Misua
Misua are a very thin variety of salted noodles made from wheat flour. It originated in Fujian, China. The noodles differ from mifen and cellophane noodles in that those varieties are made from rice and mung beans, respectively.Description
Misua is made from wheat flour. Cooking misua usually takes less than two minutes in boiling water, and sometimes significantly less.
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Misua is cooked during important festivities, and eaten in mainland China as well in Cambodia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Brunei, Thailand, and the Philippines. Misua signifies long life in Chinese culture, and as such is a traditional birthday food.
It is usually served with ingredients such as eggs, oysters, pig's large intestine, shiitake mushroom, beef, shallots, or scallions, roasted nuts or fried fish.
In Taiwan, there are two forms of misua. The first is plain, while the second has been steamed at high heat, caramelizing it to a light brown colour. For birthdays, plain misua is usually served plain with pork hocks in stewed broth as a Taiwanese birthday tradition. Brown misua can be cooked for prolonged periods without disintegrating in the cooking broth and is used in oyster vermicelli, a dish popular in Taiwan.
