How to Make Rice Noodles
Trip Start
May 04, 2004
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Trip End
May 20, 2004
Mekong Delta,
Vietnam
Saturday, May 8, 2004
1. Soak rice in water for 6 hours or overnight.
2. Grind rice into watery flour and tie in bag.
3. Let bag sit and dry for 2 days.
4. Take semi-dried flour block out of bag and boil for 50 min.
5. Run boiled block through press multiple times.
6. Run smushed flour through tube-making press multiple times.
7. Run tube through noodle maker into hot water.
8. Shock noodles by immersing in cold water.
9. Set out to dry
A Vietnamese family can make 800 kg of noodles per day.
