stackyFACTSBefore carbohydrates became a modern dietary villain, ancient populations in northwestern China were already perfecting the art of boiling dough. They casually spent centuries refining millet into stringy strands long before anyone else realized that long, slippery carbs were the ultimate comfort food.
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