# If you don't like oriental-flavored ramen noodles, does that make you racist? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 28, 2013, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857 "2013-09-28T06:27:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/1 "2013-09-28T06:27:00Z")
Apparently we’re [doing](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=703229) [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=703292) now. I know this is a sensitive topic, but let’s please keep it civil. This is only a poll, let’s try to keep this from landing in the Pit, okay? I knew this guy one time and I asked him if he’d like some Ramen noodles. He kind of wrinkled up his nose and said, “What… flavor…?” And I said, “Oriental!” And then he said “Ugh, NO!” And I’m all like :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/2 "2013-09-28T11:37:32Z")
Very RACIST!!! Obviously anyone who does not like oriental flavored ramen noodles have not eaten enough of them to know that they should like them. If only they would only eat enough of them they would find that not all oriental flavored ramen noodles taste alike and eventually they would find an oriental flavor ramen noodle they do like. They are probably the same shallow people who refuse to eat foods of color, subsisting on only mashed potatoes, cauliflower, mushrooms, pork and vanilla ice cream. I could never be friends with someone who doesn’t like oriental flavored ramen noodles. They totally disgust me. ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/3 "2013-09-28T11:43:51Z")
I only like chicken flavored ramen. The other flavors are all fine flavors but don’t do anything for my mouth. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/4 "2013-09-28T11:46:33Z")
I understand that Hitler hated kosher noodles. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/5 "2013-09-28T11:50:41Z")
I’ve never tasted an Oriental. ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/6 "2013-09-28T11:54:45Z")
The ones I’ve tasted didn’t taste like ramen. (Why doesn’t FireFox know that word? What kind of people are these programmers?) ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/7 "2013-09-28T12:49:02Z")
( Obviously not Oriental !! More Occidental than accidental. ) ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/8 "2013-09-28T12:55:35Z")
WTH is “oriental-flavored”? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/9 "2013-09-28T12:57:45Z")
We had top ramen for dinner several years ago, so we can’t be racist. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/10 "2013-09-28T12:59:37Z")
I mostly just like the cup-o-noodles type of ramen. I have no idea what that says about me. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/11 "2013-09-28T13:35:13Z")
Well, what DOESNT it say ??!!?? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/12 "2013-09-28T13:44:16Z")
Some of my best friends like oriental-flavored ramen noodles. ---
**Author:** ![sich\_hinaufwinden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@sich\_hinaufwinden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sich_hinaufwinden)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/13 "2013-09-28T13:44:54Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > WTH is “oriental-flavored”? Ingredients for Top Ramen Oriental Flavor: > [@](#): > > Seasoning Mix: Salt, Soy Sauce Powder (Wheat, Soybeans, Maltodextrin, Salt), Monosodium Glutamate, Spices, Hydrolyzed Soy, Corn and Wheat Protein, Garlic Powder, Caramel Color, Onion Powder, Rice Oil, Citric Acid, Disodium Succinate, Dehydrated Leek, Calcium Silicate (Anticaking Agent), Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate. from here: [http://www.meijer.com/s/nissin-top-ramen-ramen-noodle-soup-oriental-flavor-1-package-3-oz/\_/R-118597](http://www.meijer.com/s/nissin-top-ramen-ramen-noodle-soup-oriental-flavor-1-package-3-oz/_/R-118597) BTW - apparently it’s one of Top Ramen’s 2 vegetarian flavors, the other being Chili flavor. Hope that helps. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/14 "2013-09-28T14:14:37Z")
Ahh… Soy sauce + MSG = Oriental Flavor. Of course. ETA: I realize that the list of ingredients on all flavors of Ramen noodles are probably mostly the same. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/15 "2013-09-28T14:48:52Z")
Oh good, a chance to sneer at you amateurs. The MGS here is so much more authentic. ---
**Author:** ![sich\_hinaufwinden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@sich\_hinaufwinden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sich_hinaufwinden)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/16 "2013-09-28T14:54:38Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > Oh good, a chance to sneer at you amateurs. > > The MGS here is so much more authentic. Metallurgical Grade Silicon? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/17 "2013-09-28T15:47:24Z")
My favorite in this category are the bowl noodles, with those awful little cardboardy pink-edged things in them, where the label is about 50% in Chinese… with a big red splash reading PICANTE! Welcome to 2013, here’s your anti-headspin device. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/18 "2013-09-28T17:18:03Z")
Oriental was always my favorite flavor as a child growing up. Our boat I work on now refuses to stock that flavor for some reason. Maybe I should accuse them of racism ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/19 "2013-09-28T17:50:11Z")
It’s fine to have your individual preferences, but when someone says it’s “not really food” it certainly comes across to me as ignorant. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857/20 "2013-09-28T17:56:17Z")
You are only racist if you are not sexually attracted to ramen noodles. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857.md?page=2)