"Judy Cosler" > wrote in message
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> well last night i made kwayteow with the 2nd half of the noodles. I
> ran boiling water over them in a large bowl & gently stirred them with
> long chopstix (per the suggestion in one recipe). worked better.
> they break badly when i try to just separate them.


Well, I'll repeat what's been said here that I don't see a need to treat
them with water in any form before cooking. I also don't get your last
sentence: Before you treat them with water, they break badly when you try to
separate them by hand? Are you refrigerating them?

Peter