It's no big problem to add some water later, you know?

Schrobby said:

It's no big problem to add some water later, you know?

The noodles will be half-cooked by the time the water's boiled, though...

It usually takes a few minutes to be fully cooked but it'll be impossible to heat new water and putting cold water might cool the hot water, although that would be the best course of action. Just enough to reach the tip.

Or just flip the noodle/press it down as it cook. Or enjoy a crunchy cooked cup noodle. That works too.

Get a straw.

Steak said:

Get a straw.

Go on...

If I am in such a situation, I would drain the hot water inside the cup first before boiling some hot water for the instanoods. Muppo should do that... unless if she had already throw in the spices and stuff.

This brand, IIRC, has at least some of the dried veges and whatnot already in the noodles, because it's friggin' huge. Seriously, it's like 750mL of water in those things.

Microwave some water, quickly!

I think you'll need a bigger kettle.

Paracite said:

[...] Seriously, it's like 750mL of water in those things.

...is that... God..?

Darkagma said:

...is that... God..?

That's a bit over 25 oz, or the amount of wine you find in a standard sized wine bottle.

Muppo seems to be using a one person tea kettle, which from what I've seen browsing Amazon, is about 400ml in capacity on average... And judging by the fourth panel, is exactly how much water it had. So she'd need a second kettle that size to fill the bowl.

Or she could get a large kettle which has 2500ml capacity, but which is overkill for one person unless you're using it to fill hot water bottles out top boil water for other purposes.

Well.. Let's just think that it's a ramen with some kind of extra strong thick gravy instead of a broth.. If the taste is too strong, throw in some rice to dilute the flavor.. Carb explosion..!!

If she's not bothered with washing dish...

I don't know what they call it internationally, but there is a variation where dried/deep-fried noodle is poured with the thick gravy.
Some of the noodle will soften up, but overall it has crunchy texture.

Seika said:

If she's not bothered with washing dish...

I don't know what they call it internationally, but there is a variation where dried/deep-fried noodle is poured with the thick gravy.
Some of the noodle will soften up, but overall it has crunchy texture.

This?

Seika said:

If she's not bothered with washing dish...

I don't know what they call it internationally, but there is a variation where dried/deep-fried noodle is poured with the thick gravy.
Some of the noodle will soften up, but overall it has crunchy texture.

It's called I Fu Mie from where i hailed, perhaps could also be called I Fu Mein/Mian..

In the US, that's called chow mein.

Paracite said:

This brand, IIRC, has at least some of the dried veges and whatnot already in the noodles, because it's friggin' huge. Seriously, it's like 750mL of water in those things.

. . .
You are telling me that there's a company out there that offers cup 'o noodles that large?
I can hear the simultaneous premature ejaculations of college students worldwide.
How much do they cost in moonmoney?

Very conveniently, I'm at the supermarket - this exact brand is 159 mooncircles, including tax. Would likely be around 200 at the convenience store.

Which puts it around the normal price for medium quality cup ramen.

And I was wrong about the size, it's 520mL of water.

Paracite said:

Very conveniently, I'm at the supermarket - this exact brand is 159 mooncircles, including tax. Would likely be around 200 at the convenience store.

Which puts it around the normal price for medium quality cup ramen.

And I was wrong about the size, it's 520mL of water.

>520mL
>Costs about 2 earth papers each.

My god. Ambrosia exist. Five of those equals my lunch and my dinner combined. If we have those around here, the chow hall down stairs would be rendered useless. My fellow room mates would be able to eat breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper every single day. The college's mart would make enough money to pay for the national debt. I calculated on how much I would probably save on my food budget and the numbers are so high, I required exponents for the final number.

I thank thee for bestowing me with such important knowledge.

I tend to get the non-cup version of instant ramen, myself - it's cheaper, but usually only has the soup, nothing else - which let's you customise as you see fit! Or, you know, just go get ramen from a ramen place - they do Olive Oil ramen down where I am.

Nissin Raoh is my preferred fancybrand, and they have paste rather than/as well as powdered soup. They even have dehydrated meat! (That doesn't taste like cardboard waved towards an abattoir).

Paracite said:

Very conveniently, I'm at the supermarket - this exact brand is 159 mooncircles, including tax. Would likely be around 200 at the convenience store.

Which puts it around the normal price for medium quality cup ramen.

And I was wrong about the size, it's 520mL of water.

I looked around, it's Acecook super cup torigara shoyu, isn't it? At 114g for 200 mooncircles, that's quite nice..! There's also some veggies and perhaps a dehydrated chicken chashu..?

Then again, there's some varieties where i hailed from which cost around 40-50 mooncircles for about the same size, but it's somewhat lacking in terms of toppings, with only seasonings and seasoned oil.. Some do have dehydrated veggies and TVP.. It's a packet one though, so maybe it cut down some of the production cost compared to the cup one..

TunaMayo said:

I looked around, it's Acecook super cup torigara shoyu, isn't it?

Good spotting! That is the brand - though they also have the Kadomen type, which has square cross-sectioned noodles.

I've found that Japanese instant ramen tends to not have much in the non-cup compared to the cup variety - but then again, a cup ramen can be ~100-150, but 5 packets is ~300, so...

Paracite said:

Very conveniently, I'm at the supermarket - this exact brand is 159 mooncircles, including tax. Would likely be around 200 at the convenience store.

Which puts it around the normal price for medium quality cup ramen.

And I was wrong about the size, it's 520mL of water.

Damn, that's bound to help people with food costs.

Personally, I love Nissin Ramen, even if I can't enter for the Chikin Raven which has the flavour in the noodles.

Paracite said:

I tend to get the non-cup version of instant ramen, myself - it's cheaper, but usually only has the soup, nothing else - which let's you customise as you see fit! Or, you know, just go get ramen from a ramen place - they do Olive Oil ramen down where I am.

Nissin Raoh is my preferred fancybrand, and they have paste rather than/as well as powdered soup. They even have dehydrated meat! (That doesn't taste like cardboard waved towards an abattoir).

Livin' the simple life, man. No ramen stores around here. Not any that I know of anyway. We are not allowed to bring any form of kitchen utensils nor is there any accessible cooking stations. So, food, the ones that has maximum accessibility anyway, is completely monopolised by the chow hall down stairs and the college mart. I can prepare a packaged instant noodles in my room but I won't be able to mix in oyster sauce. I cannot eat instant noodles without oyster sauce.

So yeah I wo- Wait what. You have dehydrated meat in your instant noodles? At this rate, this discussion will just extend the list of things that I desperately need.

Paracite said:

Nissin Raoh is my preferred fancybrand, and they have paste rather than/as well as powdered soup. They even have dehydrated meat! (That doesn't taste like cardboard waved towards an abattoir).

Holy fucking shit. I want a truckload of that for my sleepless essay writing nights.

Tapper said:

In the US, that's called chow mein.

Chow mein are only stir fried, not deep fried.

Paracite said:

Very conveniently, I'm at the supermarket - this exact brand is 159 mooncircles, including tax. Would likely be around 200 at the convenience store.

Which puts it around the normal price for medium quality cup ramen.

And I was wrong about the size, it's 520mL of water.

Heh, Mooncircles. I like that. I'm so going to call them those now. Along with Pandacircles and Spamcircles.

Mileavis said:

This?

Yes :)
Like TunaMayo said, it's also called Ifumie here. But I have no idea what it's called in China or the west.

Kyrozen said:

So yeah I wo- Wait what. You have dehydrated meat in your instant noodles? At this rate, this discussion will just extend the list of things that I desperately need.

Instant noodle usually have little bits of dried meat, although they're probably just for texture rather than taste.

But yeah, nothing like this (10th pic)

Paracite said:

I've found that Japanese instant ramen tends to not have much in the non-cup compared to the cup variety - but then again, a cup ramen can be ~100-150, but 5 packets is ~300, so...

Maybe because you have to cook non-cup instant ramen in the kitchen, so they expect you to have leftover stuffs to throw into the soup. That reduce the need for the extras.

Seika said:

Instant noodle usually have little bits of dried meat, although they're probably just for texture rather than taste.

>Usually
>USUALLY

I don't know what kind of world you are living in, but that world is certainly not mine. For in my world, dehydrated vegetable in instant noodles is still on the rise. It will take eons for dried meat in instant noodles to be a commonplace over here.

Also, that's pretty neato. A slice of pork in a cup o' noods.

Kyrozen said:

I don't know what kind of world you are living in, but that world is certainly not mine. For in my world, dehydrated vegetable in instant noodles is still on the rise. It will take eons for dried meat in instant noodles to be a commonplace over here.

Depends on which kind you get here, but I do live in a very tied-to-Asia section of the US. Generally "packet" ramen only comes with broth powder, though the fancier ones have dried veggies. Cup noodles have both dried veggies and little bits of meat, however. I'm still waiting for us to start mass making/importing the ones that also have the packet of meat fat and/or oil in them which I got to experience in China. So tasty. For now I just tend to slice up two hotdogs to add to one of these guys, though sometimes I add meat leftovers. Also a touch of lemon juice, a bit of pre-minced garlic, and some sauteed onions, because one can't fight Italian blood.

NNescio said:

Chow mein are only stir fried, not deep fried.

Heh, Mooncircles. I like that. I'm so going to call them those now. Along with Pandacircles and Spamcircles.

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Well... 円 does also mean circle...

Kyrozen said:

>Usually
>USUALLY

I don't know what kind of world you are living in, but that world is certainly not mine. For in my world, dehydrated vegetable in instant noodles is still on the rise. It will take eons for dried meat in instant noodles to be a commonplace over here.

...my mistake. Cup Noodles, not the kind you need to boil on the stove.

Seika said:

...my mistake. Cup Noodles, not the kind you need to boil on the stove.

I meant Cup Noodles as well. Packaged variants only comes with either powdered soup or gravy+oil+fried onions combo.

OOZ662 said:

I'm still waiting for us to start mass making/importing the ones that also have the packet of meat fat and/or oil in them which I got to experience in China. So tasty.

I am pretty sure we have those over here. But still, what does the meat fat add to the noodles?

Kyrozen said:

I am pretty sure we have those over here. But still, what does the meat fat add to the noodles?

I bet I could get some if I went to the Japanese marketplace down in Seattle, but it's a 1.5-2 hour drive and I don't own a vehicle. Tasty noodles aren't worth our transit system.

Flavor, basically less-fake umami. It's really hard to describe...I suppose it puts back in what had to be taken out to dry the meat and powder the broth, but since it's separate in a packet it doesn't spoil.