
Dandan Noodles, Sichuan;
Yangchun noodles in Shanghai;
Wonton Noodles in Guangzhou (including wonton and noodles);
Fish noodles, car noodles and shrimp noodles in Hong Kong;
Taiwan Province noodles, beef noodles, etc.
The Yellow River Basin in the north and its northern region take it as the staple food, while the south often takes it as breakfast. Rice noodles, rice noodles and river noodles are also types of noodles.
working methods
Noodles are made in various ways. Here are some common noodle practices:
noodles with meat and gravy/sauce
Ingredients: noodles, minced meat, yellow flowers, fungus, mushrooms, green onions, eggs, soy sauce, cooking wine, sugar, salt, chicken essence and garlic.
Practice: 1. Mushrooms, auricularia auricula, yellow flower bubbles. 2. Pour oil into the pot, add minced meat and stir-fry until cooked, then add chopped green onion, mushrooms, fungus and yellow flowers and stir-fry for a while, then add soy sauce, cooking wine, sugar, salt and chicken essence, and then add a proper amount of water. 3. Pour in the beaten egg mixture, thicken and sprinkle with chopped green onion and minced garlic. 4. Boil the water and put it in the noodles, take it out and put it in a bowl, then pour the brine on the noodles to eat.
Dan Dan Noodles
Ingredients: noodles, pork stuffing, bean sprouts, green onions, Jiang Mo, minced garlic, peppers, sesame paste, Chinese cabbage, coriander, soy sauce, cooking wine, rice vinegar, broth, pepper noodles and lard.
Practice: 1. Pour oil into the pot, add pork stuffing and stir-fry for later use; Blanch the cabbage heart for later use. 2. Stir-fry onion, ginger and garlic with lard, stir-fry pepper, bean sprouts and meat stuffing, then add cooking wine, soy sauce, rice vinegar and broth, and stir-fry sesame sauce and pepper noodles when taking out. 3. Boil the water, put it in the noodles, cook it, take it out, put it in a bowl, then pour the brine on the noodles, and add the cooked Chinese cabbage and coriander to serve.
braised beef noodle
Ingredients: beef, noodles, Chinese cabbage, onion, ginger, star anise, pepper, soy sauce, wine, spicy bean paste and sesame oil.
Practice: 1. Wash beef and cut into pieces. 2. Pour oil into the pan, add onion, ginger, star anise, pepper and beef, stir fry until fragrant, add soy sauce, water, wine and spicy bean paste, and cook for about 1 hour on medium fire. After the water is boiled, put the noodles in and cook them, and then take them out to cook Chinese cabbage. 4. Put sesame oil, chopped green onion and beef soup in the bowl, and then add noodles, Chinese cabbage and beef to serve.
Cold noodles with shredded chicken
Ingredients: boiled chicken, noodles, cucumber, sesame sauce, sesame oil, sugar and soy sauce.
Practice: 1. After the noodles are cooked, take them out and soak them in cold water. 2. Shred the cooked chicken, washed and shredded the cucumber, and put it on the cooked noodles. 3. Put sesame sauce into a bowl, add sesame oil and mix well, then add soy sauce and sugar, dilute with cold water, and then pour it on the cold noodles with shredded chicken.
Sesame sauce noodles
Ingredients: noodles, sesame sauce, chopped green onion, refined salt, monosodium glutamate and cooked salad oil.
Practice: After the water is boiled, add the noodles to cook, take them out, put them in a bowl, add sesame sauce, chopped green onion, refined salt, monosodium glutamate and cooked salad oil, and stir well to serve.
Shrimp meatball soup noodles
Ingredients: cucumber, shrimp, minced meat, ginger, buckwheat noodles, salt, starch, cooking wine and fungus.
Practice: 1. Wash shrimps, add a little cooking wine and salt, stir well and rinse with water. 2. Chop the shrimps, add proper amount of salt and starch, stir them clockwise to make them into mud, and then grasp them into balls by hand for later use; Add a proper amount of salt and starch to the meat stuffing, stir it clockwise into a paste and grab it into a ball for later use. 3. Cook buckwheat noodles and put them in a bowl for later use. 4. Cook shrimp balls, meat balls, auricularia auricula, cucumber slices and ginger slices in boiling water, and add a little salt to taste. 5. Pour the seasoned salt water on the noodles and serve.
Green noodles with pork and mustard tuber
Ingredients: lean meat, mustard tuber, onion, noodles, cooking wine, soy sauce, wet starch.
Practice: 1. Slice lean meat, add cooking wine, soy sauce and wet starch, mix well and marinate for 10 minute; After shredding mustard tuber, soak it for 20 minutes to remove the salty taste. 2. Pour oil into the pot, add shredded pork and stir-fry until fragrant, then add mustard tuber, stir well and serve. 3. After the water is boiled, add the noodles to cook, take them out and put them in a bowl, then add the fried shredded mustard tuber and chopped green onion to serve.