# Dry ramen **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 12, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-ramen/303499 "2005-05-12T02:55:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-ramen/303499/21 "2005-05-13T16:05:27Z")
Twas a childhood snack for me, too. I prefer it in cream o’ chicken soup these days, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-ramen/303499/22 "2005-05-13T16:12:59Z")
I like to smear the whole block with Marmite and gnaw at it while watching TV. Beer is a necessity. ---
**Author:** ![Viscera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/258eb7/32.png) [@Viscera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viscera)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-ramen/303499/23 "2005-05-14T16:01:32Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > I like to smear the whole block with Marmite and gnaw at it while watching TV. Beer is a necessity. Ewww. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-ramen/303499/24 "2005-05-14T18:51:24Z")
They sell ramen-esque noodles specifically as a dry snack in some supermarkets in Australia. Question, though, for anyone who knows. Ramen noodles are the same type of noodles as they put in pot noodles, yeah? If so, I’ve never noticed them swelling all that much when cooking them. They soften, yeah, but they don’t seem to increase in size, they just loosen up and so seem to take up more space. But the actual strands don’t seem to get any bigger. ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-ramen/303499/25 "2005-05-15T00:38:54Z")
Do I have dirty mind? I read this title as “Dry Semen”, I have tried dry Ramen and I didn’t like it. I like my noodles wet not dry and crusty, kind of like dry semen afterall huh? WAAH (weak attempt at Humor) ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-ramen/303499/26 "2005-05-15T00:48:07Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > My mother has a recipe for a salad made from cabbage with some kind of sweet and sour dressing and crunched up dry ramen noodles for texture. I’ve eaten that before at potlucks and parties, and it’s really good! ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-ramen/303499/27 "2005-05-15T05:56:29Z")
[MAMEE!!!](http://www.junmas.com/ranking/img/mamee.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-ramen/303499/28 "2005-05-15T17:49:49Z")
A bit of a hijack, but it is about cooking ramen: is there a way to cook it in the microwave? I ask because using a stovetop was very inconvenient for me when I was in a dorm, not the least of which because I didn’t have a pan to cook it in. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-ramen/303499/29 "2005-05-15T18:10:47Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > [MAMEE!!!](http://www.junmas.com/ranking/img/mamee.jpg) Yep, those’d be the ones. My school canteen sold them. I hated them. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-ramen/303499/30 "2005-05-15T18:18:30Z")
> [@Lisa-go-Blind](#): > > A bit of a hijack, but it is about cooking ramen: is there a way to cook it in the microwave? I ask because using a stovetop was very inconvenient for me when I was in a dorm, not the least of which because I didn’t have a pan to cook it in. Perhaps I am lazy or weird, but I usually cook it in the microwave - that way I can’t forget it is on the stove, or whatever. I put it in a platic or other micro-friendly container with the water and anything else I want to add and then go and ignore it for appropriaie number of minutes. Works for me, but then no-one has accused me of being a good cook! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Low\_Key\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@Low\_Key\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Low_Key_1)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-ramen/303499/31 "2005-05-16T00:58:16Z")
> [@Lisa-go-Blind](#): > > A bit of a hijack, but it is about cooking ramen: is there a way to cook it in the microwave? I ask because using a stovetop was very inconvenient for me when I was in a dorm, not the least of which because I didn’t have a pan to cook it in. > [@Celyn](#): > > Perhaps I am lazy or weird, but I usually cook it in the microwave - that way I can’t forget it is on the stove, or whatever. > > I put it in a platic or other micro-friendly container with the water and anything else I want to add and then go and ignore it for appropriaie number of minutes. > > Works for me, but then no-one has accused me of being a good cook! 🙂 Yeah, the microwave works fine. Once I realized this I never used the stovetop for Ramen again. It just seems like way too much hassle for Ramen. I just break all the noodles in the bag, then put them in the bowl with some water and nuke them for a few minutes. No difference in quality as far as I can tell. …and you don’t have to worry about whether the microwave kills nutrients or not since I don’t think Ramen noodles have any nutrients to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-ramen/303499/32 "2005-05-16T02:29:55Z")
> [@Low Key](#): > > …and you don’t have to worry about whether the microwave kills nutrients or not since I don’t think Ramen noodles have any nutrients to begin with. Sure they do. Carbs are indeed a “nutrient”. 😛 Maybe you’re thinking of vitamins, some of which are destroyed by cooking? If that waht your thinking of- if boiling over a flame won’t destroy the vitamins, neither will microwaves. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-ramen/303499.md?page=1)