Colored Noodles, for Eating!
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Colored Noodles, for Eating!
Colors rock. This is simply an easy guide for coloring noodles.
1. Select Your Noodles/pasta
I chose rice noodles since they cook quickly (and make a hell of a mess for the cats to play with).
Skip to step 5 if you just want to see how pasta turns out colored.
Skip to step 5 if you just want to see how pasta turns out colored.
2. Get Your Dyes and Equipment
Dyes:
The best dyes are actually what you'll find at an asian or indian store - cheap and natural. Powder works for ANYTHING.
(my niece always wants "green" tea at my house...)
Equipment:
Get your pots!
If you only want one color, use one pot.
If you want 500 colors, use around 500 pots.
Put water in the pot (whatever the pack of noodles/pasta says) and about a teaspoon of dye.
The best dyes are actually what you'll find at an asian or indian store - cheap and natural. Powder works for ANYTHING.
(my niece always wants "green" tea at my house...)
Equipment:
Get your pots!
If you only want one color, use one pot.
If you want 500 colors, use around 500 pots.
Put water in the pot (whatever the pack of noodles/pasta says) and about a teaspoon of dye.
3. Start Cooking!
Insert the noodles when your water is boiling, turn the heat down.
Simmer until cooked.
For rice noodles, rinse with water afterwards...
Notice that the color sticks!
Simmer until cooked.
For rice noodles, rinse with water afterwards...
Notice that the color sticks!
4. Arrange Your Noodles!
The noodles are now rinsed and arranged - completion!
They taste like normal noodles. They are funky.
Color the world.
They taste like normal noodles. They are funky.
Color the world.
5. What About Pasta?
For making color pasta, follow the exact same steps as noodles!