Comments on: Noodles as an Economic System

By: Kirk

Kirk — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hi Barbara – My Wife always makes fun of me when I make Ramen(never Top Ramen crap), I can’t just make it, and eat it! I need to add a fried egg, bean sprouts, kamabuko, or whatever’s handy – so I ended up calling it my “Mongrel Mein”. It’s just comfort food!

By: Barbara Fisher

Barbara Fisher — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I haven't been able to eat just plain old ramen cooked with just the stuff in the package for, oh, ever. Not probably since childhood.

I mean, there are always leftovers in the fridge--a few pieces of stir fried chicken perhaps, or I have a couple of baby carrots that have thus far eluded the knife that I can shred and add, or some black mushrooms or egg or some preserved vegetable or whatnot.

I used to own a bookstore and would now and again make ramen for lunch for Zak and I, and customers always wanted to know what it was. When they saw it was ramen, they were always shocked. "But it looks and smells like food!"

I always wanted to say, "Well, just because it comes in a package doesn't mean you can't put real ingredients in with it and make it good."

By: Kris

Kris — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Oh, goodness, Ramen makes me so happy! I like to buy the Creamy Chicken variety when I can, cook and drain hte noddles, and then stir fry them with veggies and chicken.

I also had a friend who lived on nothing but Ramen (and Mt. Dew) for several months. She developed scurvy. Had she let on that she was only eating Ramen, we would have fed her; the consequences for her is that now she's on perpetual "Is Kat eating?" watch.

By: Barbara Fisher

Barbara Fisher — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The all ramen diet does lack nutrients. I think that the only reason our friend hadn’t developed something dire like scurvy was because of the ketchup and salsa she supplemented the ramen with.

By: courtney

courtney — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I just showed this post to a few of the others at Naughty Curry, and we’re laughing, cause oh can we relate!
We’re wanting to do an Indian-spiced ‘Masala Ramen’ real soon. If you have any ideas, Barbara, let me know! We would love an excuse to link to this fun post.