do you eat ramen with or without water?

[kitchiku]

With water. eating it raw is like eating cardboard for me.

 

[BoomerD]

Without water, without ramen, without seasoning packet.

I don't eat ramen any way.

 

[0roo0roo]

nope, better for you if you boil the oil out, atleast some, and of course don't drink the soup.

 

[sleep]

that reminds me. i just ran out of ramen noodles.

i have to eat mine with water, i can't think of eating it without water.

 

[makken]

with water in a broth.

A large part of my college diet was ramen (bought 10 or 12 for a buck) cooked with frozen mixed vegetables (bought when it was cheapest), with a couple eggs (free courtesy of my parents' hens) dropped in the boiling water with noodles and veggies, then half the packet of seasoning mixed in. Dinner for something like a quarter. This is how I managed to live on 400 bucks a month, paying for gas, books, utilities, food, etc. Bleh. I don't miss eating that fucking ramen, even if it was relatively healthy to eat that way.

did the same thing while i was in college, though i went with more of an asian style:
grab some mustard greens from the local asian shop; boy choi or gai lian works best imo,
throw in some enokitake mushrooms
slice a hardboil egg in half and throw it in
grab whatever leftover meat is in the fridge and throw that in
and if i'm not lazy, sprinkle some nori and green onion on top

usually end up with a bowl looking like this

actually quite filling

 

[bobdole369]

If you eat the seasoning packet, there is nothing healthy about ramen.
Note that the serving size is half a package!!!
http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-maruchan-ramen-noodles-chicken-i113056

54G carbs (not too shabby but some folks like to keep it under 50 a day.)
1.5G of sodium. This is not good at all for your blood pressure, which will lead to stroke, heart attack and kidney failure.
The 3.5g of fat isn't too shabby. Overall - throw out the packet and season yourself with much less salt.

 

[makken]

If you eat the seasoning packet, there is nothing healthy about ramen.
Note that the serving size is half a package!!!
http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-maruchan-ramen-noodles-chicken-i113056

54G carbs (not too shabby but some folks like to keep it under 50 a day.)
1.5G of sodium. This is not good at all for your blood pressure, which will lead to stroke, heart attack and kidney failure.
The 3.5g of fat isn't too shabby. Overall - throw out the packet and season yourself with much less salt.

I've always wondered, how much of that are you actually taking in if you don't drink the broth (ie. only eat the noodles)?

 

[guyver01]

Why do Americans call noodles pasta?

Cuz it is

Pasta is a generic term for noodles made from an unleavened dough of wheat or buckwheat flour and water, sometimes with other ingredients such as eggs and vegetable extracts. Pastas include varieties, such as ravioli and tortellini, that are filled with other ingredients, such as ground meat or cheese. Dishes using the noodles are often prepared with a variety of sauces and meats like chicken, beef, or sausage.

We dont care what you call it down there... Now take your anti-american crap back to earthquake and tsunami land and go help your fellow countrymen save some sheep before they drown

 

[feralkid]

"Pasta?"

Ramen noodles are not pasta.

They sure are.

Along with soba, udon, cu mian, fusilli, spaghetti, lasagne and countless other unleavened dough products.


---the more you know---

 

[slag]

nope, better for you if you boil the oil out, atleast some, and of course don't drink the soup.

Always drink the broth -- Its the best part.

Better yet, dip your ham sammich into the broth and sop up all that salty goodness that is ramen broth.

 

[0roo0roo]

I've always wondered, how much of that are you actually taking in if you don't drink the broth (ie. only eat the noodles)?

yea the soup is so salty I don't know how anyone in their right mind would drink it. the salt stats have to drop massively once u deduct the broth.

 

[makken]

They sure are.

Along with soba, udon, cu mian, fusilli, spaghetti, lasagne and countless other unleavened dough products.


---the more you know---

Some noodles are pastas, but not all noodles are pastas and vice versa.

 

[BTA]

With water.

When done with noodles I drops some Ritz crackers in the leftover broth, and consume.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

With and without. In korea, there are actually brands that is Ramen meant to be eaten dry. They have flavored powder packets like BBQ, or extra spicy, or other random things. You pour the powder in the bag and crush the ramen into bite sizes chunks and you eat it. It's quite good.

 

[brianmanahan]

i boil it in the water but then i dump all the water out and cover the noodles in BUTTER and it is delicious

 

[Linflas]

I use 1 and 2/3s cups of water and cook it for 2.5 minutes, turn off the heat and toss in the spice pack.

 

[Zap]

/win

the idea of eating raw pasta has never appealed to me.

The normal dried ramen is not raw. It is fried. "Cooking" it is just reconstituting it.

I toss an egg into the boiling water as I cook the noodles. It looks like crap when it's done cooking but it's tasty.

I do this too. Sometimes I add sliced green onions, or frozen pre-cooked shrimp.

did the same thing while i was in college, though i went with more of an asian style:
grab some mustard greens from the local asian shop; boy choi or gai lian works best imo,
throw in some enokitake mushrooms
slice a hardboil egg in half and throw it in
grab whatever leftover meat is in the fridge and throw that in
and if i'm not lazy, sprinkle some nori and green onion on top

usually end up with a bowl looking like this

actually quite filling

/win

 

[Wyndru]

With water, I like drinking the water once the noodles are gone.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Why do Americans call noodles pasta? Noodles and pasta are completely different things. I've even seen American cooking shows where they call lasagne sheets noodles. WTF America?

Why do Kiwis pronounce all their vowels wrong? Learn to speak, idiots.

"Noodles" is a subset of "pasta." They are not completely different things. Pasta isn't always noodles, but noodles are always pasta.

 

[Ichinisan]

They sure are.

Along with soba, udon, cu mian, fusilli, spaghetti, lasagne and countless other unleavened dough products.


---the more you know---

:hmm: I thought real pasta is always made with egg + flour.

 

[Ichinisan]

Why do Kiwis pronounce all their vowels wrong? Learn to speak, idiots.

"Noodles" is a subset of "pasta." They are not completely different things. Pasta isn't always noodles, but noodles are always pasta.

Apparently, he saw some bizarre American TV program in which someone called ravioli "noodles." That's pretty damn unusual.

 

[brianmanahan]

your all a bunch of noddles

 

[summit]

noodles came before pasta.

 

[IcePickFreak]

I'll leave a little bit of water in before mixing in the flavor pack, how much depending on what flavor they are.

And I'm shocked, Gayner whining about Americans. Here's my shocked face. :|