“Ramen To The Rescue” and “Japan’s Centuries-Old Tradition of Making Soba Noodles,” then answer these questions:
1) It’s amazing how different these two kinds of noodles are even though they both come from Japan. What do you think the key (most important) differences are? These may be differences in how they’re made, how they’re sold/marketed, where they’re eaten, etc.
1 https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/08/28/489787912/japans-centuries-old-tradition-of-making-soba-noodles
- https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/08/16/212671438/ramen-to-the-rescue-how-instant-noodles-fight-global-hunger
2) What similarities do these noodles have? (other than being, you know, noodles!)
3) Have you eaten soba or ramen noodles? What kind(s) of ramen?
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