eli5: how do noodles retain their shape in liquid for so long?

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I just opened an oldish can of soup and the noodles have been submerged in liquid for months yet the flour and stuff in the noodles doesnt disintegrate into mush, yet when you try to chew it there’s zero resistance and it feels like you’re chewing nothing, why?

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Pasta doesn’t really start to disintegrate until you start boiling. That why a lot of places that serve a soup with pasta all day don’t add the pasta until right before they serve it in your bowl.

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