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Traditionally, people use two hands to eat pho. One hand holds chopsticks. People use this hand to pick up the noodles and toppings. The other hand holds a spoon. The spoon helps people catch the noodles and sip the broth. People in Vietnam often eat pho for breakfast.

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Pho is made with rice noodles. Many noodles and pastas are made with wheat flour. But rice noodles use rice flour instead. This flour gives them a pale white color. The noodles don’t have much flavor on their own. They absorb liquid from the broth.

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Making Connections

Text-to-Self

Would you want to try cooking pho? Why or why not?

Text-to-Text

Have you read books about other kinds of soup? How are they similar to or different from pho?

Text-to-World

Pho was first made in Vietnam, but now people all around the world enjoy it. What other foods have spread to new places?

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