Noodle i-d 10 Rice sticks

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Noodle

By Terry Durack

Published 2002

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These dried, translucent noodles act like rice vermicelli that have left home, seen the world, and grown up a bit. They are broader and thicker than rice vermicelli, running from slender sticks to the popular medium-width noodle, resembling pale tagliatelle. They are particularly popular in Vietnam, where they are often substituted for fresh rice sheet noodles, and in Thailand, where they are the main attraction of perhaps the most popular Thai noodle dish of all — the mighty pad Thai.