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Contents 1 Origin of udon 2 Korean Pronunciation 3 external links 4 not beni-shoga 5 Bukkake udon

[edit] Origin of udon

The first paragraph is a bit misleading. Wheat-based noodles in general were originally invented in China, but the specific type of noodle that is now called udon was developed in Japan, right? I think I would associate udon, hiyamugi, and soba to have originated in Japan, while linguine, spaghetti, and tortellini to have originated in Italy. I don't think it would be completely accurate either to say they all originated in China. --Tokek 06:26, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Korean Pronunciation

Would it be appropriate to add the Korean pronunciation as well to the Japanese and Chinese pronunciations? Udon is quite popular in Korea also and as it said, Udon may have been imported through Korea and China. -Echong

Adding on-topic information is generally not a problem. The standard practice is to use an accepted romanization found at Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Korea-related articles)#Romanization, and not IPA. —Tokek 09:40, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] external links

the value of most of the links seem doubtful--K.C. Tang 14:11, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] not beni-shoga

As a possible flavour for udon, beni-shoga (紅しょうが, jinger coloured in pink) may scarcely be found, at least in Japan. Is it any of foreign local custom ?? In place, grated jinger (jp: shoga in hirakana:しょうが) is widely used for the same purpose.

[edit] Bukkake udon

Wait, what? --BDD 05:18, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

I had the same double-take. But apparently it's correct, since bukkake means "splash" or "dash", and the recipe refers to pouring the ingredients over the noodles. That said, I'm not sure linking to the bukkake article is appropriate here unless we link to the Etymology section. --Sailor Coruscant 06:32, 8 February 2007 (UTC)