Poll
Question:
What is the best Ramen? Also state your favourite flavour.
Option 1: Nissin Top Ramen, "Oodles of Noodles"
votes: 2
Option 2: Maruchan Ramen
votes: 6
Option 3: I don't eat Ramen and I am a Communist
votes: 2
ramen
oh, uh
I like Maruchan Chicken flavoure best
Nissin Cup Noodle is life
Quote from: Cookie Monster on February 01, 2017, 05:30:06 PM
Nissin Cup Noodle is life
I hate the cups. There is weird shit in them, and they are expensive. I only buy the bags.
Maruchin was all there was in my particular corner of the world when I was in my Ramen eating days.
Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on February 01, 2017, 05:32:41 PM
I hate the cups. There is weird shit in them, and they are expensive. I only buy the bags.
Same.
Uh, Nongshim Shin Ramyun. Definitely the best.
http://www.nongshimusa.com/our-products/meal-noodle/shin-ramyun
They make men cry.
I like the cup one. I will only fill it with like half the water, microwave it for a minute or so, toss the water. Crunchy and somewhat salty but most of that powder shit disappears
Ramen is packed w/sodium tho
Quote from: Laconian on February 01, 2017, 06:36:07 PM
Ramen is packed w/sodium tho
Only use half the seasoning packet, brah.
Dump the other half in a jar.
Do what with jar
Quote from: Laconian on February 01, 2017, 06:40:24 PM
Do what with jar
Once it is full, you can throw it in the garbage.
Why not skip the middleman/middlejar and just put the powder directly in the trash?
Quote from: Laconian on February 01, 2017, 06:55:11 PM
Why not skip the middleman/middlejar and just put the powder directly in the trash?
This is a question I can't answer.
Ok, so sometimes you need a soup base or bullion for other things. Ramen remnants really render remarkably.
Quote from: Laconian on February 01, 2017, 06:12:04 PM
Uh, Nongshim Shin Ramyun. Definitely the best.
http://www.nongshimusa.com/our-products/meal-noodle/shin-ramyun
They make men cry.
I love that stuff
Maruchan's powder doesn't stick to the bag like Nissin does sometimes. Therefore they win.
I've never had Nissin. Maruchan cups were my go to in college.
Although, the ramen I've had over here (in Tokyo) is in another league.
ramen packet + kraft packet
Quote from: 68_427 on February 01, 2017, 10:15:30 PM
ramen packet + kraft packet
you mean kraft mac n chez?
omg, + a can of bud light, beer cheese soup lol
Redneck gourmet
I love ramen, but man, cup ramen will literally kill you. I can't believe I lived off of that junk during college.
Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on February 02, 2017, 04:22:20 PM
you mean kraft mac n chez?
omg, + a can of bud light, beer cheese soup lol
Yep, or Wegman's, or that whatever bargain brand you have available
Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on February 01, 2017, 06:45:11 PM
Once it is full, you can throw it in the garbage.
Lol
That's what I do with stuff like bacon grease and occasionally chicken bones (frozen and saved for stock that I never make).
Quote from: Xer0 on February 02, 2017, 09:09:52 PM
I love ramen, but man, cup ramen will literally kill you. I can't believe I lived off of that junk during college.
Are you alive now? :lol:
Are you mofos up on pho yet? My gawd we just went out for some last week.... had banh xeo to start it off.... fuucccckkk, soooooo gooooddddd
Quote from: 12,000 RPM on February 03, 2017, 06:38:08 AM
Are you alive now? :lol:
Are you mofos up on pho yet? My gawd we just went out for some last week.... had banh xeo to start it off.... fuucccckkk, soooooo gooooddddd
I want to open a pho restaurant named Pho King.
Too late
https://www.google.com/search?site=&source=hp&q=pho+king&oq=pho+king&gs_l=hp.3..0l10.699.1986.0.2259.9.8.0.1.1.0.123.736.6j2.8.0....0...1c.1.64.hp..0.8.669.0..35i39k1j0i131k1j0i20k1j0i67k1.hO9DQ0zm-_I
Quote from: 12,000 RPM on February 03, 2017, 06:56:07 AM
Too late
https://www.google.com/search?site=&source=hp&q=pho+king&oq=pho+king&gs_l=hp.3..0l10.699.1986.0.2259.9.8.0.1.1.0.123.736.6j2.8.0....0...1c.1.64.hp..0.8.669.0..35i39k1j0i131k1j0i20k1j0i67k1.hO9DQ0zm-_I
I didn't say I wanted to be the first.
Yeah I like Pho way more than Ramen. Something about that rare steak and tripe makes me so crazy
Quote from: Raza on February 03, 2017, 06:52:04 AM
I want to open a pho restaurant named Pho King.
With a sub-heading on the sign that says
Great!
Quote from: CaminoRacer on February 03, 2017, 09:33:56 AM
With a sub-heading on the sign that says Great!
But no front door. Customers have to come in from the back entrance.
Quote from: Raza on February 03, 2017, 10:38:22 AM
But no front door. Customers have to come in from the back entrance.
"Customers please use back door for Pho King."
Quote from: Soup DeVille on February 03, 2017, 10:39:26 AM
"Customers please use back door for Pho King."
We can open up with a special free meal coupon, and ask customers to leave just the tip.
Back Door Pho King
"Yes we have ATM"
Quote from: Raza on February 03, 2017, 10:40:38 AM
We can open up with a special free meal coupon, and ask customers to leave just the tip.
"For a limited time only! Just give us the tip, and get a great deal at Pho King! (Please use rear entrance)"
http://whatthepho.net/
Quote from: Laconian on February 01, 2017, 06:12:04 PM
Uh, Nongshim Shin Ramyun. Definitely the best.
http://www.nongshimusa.com/our-products/meal-noodle/shin-ramyun
They make men cry.
I just order some on Amazon after this endorsement.
It's good shit. Crack an egg into the pot while it cooks, even better.
Quote from: Laconian on February 03, 2017, 02:57:10 PM
It's good shit. Crack an egg into the pot while it cooks, even better.
I crackin egg while it cooks, and add frozen peas to the bowl - they cool it down and cook at the same time. Such genius :praise:
I just had ramen at a Japanese restaurant, I was less than whelmed. Seemed like they just dressed up a couple packages of Top Ramen, except the broth wasn't as good.
Quote from: Rupert on February 03, 2017, 09:19:52 PM
I just had ramen at a Japanese restaurant, I was less than whelmed. Seemed like they just dressed up a couple packages of Top Ramen, except the broth wasn't as good.
Pho >>> ramen
I have a friend that orders the one menu item with every fucking cow part in it. Tendon, tripe, crunchy connective tissue stomach, eyeball, penis, ichor... Looks nasty. I'll stick to my steak strips.
I like both, and I have had good ramen and good pho... but this is Pendleton, and there aren't like a whole lot of non-white people food restaurants here. :P
Panda Express?
We have a strangely large number of Asian cuisine places. Off the top of my head, I can think of six. No chains. They actually outnumber the "Italian" restaurants...and no, we don't have an Olive Garbage.
It looks like this will be unpopular opinion in this thread, but ramen over pho for me. The reason are numerous; ramen is actually pronounced how its spelled, Naruto and Goku both love ramen, and ramen tends to be creamier and I think meatier (umami-er?) tasting than pho.
Although I won't say no to either.
Were you one of the DBZ kids that tried REALLY HARD to do ki blasts with your friends?
Quote from: Raza on February 03, 2017, 06:52:04 AM
I want to open a pho restaurant named Pho King.
A place within 10 minutes walk from my apartment:
(http://i.imgur.com/Nhb8f79.png)
The food sucks though, at least by my asian standards :lol:
Quote from: Laconian on February 03, 2017, 09:36:58 PM
Pho >>> ramen
I have a friend that orders the one menu item with every fucking cow part in it. Tendon, tripe, crunchy connective tissue stomach, eyeball, penis, ichor... Looks nasty. I'll stick to my steak strips.
I usually get the "special" wherever I go.
Usually has steak + tendon + brisket + tripe
Quote from: Laconian on February 03, 2017, 10:44:03 PM
Were you one of the DBZ kids that tried REALLY HARD to do ki blasts with your friends?
There's no need for pasted tense here; I'm still that kid. Every morning starts with a kamehameha in the shower.
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pokeman >>> dbz
GTFO. DBZ is that hardcore shit. Pokemon is for children
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Quote from: Laconian on February 03, 2017, 10:04:18 PM
Panda Express?
No, we aren't big enough for that chain. This is just a local place. There is actually a reasonable sushi place here too.
Quote from: Rupert on February 04, 2017, 12:08:11 PM
No, we aren't big enough for that chain. This is just a local place. There is actually a reasonable sushi place here too.
I wouldn't eat much sushi that far inland. Maybe salmon.
Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on February 04, 2017, 12:16:14 PM
I wouldn't eat much sushi that far inland. Maybe salmon.
Nah, you can get reasonable sushi anywhere now. It's frozen fish of course, but a lot if not most sushi fish even on the coast is frozen. You also never want to eat freshwater fish raw (salmon counts if you catch it in a river I think).
Yeah, people often forget that fish gets flash frozen out on the boat right away as it is.
Quote from: giant_mtb on February 04, 2017, 12:25:54 PM
Yeah, people often forget that fish gets flash frozen out on the boat right away as it is.
Yup, that's true.
Quote from: Rupert on February 04, 2017, 12:23:39 PMYou also never want to eat freshwater fish raw (salmon counts if you catch it in a river I think).
Why?
Different types of bacteria live in each environment. Saltwater bacteria in fish aren't that bad, but not so with freshwater bacteria in fish. The other part of that is saltwater fish are, as we know, flash frozen most of the time, which kills bacteria, but not freshwater fish.
Quote from: Rupert on February 04, 2017, 01:54:31 PM
Different types of bacteria live in each environment. Saltwater bacteria in fish aren't that bad, but not so with freshwater bacteria in fish. The other part of that is saltwater fish are, as we know, flash frozen most of the time, which kills bacteria, but not freshwater fish.
Hmm. I had no idea. Thanks!
Quote from: Rupert on February 04, 2017, 01:54:31 PM
The other part of that is saltwater fish are, as we know, flash frozen most of the time, which kills bacteria
My understanding is freezing does not kill bacteria.
Quote from: Laconian on February 03, 2017, 02:57:10 PM
It's good shit. Crack an egg into the pot while it cooks, even better.
Well, it didn't make me cry ... it did make me sweat quite a bit.
Pretty good stuff. I rarely eat ramen, but it's nice to have some in the pantry.
I can't pay 5x the price of regular ramen for this cry stuff. I already add loads of crushed red pepper to mine. It can cry.
5 times nothing is still nothing
Quote from: Rupert on February 04, 2017, 12:23:39 PM
Nah, you can get reasonable sushi anywhere now. It's frozen fish of course, but a lot if not most sushi fish even on the coast is frozen. You also never want to eat freshwater fish raw (salmon counts if you catch it in a river I think).
Asked a guy at a seafood market a while ago about eating raw salmon, he said there is a small window of time in the year when you can eat salmon raw without freezing it first. Not sure about the details :huh:
Quote from: Laconian on February 01, 2017, 06:12:04 PM
Uh, Nongshim Shin Ramyun. Definitely the best.
http://www.nongshimusa.com/our-products/meal-noodle/shin-ramyun
They make men cry.
Child's play.
You guys should try one of these:
(https://nextfoodstop.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/wpid-20150713_191511-1.jpg)
No soup to dilute the capsaicin. And even if it did, probably would be pretty spicy.
No thanks. I know when I'm outclassed. Koreans have iron stomachs.
Quote from: Lebowski on February 05, 2017, 05:23:54 AM
My understanding is freezing does not kill bacteria.
Huh, guess you're right. It slows down their rate of growth, so freezing a fish immediately after killing it would help.
Got a 24 pack of chicken Maruchan for $5.49 last night. Will probably take a few months to go through. Coulda sworn I saw some of the fancier stuff you guys have been talking about a few days ago, but it wasn't there yesterday. Maybe I'm crazy.
Quote from: Rupert on February 08, 2017, 06:52:55 PM
Huh, guess you're right. It slows down their rate of growth, so freezing a fish immediately after killing it would help.
You guess?
Ever suffer a thawed freezer during a power outage? Freezing contaminated food is a great way to lock in the contamination. :Lol:
Quote from: Laconian on February 07, 2017, 11:08:09 AM
No thanks. I know when I'm outclassed. Koreans have iron stomachs.
:lol:
Quote from: Lebowski on February 09, 2017, 09:32:35 AM
You guess?
Yes, complete guess, no other available information upon which to make a judgement. It's not even an educated guess. Like guessing a winning lottery number.
Quote from: Rupert on February 09, 2017, 06:11:48 PM
Yes, complete guess, no other available information upon which to make a judgement. It's not even an educated guess. Like guessing a winning lottery number.
I can tell.
Must have been coincidence that we eventually arrived at the same conclusion then.
My shrimp ramen tastes ocean fresh.
Quote from: Rupert on February 09, 2017, 07:24:24 PM
Must have been coincidence that we eventually arrived at the same conclusion then.
Well you are the scientist not me, so I thought just maybe you knew something I didn't. But as usual you were just making things up and pretending to speak authoritatively about that which you do not know.
Changing one's opinion in the face of new (legit) evidence is the essence of science. ;)
Hundreds of pilot whales are suddenly beached in New Zeeeeeland. We should freeze them.
Quote from: Rupert on February 09, 2017, 08:17:34 PM
Changing one's opinion in the face of new (legit) evidence is the essence of science. ;)
What about stating an opinion as if were fact, esp on something that isn't known and isn't a matter of opinion?
"I think freezing may kill bacteria"
vs
"Freezing kills bacteria"
See the difference? The latter implies you are confident you know what you are talking about, and therefore is all the more embarrassing when you are wrong, again esp if the issue isn't a matter of opinion.
I was under the impression the biggest issue with eating raw fish is the possibility of ingesting various parasites that reside in fish, and those are killed by freezing.
Maybe none of us know what we're talking about.
All I know for sure is, freezing fish right after they're caught makes them safe to eat (though I think there are some saltwater fishes you never want to eat raw).
Unacceptable. You must quantify all statements with a P value.
Quote from: Lebowski on February 10, 2017, 07:36:16 AM
What about stating an opinion as if were fact, esp on something that isn't known and isn't a matter of opinion?
"I think freezing may kill bacteria"
vs
"Freezing kills bacteria"
See the difference? The latter implies you are confident you know what you are talking about, and therefore is all the more embarrassing when you are wrong, again esp if the issue isn't a matter of opinion.
Yes, I was indeed confident I knew what I was talking about. However, once new evidence was presented, I changed my mind. That's pretty much the essence of the scientific process.
Quote from: Laconian on February 10, 2017, 06:20:47 PM
Unacceptable. You must quantify all statements with a P value.
:lol:
Quote from: Rupert on February 10, 2017, 06:21:54 PM
That's pretty much the essence of the scientific process. (P = 0.95, stddev = 0.3)
FTFY
I bet I am the only one eating ramen right now, so I automatically win whatever this argument is.
Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on February 10, 2017, 06:32:50 PM
I bet I am the only one eating ramen right now, so I automatically win whatever this argument is. (P= 1, stddev=0)
I'm craving ramen now. But that's not a balanced dinner.
wat
DEAL WITH IT
RAMEN.
Speaking of rAmen, I should make a tasteful Flying Spaghetti Monster decal for my car.
Are you thinking of the R-squared statistic? Small p-values are good, and large R-squared values (closer to 1) are good. (p=0.03)
Quote from: Laconian on February 10, 2017, 06:50:27 PM
Speaking of rAmen, I should make a tasteful Flying Spaghetti Monster decal for my car.
Oh lol, I get it.
I have been meaning to order my "In Reason We Trust" license plate. It is a real thing.
That sounds so neckbeardy, but I bet it's a bold statement in your neck of the LAND. Do it.
Quote from: Rupert on February 10, 2017, 06:53:22 PM
Are you thinking of the R-squared statistic? Small p-values are good, and large R-squared values (closer to 1) are good. (p=0.03)
Wait. Does P stand for Probablilty, or Portions of ramen?
Quote from: Laconian on February 10, 2017, 06:54:32 PM
That sounds so neckbeardy, but I bet it's a bold statement in your neck of the LAND. Do it.
99.1% of people here opt for the GOD version (P=0)
The ramen one.
Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on February 10, 2017, 06:56:14 PM
Wait. Does P stand for Probablilty, or Portions of ramen?
Probably that portions of Ramen is non-zero.
Standard deviations of msg
Quote from: Laconian on February 10, 2017, 06:20:47 PM
Unacceptable. You must quantify all statements with a P value.
Much simpler than that, don't make things up and pretend they are facts.
Always certain and frequently wrong - don't be that guy.
I went out for teryaki today. No go, no fucking salt. No wonder the Japanese live to 200.
The Japanese diet is very high in salt IIRC.
Quote from: 12,000 RPM on February 10, 2017, 10:05:17 PM
I went out for teryaki today. No go, no fucking salt. No wonder the Japanese live to 200.
Teriyaki isn't really a thing here (haven't seen it once).
Quote from: Lebowski on February 10, 2017, 09:04:44 PM
Much simpler than that, don't make things up and pretend they are facts.
Always certain and frequently wrong - don't be that guy.
p=0.15, null hypothesis can't be rejected
Quote from: Rupert on February 10, 2017, 10:21:26 PM
p=0.15, null hypothesis can't be rejected
RupertSpin, where wrong does not mean wrong because Science.
Glad I could at least help you learn something, we'll make progress yet.
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