Ramen

[seireikhaan]

Mmmm....just had some today, can't believe its actually been two years since I've had it.

Anyone else a fan?

[Ramses II CP]

Err, no. I had to eat that stuff in college when I was scraping by, but the taste always reminded me of paste. Don't think I could stomach it these days.

[Zim]

My father loves the stuff. I tend to eat it only when nothing else is around.

Back when I was in college I'd eat it on road trips sometimes. Just use the coffee maker in your hotel.

[Vladimir]

It's a good, quick source of carbs that can come in a variety of flavors. A real easy dinner is two bricks, a can of peas, a can of tuna, and some cheese. Real quick, real good.

[Ice]

I'm in college so yes.

[Beirut]

We get big spicy Ramen soups here. I throw in a ton of veggies and whatever mystery meat is in the fridge and it's a great meal.

The only bummer is that each package has a week's worth of salt in it.

[Csargo]

I eat it occasionally not much though

I like the little 99 cent pizzas more.

[Viking]

If it tastes as good as it looks.

[Whacker]

Every once in awhile, yep, still eat it. One thing I found that makes it taste much better (and also more time consuming to prepare) is to drain the water after you've boiled the noodles. Rinse off the noodles and add fresh water, then bring it back up to temp before you add the stock/veggies/whatever. Tastes much better, and I'm willing to bet it's also a bit healthier.

[Pannonian]

We get big spicy Ramen soups here. I throw in a ton of veggies and whatever mystery meat is in the fridge and it's a great meal.

The only bummer is that each package has a week's worth of salt in it.

Have you tried this Korean instant noodle? It's one of the few I can regularly eat by itself.

[Togakure]

Sapporo Ichiban, since I was a little kid. I like putting fresh spinach, chopped scallions, egg (either hard-boiled and sliced, or mixed into the soup "egg flower" style), tofu, and bean sprouts in mine. For me it's all in what you dress it up with. Mmmmm ... love it.

[Martok]

Yep, I'm a pretty big fan of Ramen. I still eat it, even when I'm not poor.

[Lemur]

Mmmm, tastes like college ...

[spmetla]

I used to eat Ramen a lot but have gotten a bit tired of it. In Hawaii there is a lot of variety for instant Asian soup types so I've gravitated more toward those though Cup O'Noodles is now my primary instant meal.

Definately a trademark of the college diet.

[Beefy187]

go to Japan and eat real ramen

Those instant noodles are pretty good quality though. Sapporo ichiban and demae iccyou is good.

Also korean noodles are pretty good too

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

We get big spicy Ramen soups here. I throw in a ton of veggies and whatever mystery meat is in the fridge and it's a great meal.

The only bummer is that each package has a week's worth of salt in it.

I love the varieties of the stuff you can buy in Canada.

[Xiahou]

The only bummer is that each package has a week's worth of salt in it.

Those noodles are also fried, which means they have a pretty good dose of fat in them. I switched to rice noodle bowls for when I need my fix. They only have less than half the fat, but there's still no getting away from the sodium. They're more expensive, but also much better.

[Beirut]

Have you tried this Korean instant noodle? It's one of the few I can regularly eat by itself.

Those are exactly the ones we get here. They were on sale last week for about $0.70. There are other flavours as well, I like the Kim-Chi best.

Add a few handfulls of frozen veggies and they're great.

[Beirut]

Those noodles are also fried, which means they have a pretty good dose of fat in them. I switched to rice noodle bowls for when I need my fix. They only have less than half the fat, but there's still no getting away from the sodium. They're more expensive, but also much better.

Fat, salt, everyone's trying to kill me.

We have those Thai Kitchen things here, too. Might have to try it.

I've taken to making my own Ramen soups with low-sodium chicken stock and rice noodles. Good, but lacks the wonderful "OMG! Look at the salt content!" taste of the packaged soups.

[Subedei]

They were my money-saver of choice in my college year in Boulder, Colorado. I actually still eat them every now and then....reminissing. I put some tabasco in there and some veggies...hmmmmmm......

On the other hand since i fell in love with Asian soups I experiment myself a lot with different veggies, sauces, noddles, meat, sea-food, herbs etc.... to create a tasty meal.

Noodle-soups rule!

[Vladimir]

Note to college students: If you kill your own food you eat better while in school. Don't be picky as long as it's in season.

[Fragony]

Have you tried this Korean instant noodle? It's one of the few I can regularly eat by itself.

Try this one if you can find it, it's my favorite, spicy and oily.

[ajaxfetish]

I have little tolerance for unaccessorized ramen, as it just tastes like pure cheapness to me. With decent meats, vegetables, and seasonings added, though, it makes a nice, easy, and very inexpensive soup filler. Also, I'm young enough and have a high enough metabolism that I'm willing to live dangerously when it comes to fats and salts. I imagine the ultimate food would be a medium rare steak, dipped in melted chocolate, and then deep fried. Whoever invents that puppy's going to die rich (and whoever eats it's going to die young).

Ajax

[Tachikaze]

I eat a lot of ramen. I have eaten instant ramen for much of my life. I was turned on to the king of instant ramens, Shun Ramyun, by a Korean family in the '90s when it was only available in Korean shops. Today, I'm surprised to find it everywhere.

When I'm in Japan, I eat a lot of shoyu ramen at ramen shops. I also eat instant cup ramens there. My favorite is tan tan men.

There is a great ramen shop here in San Diego that serves gekikara, which is a hot ramen popular in Japan, but based on Korean and Chinese red pepper varieties. At Japanese shops in the US, you can get refrigerated ramen that has soft boiled noodles (rather than fried). This has little fat, but of course still a lot of salt.

My current favorite instant ramen is Myojo Chukazanmai. It comes in many flavors, but I prefer the hot pepper and, for something milder, shoyu (soy sauce).

I generally put nappa cabbage in all my homemade ramen.