Mariner eating noodles in a shuttlecraft
A noodle was a type of food.
In 2256, Michael Burnham was warned by Saru that despite the protection afforded to her by her thruster suit, her DNA would begin to unravel like noodles if she didn't return to the USS Shenzhou in twenty minutes. Burnham seemed amused by his choice of simile. (DIS: "The Vulcan Hello")
In 2380, Beckett Mariner was eating noodles and spilling the broth onto the console of the Yosemite before a trip down to Tulgana IV. (LD: "Envoys")