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Dried
Noodles
In addition to soba and udon, many other noo-dles
including somen cr thin wheat rroodles and hiyamugi
or wheat noodles with a thick-ness somewhere between
somen and udon are
also available in dried form.
Dried noodles can be stcred for a long time, and
serve as an important reserve that can be consumed
at any time.
They can be used as an ingredient for one-pot
dishes and clear soups as well,

How to Boil Dried
Noodles
Fill a large pol with p:enty ofwater, and bring
it to the boil.
When it reaches boiling point, turn down the heat
tc medium, and add noodlts in such a way that
they will spread out like the spokes of a wheel.
A Iittle while later, stir the noodles lightly
with chopsticks to keep them from sticking to
each other. When the boiling water reaches up
to the edge of ihe pot, either put in some cold
water or reduce the heat.
To check whether the noodles are suffrciently
cooked, remove a strand with chopsticks, and rinse
it under cold water. Then, either break it with
the fingers or bite into it to deterfmine its
firmness

TIPS
FOR BOILONG NOODLES
For the time required to cook noodles, basically
follow the dircctions indicatcd on their package.
It is, however, also necessary to check by yourself
how adeqllately they are cooked by taking a stand
out of the put and either breaking with the fingers
or biting into it.

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