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These noodles are made from rice, and they're in the main carb choice for people in southwestern China, where they're eaten all day long, 365 days a year.
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But unlike noodles made from wheat, which have a longer shelf life, rice noodles go bad quickly, which means they have to be made deliver, cooked and consumed within 24 hours.
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China is noodle heaven, wheat noodles, rice noodles thin, thick.
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The list of options is endless.
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This series is all about.
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Noodles will be featuring 10 different kinds of noodles across China and show you how they're made and how they're served.
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Here in Yunnan Province, in southwestern China, noodles are eaten for breakfast, and they're made entirely out of rice.
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Rice noodles are two people here as, say, pasta is to Italy, and bread is to France.
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Mm this'll is a rice noodle factory, and every day from 9 p.m. To 2 a.m. They make up to 18 tons of fresh rice noodles.
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So how are they made?
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Let's get right into it.
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First, the rice is soaked in water and left to ferment for 16 hours.
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This process modifies the starch and gives the noodles, their signature springy texture.
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The rice is then grounded into a paste, combined with water to make a slurry and then compress and molded into noodles.
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Noodles air, then quickly blanched and washed in cold water.
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They're inspected and finally packed and sent out to restaurants in the middle of the night.
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So why do people in southwestern China prefer eating rice noodles over wheat?
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We asked, and she Shaka cooking influencer and Yunnan Province for her take e thing is Giaffone and she's the manager of a rice noodle restaurant in Yunnan, where they cook and sell over £260 of rice noodles every day.
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How did this about me?
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The whole suite?
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Yeah, Kendra Enchilada Specialty is shock omission.
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Which translates a small pot.
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Rice noodles, uh, have a purpose.
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Com to a town.
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You join me, send a tithe.
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Uh, Timmons had other hardest possible Yo, Thio.
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Pinghu young.
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Hi.
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Hello.
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Just mechanical, sir.
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Hold on, bro.
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She and her phone home the whole fun time today under one.
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The result is a remarkably balanced, spicy and savory stew anchored by slippery rice noodles.
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And every night before she closes, Giaffone will put in a new order of noodles from her vendor.
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Uh, she didn't come in.
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Uh, show me, Jonah.
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And the cycle repeats itself every day, like clockwork.
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With each step in the process dependent on the other.
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You would do there, beautiful lady.
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A woman who you did she always hold that That should soothe, uh, to be equipment and lovely.
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And that's it for each China season two, we hope you enjoyed all the noodles where you want your feedback for the next season.
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