Noodle Quiz
Somen (Thin Wheat Noodles)
Like very thin noodles dipped into sauce one bite at a time, you keep things plain, take them in neat sections and choose by feel.
Somen are very thin noodles made from wheat flour and salt water; under Japan's labeling standards for machine-made dried noodles, those less than 1.3 mm thick are called somen. For hand-stretched somen, the dough is coated with oil and pulled out a little at a time until it's thin.
After boiling, somen is rinsed in cold water and served apart from its dipping sauce, so each mouthful gets dipped on its own. You tend to separate matters and situations and move through them one section at a time. And just as you enjoy the taste of noodles made from only flour and salt water, you make the most of what's good about things as they already are.
Thin somen slips down easily. Rather than lining up reasons, you choose by feel. But because you choose by feel and keep things in sections, when it's time to talk one thing through at length with someone, you may find you don't have enough to say.
Strengths
- You can choose by going on what you feel
- You can split matters up and take care of them one section at a time
- You can enjoy what's good about things just as they are
Where you may stumble
- When something needs a long talk, you run short of things to say about why you chose it
- Separating everything, you end up treating related errands as unrelated
- Even things a small change would make work, you keep using in their original form
Sounds familiar, Somen (Thin Wheat Noodles)?
- Your days out and your days lazing around at home are clearly separate
- You choose gifts by walking into a shop and going with what you feel
- You keep the boxes and bags of things you love just as they were when you bought them
Where you shine
Days of short, back-to-back tasks, or jobs with set steps. This is where your lightness in choosing by feel and moving on in neat steps is easiest to put to use.
Tips for “Somen (Thin Wheat Noodles)”
- For important conversations, ask for the other person's thoughts before you choose
- Try deliberately handling related errands all at once
- Every now and then, add one creative touch to something you own
Matches
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Zaru Udon (Chilled Udon on a Bamboo Tray) — Zaru Udon is also a noodle of plain ingredients, rinsed and served apart from its sauce. When Zaru Udon, who picks by reason, and Somen, who picks by feel, arrive at the same thing, both of you can decide without a second thought.
Hiyashi Chuka (Chilled Ramen Salad) — Hiyashi Chuka also lays out thin noodles and toppings separately and picks by feel. With Hiyashi Chuka, who loves adding touches, even Somen, who values the original form, gets to enjoy trying something extra.
Champon (Nagasaki Noodle Soup) — Champon simmers everything together in one pot and adds its own touches while checking its reasons. With Somen, who keeps things in sections, goes by feel and leaves things in their original form, their ways of handling things tend to run in completely opposite directions.
Close neighbors
These differ from this one on just 1 of the 3 axes. If one of your axes was near the middle, you may have their side too.
Which one are you? 18 everyday situations, about 3 minutes.
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