Glass Noodles: Bean Thread or Mung Bean Vermicelli. Mung bean vermicelli are famously used in Thai salads, and âants climbing the treeâ â a Sichuan Chinese dish, made with minced pork.
Haboob is the Arabic term for a particularly intense type of dust storm caused by the downdraft from a thunderstorm. These storms are common in the Middle East, Africa and even North America, although they usually aren't called that here.
The drought was so severe that the once-rich topsoil in such states as Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico turned to dust. When the dust was lifted into the air by the relentless prairie winds, huge storms were created that turned the entire region into a gigantic dust bowl.