面条自问世之后,在中国得到了最大发展,而在西方,除了意大利之外,传统上的主食都是面粉制成的另一种食物——面包。众所周知,面条和面包的原料都是面粉(无论是小麦、大麦、荞麦还是黑麦磨成),而要制成面粉,自然首先得有麦子和石磨——这两样一般认为都源于中东。甲骨文中表示麦子的“来”字,本是外来语,这也是农史上的常识;而石磨在中国的推广一般认为迟至秦汉之际。或许可以做这样的推测:中东种植小麦、发 Noodles since its inception, has been the largest in China, while in the West, in addition to Italy, the traditional staple food are flour made of another food - bread. As we all know, noodles and bread are flour (whether wheat, barley, buckwheat or rye mill), and to make flour, nature must first have wheat and stone - both are generally considered to have originated in the Middle East. Oracle said the wheat “to” word, this is a loan word, which is also common sense in the history of agriculture; stone mill promotion in China is generally believed that as late as the Qin and Han dynasties. Perhaps to make the speculation: the Middle East grow wheat, hair