Cup Nude

Secrets of pro instant noodle eaters, from the fine folks at 2chan....

-Using the kettle like an iron to re-seal the paper top after filling.

-Pouring the leftover broth over fried rice.

-Removing the noodles and cooking them separately, then returning to the broth.

-Deliberately waiting for the noodles to get super soggy.

-Deliberately eating the noodles a minute earlier than you're supposed to so they're al dente.

-Deliberately leaving the top open.

-Dropping sliced cheese in before closing the lid.

-Teaching myself a three-minute song I can sing so they're always cooked perfectly.

-Consuming it in the time it takes to walk home from the convenience store.

-Never paying more than 100 yen for one, ever.

-Tapping the paper top to knock the precious condensation hanging there back into the soup before opening it.

-Eating it with a fork.

-Eating it dry without putting any hot water in.

-Convincing myself that instant noodles and rice balls have enough nutrition to survive on.

Comments

[Slonie]

These are some pro-grade tricks!

[wah]

last one is words to live by

[Steve Harrison]

I prefer the cup noodles that have the separate packets for the veggies/stuff, because I can throw them out.

I take the noodles, pour in the water, then crush up a chicken bullion cube and mix it in, pop it in the microwave and good to go.

Very tasty. But I don't get to do it much anymore since the main ramen companies available in general here in the U.S. are of the 'stuff mixed in with the noodles' kind, only having a separate flavor packet (i.e. MSG).

And I don't like the ramen 'bricks' because that involves extra stuff. If I'm gonna use the stove and a pan I'll make me some rice or something. :)

... I wouldn't last a day in Japan, huh?

[MattAlt]

Sounds like you need to join the thread on 2ch, Steve! :)

As for me, I gave the stuff up after moving to Japan. When you have ramen-ya on every corner, and 600 yen versus 100 isn't really an issue anymore, you tend to go for the real deal.

[Steve Harrison]

I wonder if a ramen shop would give me just noodles in chicken broth. Would that freak them out?

[Kecen]

Who puts cheese in their instant noodles?! That boggles me.

[MattAlt]

Especially the cheese sold at convenience stores, which I don't think is actual cheese but some form of digestible polymer.

On that note good cheese is one of the things I miss, living in Japan. It's here but you have to go to specialty shops or gourmet supermarkets and is super expensive.

[Steve Harrison]

So if I ever get a chance to come to Japan, I should bring you some cheese? Maybe a 72 slice pack of Kraft American Cheese and some of their shredded varieties? Hm, I wonder if that's legal. I'll have to do research. I'd probably have an easier time bringing booze or smokes in.