あと「ひやむぎ」と「そうめん」の違いとか！(笑)
調べたら太さみたいですね。

メンチはかわいいですよねえ。
不憫ですけど。

Then there's the difference between hiyamugi and soumen! :-) I looked it up, and it's apparently the thickness.
Specifically, [i]soumen[/i] is under 1.3mm in diameter, while [i]hiyamugi[/i] is 1.3-1.7mm. (Anything thicker is considered [i]udon[/i].)

Menchi sure is a cutie, huh. Pitiable, though.