On 2014-04-25 00:09:27 +0000, Travis McGee said:

> These look just like regular wheat noodles, but are made with tofu and
> shirataki. I have found them in the form of wide and narrow fettucini
> noodles, as well as angel hair and macaroni. Walmart just started
> carrying them; previously I could only find them at Publix and
> neighborhood Oriental markets. The SO is on a low-carb diet, and these
> fit in nicely.
>
> They come in a water-filled bag, and only need rinsing and heating.
> They act and look just like regular pasta, but they have a rubberiness
> when you bite into them that is more like regular shirataki noodles,
> although much more tender. They also don't absorb flavors hardly at
> all, so it's good to use a clingy sauce on them; in fact, they have
> almost no flavor of their own.
>
> I have used them in a number of recipes, including mac and cheese
> (using a packet of cheese powder from Kraft mac and cheese), yum nuah,
> chicken noodle soup, dan-dan noodles, and shrimp scampi-style, which I
> made tonight. In all cases I would have preferred wheat or rice
> noodles, but the SO likes them, and this lets her have dishes that I
> normally wouldn't be able to make for her.

I just had some for lunch. They aren't bad, but with pretty much no
food energy it seems they are a poor value except for (as you say)
people with special dietary needs.