What's Your Favorite Kind of Rammen Noodle?

[Neoteny]

psh only 185 calories per serving for 5 bucks...i dont see how i can turn that down.

I can still taste it. And I tried it a year ago. Blech.

It has the distinct fake crab flavor mixed with bad cheese and miscellaneous product. I suppose I'm not one to judge based on food content, but it tastes about how it sounds.

[Neoteny]

Also, these are not good straight out of the can. I haven't tried them in a dish, but they are clearly not intended to be eaten plain.

[got tonkaed]

If you are into exotic food, try canned chrysalis with very unique taste.

but they make it sound so good?!

my first shopping experience probably should be put on youtube. With subsequent videos of me being disappointed with my poor choices.

[heavycola]

psh only 185 calories per serving for 5 bucks...i dont see how i can turn that down.

I can still taste it. And I tried it a year ago. Blech.

It has the distinct fake crab flavor mixed with bad cheese and miscellaneous product. I suppose I'm not one to judge based on food content, but it tastes about how it sounds.

oh my god i remember the first and only time i tried that. Absolutely horrific. They do love their processed fish protein. Ugh.

[jonesthecurl]

You mean they actually have different flavors? I thought they just changed the packages for fun!

I wouldn't know: feed me pot noodles once, shame on you...

I guess you have never been an American college student??

Seriously, I cook from scratch, but with kids ... it is nice to have something quick, CHEAP and at least marginally nutritious. Ramen are rather high in fat, but overall top in all three, when you get into convenience foods.

I figure 90% of the time my kids get fresh steamed (barely steamed) or fresh veggies, homemade pasta w. homemade sauces, homemade breads and such .... a few convenience noodles won't kill them ... : )

(besides I can remember as a child, I traded my sandwiches with homemade bread and jam for Welches Jelly on white bread ... and looked forward to visits with grandma where we got CANNED veggies, not those silly frozen kind my folks stored from their garden. )

I've never been a college student, but I have been very poor (not now, but some years ago)for a coupla years. I lived on baked potatos, porridge, rice and baked beans (a convenience food I DO approve of), and occasional visits to Mum's.

I do use canned/frozen veg for the kids, and decent sausages but most things (other than bread) I tend to prettty much do from scratch.

In the last school year, with soccer, baseball, softball, drama, and art classes to contend with (plus the wife being abroad about 30% of the time on business, and late back pretty often when she was at home), I found that I not only needed quick decent food, but quick decent food in individual portions, as everyone was eating at a different time, and I was charging about escorting kids to and from whatever. This led to a lot of stuff which doesn't mind being reheated (cottage pie, various soups and stews, etc), and more recently a habit of cooking more than we'll eat and packaging individual portions in compartment trays like a commercial oven meal.

Two problems with that last: first, my daughter decided she won't eat red meat any more (invalidating much of the stash of food for her), and then we had lots of power cuts which meant a lot 'em had to be dumped anyhow.

[PLAYER57832]

This is called "welcome to the world of reality parenting" ...

But you might try noodles as a no-refridge standby ... (they are even vegetarien!).

I also like opening a couple cans of Garbanzo beans and baking them for 1/2 hour with a little oil and garlic. Not necessarily quick (though I like them cold), but easy and yummy ... and nutritious. (If I have time, I soak and cook them from "scratch").

And yes, I definitely approve of refried beans .. and other beans. I would make more whole wheat bread, but my husband dislikes it. (kids eat it, though).

[DaGip]

I used to live on this in korea - if you break an egg into it as you take it off the heat, it thickens up something lovely... and it's spicy enough too.

$1.50???? Who in their right mind would pay a $1.50 for a package of Ramen Noodles! For a dollar fifty, you could by a whole box full of Ramen!

[Dancing Mustard]

Isn't it entirely possible that the currency of payment required might not be dollars?

Is there a $ sign anywhere on that package?

[PLAYER57832]

Definitely. However, I recognize the package (I think) as something that costs around $1.00 at the Asian market in Pittsburgh....I might be wrong, though.

I will say that there is a brand of softer Japanese Noodles with sauce that I find quite nice on occasion. Not quite the level of Ramen, though ... on any front.

[DaGip]

One of my favorite Ramen type of noodle soups is the Korean Spicy Picante with dehydrated shrimp and fish cakes that come in the nifty styrofoam bowl:

[Neoteny]

If you are into exotic food, try canned chrysalis with very unique taste.

but they make it sound so good?!

my first shopping experience probably should be put on youtube. With subsequent videos of me being disappointed with my poor choices.

I've actually got a video of me and a bunch of coworkers eating the chrysalis right out of the can. One of the funniest days of my life. I suppose you could call it unique. It had a beany texture with a flavor reminiscent of moldy garbage. Not that I've tried that before... or should I say yet? I'm usually open to try things if someone tells me it's "cultural."

psh only 185 calories per serving for 5 bucks...i dont see how i can turn that down.

I can still taste it. And I tried it a year ago. Blech.

It has the distinct fake crab flavor mixed with bad cheese and miscellaneous product. I suppose I'm not one to judge based on food content, but it tastes about how it sounds.

I'm glad someone feels my pain.

oh my god i remember the first and only time i tried that. Absolutely horrific. They do love their processed fish protein. Ugh.

[heavycola]

I used to live on this in korea - if you break an egg into it as you take it off the heat, it thickens up something lovely... and it's spicy enough too.

oh rly sir. You should provide me with a korean shopping list. I think it would be swell if you did lol.

haha once you get into kimchi you'll never look back. It's the key. And it's addictive. And the barbecues... aw man. Pork and soju! Find yourself a korean buddy and demand that he/she take you eating. If you want to try dog though you probably need to go with a bloke - it's a man thing. Quite tasty though. And the way fellow diners mime 'virility' at you as they wolf it down (ho ho) is particularly pleasing.

[Tisha]

I used to live on this in korea - if you break an egg into it as you take it off the heat, it thickens up something lovely... and it's spicy enough too.

does the egg cook?

[DaGip]

I used to live on this in korea - if you break an egg into it as you take it off the heat, it thickens up something lovely... and it's spicy enough too.

does the egg cook?

Silly, who has ever heard of an egg that can cook?