http://quezi.com/206 "Now You Know" Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:49:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://quezi.com/206#comment-24 Quezi » How American is apple pie? Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:57:20 +0000 http://quezi.com/?p=206#comment-24 [...] So, the facts of apple pie history make it about as American as chop suey,  or as Italian as pasta. [...] [...] So, the facts of apple pie history make it about as American as chop suey,  or as Italian as pasta. [...]

]]> http://quezi.com/206#comment-23 Quezi » Is chop suey really a Chinese dish? Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:54:47 +0000 http://quezi.com/?p=206#comment-23 [...] Now, you may want to find whether or not apple pie is really an American dish or pasta is really Italian [...] [...] Now, you may want to find whether or not apple pie is really an American dish or pasta is really Italian [...]

]]> http://quezi.com/206#comment-12 czh Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:21:19 +0000 http://quezi.com/?p=206#comment-12 I’ve debated this question with friends and colleagues in the past. I was fascinated by a report from a Chinese archeologist in 1985 that revealed that they had found a bowl of noodles that was more than 4000 years old at an excavation site in Lajia, China. The noodles were very well preserved and were determined to be made from two types of millet. They were long, thin yellow noodles inside an overturned sealed bowl. I’ve debated this question with friends and colleagues in the past. I was fascinated by a report from a Chinese archeologist in 1985 that revealed that they had found a bowl of noodles that was more than 4000 years old at an excavation site in Lajia, China. The noodles were very well preserved and were determined to be made from two types of millet. They were long, thin yellow noodles inside an overturned sealed bowl.

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