Becca wrote on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:19:58 -0500:

B> Sergio wrote:
??>> My o My that is a silly question.
??>>
??>> Why do Chinese like eating noodles?
??>> because they have the grain to make them.
??>>
??>> It's like asking Why did the early cow boys like to eat
??>> beef meat.
??>>
??>> Because they did not have noodles.
??>> Sergio

B> The same reason people eat beets, buttermilk and cottage
B> cheese? Now I am wishing I could grow Cheeto's or Snickers.

As you imply, because they like them and, despite the howls of
people of Italian ancestry, because the Chinese invented noodles
(brought back by Marco Polo!) :-)

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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