The Swabian Housewife. One should simply have asked the Swabian housewife, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008.

Examples are an alliances with 14 Upper Swabian towns, concluded 27 August 1395 and the Marbachs alliance in 1405.

Do you want to eat noodles or rice? Do you want to drink fruit juice or coffee?

Do you want to eat noodles or rice? Do you want to drink fruit juice or coffee?

We got up early and now we're eating brunch. Tochigi soba noodles are delicious! Nikko, Toshogu Travel in Autumn

Metzingen is a Swabian city with about 22,000 inhabitants, in the state of Baden Württemberg in the southwest of Germany, south of Stuttgart.

This argument does not hold for a government without its own central bank, in which case it faces exactly the same budget constraint as the oft cited Swabian housewife.

Offbeat China reported on state run media, Global Times' report and self denial response on a photo feature showing soldiers eating instant noodles cooked in muddy water in Yunnan earthquake zone.

It is also characteristic in its use of various kinds of noodles the most notable of which are kluski as well as cereals such as kasha (from the Polish word kasza).

Tomato soup, peanut butter, chocolate, noodles any processed food that you're eating contains insects, because insects are here all around us, and when they're out there in nature they're also in our crops.

The World Economic Forum s Financial Development Index yet another league table to consider shows Hong Kong and Singapore very close indeed to London, with China now ahead of Italy on the overall measure of financial sophistication. Noodles are beating spaghetti.