Ramen is a staple for me. I start by cooking some frozen vegetables (corn, peas, or mixed), then add chopped celery, and chopped onion. Once that boils, I add the noodles and a raw egg. I cover that for several minutes, then stir and add the seasoning packet. Delicious.
As a non-carnivore, I also despair of strictly vegetable seasonings – I have used vegetable boullion in place of the packet. Works great.
Dammit! I’ve got a cabinetful of ramen, and it’s too hot here to eat any! 
My God, an ode to ramen!
Love it, so does my brother. If it wasn’t for Top Ramen & Rice-A-Roni, we would have starved to death when cooking for ourselves.
My personal favorite recipe- cook ramen as directed, but towards the end of cooking add some chopped celery and green onion, maybe some leftover chicken or diced pork chop or something, and VIOLA! A meal fit for a college student!
Speaking of the meals of our youth, a college friend used to say that boxed mac-n-cheese was the perfect food. Toss in some spagetti sauce & it became Italian. Got refried beans? Instant Mexican food. And the list goes on… Another gross favorite was Hamburger Helper. Hubby can’t even walk by it in the grocery store without cringing.
Take them, break them up, and put them into a pan with just a TINY bit of oil. Then…fry them for a couple of seconds (watch-they burn FAST!)…then use them on your salad! They’re so yummy like that!
I’ll have to tell my mom to pick up some ramen at the store…
I could go for some…tomato! Or chicken sesame…yummy!
(Oriental tastes like soap)
Some woman at a church I used to attend made some concoction involving salad greens, sunflower seeds, oil of some kind, and ramen noodles (uncooked) crunched up into the mix.
Anybody have the recipe?
And BTW, baglady, your recipes sounds delicious! I’ll have to try it sometime.
iampunha noted, “So far as I know, the ramen flavors are all vegetarian-made regardless of flavor. My sisters used to both be veggies (vegetarians) and Meg ate loads and loads of ramens.”
Not necessarily. The soups for one are NOT vegetarian (they use meat stock), and the instant noodles are all fried, so you need to check the ingredients to make sure they used only vegetable oils.
I love ramen. Top Ramen is my favorite brand, especially the new Teriyaki chicken flavor mmmmmm. I usually make it with peas & leftover chicken if I have any. Ramen is also one of the 6 things my 3 year old will eat.
Without Ramen, I’d starve. I get them in the boxes of 24 or whatever they come in from Costco (one of those super mega stores that sell 5 gallon jugs of milk for those not familiar). Like some have already mentioned, it’s an impoverished college student’s best friend.
Ramen, mmmmmmmm. I eat it all the time because it is cheap, tastes good, and I can fix it in the microwave here at work.
Since the last “Ode to Ramen”, thread, I’ve become hooked on the REAL deal, the asian Ramens.
Someone decided to post this link: http://www.ramencity.com for the hot and spicy Ramens. I love them.
In fact, I just ordered more Ramen yesterday and was contemplating starting a thread exactly like this.
-Sam
Ah, ramen! Yes, I’ve eaten my fair share of ramen. Especially good when traveling!
There were some times when I was really strapped for cash, and I bought in bulk at Ralphs (S. Cal. grocery chain.) They were having a “2 for one” sale. I got lots of cheap canned spaghetti sauce, (also Ralphs brand sauce) Ralphs brand refried beans (no lard) lots of Ralphs spagetti, Ralphs brand stewed tomatoes, … see a theme here? I lived off of Ralphs generic foods. Spaghetti, refried beans, and I also got lots of brown rice and dried beans. It was cheap, and it fed me well thoughout the month. At least I knew I wouldn’t go hungry!
Am i the only one who melts cheese in Ramen?
Ditto. I use to buy Mushroom flavor, but now they changed it to chicked mushroom. It sucks!! I loved mushroom. I know they have tomato, but it’s no good!
Nope! I’ve done that.
[homer simpson] Ramen noodles… is there anything they can’t do? [/homer simpson]
Ramen is tasty and cheap if you can ignore the fat and sodium content. I have to echo Gawd: the American-made noodles like Top Ramen are pale and tasteless compared to Asian ramens, especially from Thailand and Malaysia.
For the ultimate ramen experience, if you have a Little Tokyo in your area, find a ramen-ya that makes their noodles fresh, with a some veggies and sliced pork or chicken. MMMM.
If there’s a Little Saigon, hie thee to a pho shop-pure tastebud paradise! Pho is Vietnamese ramen that comes loaded with ingredients.
I just break up the inch thick block in the plastic. Now you have a dry snack to eat with your brewski. You can pour the salt flavoring over the dry noodles, kinda like having BBQ flavored chips.
Of course I sometimes cook 'em also.
And I’ve been out of college for years.
I, being oblivious to many things American, didn’t realize it was popular there. Infact i don’t even know what type Americans eat. The ones that come in flavours, or that are hot and spicy? From the posts above, i can assume the flavoured ones. You should try the Korean ones (which are all spicy except the ones that are not actually ramen, but other dishes in ramen form.). Korea is probably ramen capital of the world.
I, being oblivious to many things American, didn’t realize it was popular there. Infact i don’t even know what type Americans eat. The ones that come in flavours, or that are hot and spicy? From the posts above, i can assume the flavoured ones. You should try the Korean ones (which are all spicy except the ones that are not actually ramen, but other dishes in ramen form.). Korea is probably ramen capital of the world.
Slice up some left over chicken. Chop up some lettuce. Boil an egg. Put some mayon in a cup, sprinkle with curry powder. Lightly boil noodles. Mix. Yum.
When my aunt was a young single mother, she ate it by the bucketful and called it Oodels de Noodels, with a french accent.
I’ve never seen any with crap in it…