On 9/27/2014 1:12 PM, Gary wrote:
> sf wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 11:59:30 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>>> My grocery store is selling Ramen noodles for 10 cents each this week.
>>> I haven't seen that price in years. So I bought 10 this morning, 2 of
>>> each of 5 flavors that sounded good.
>>>
>>> I rarely eat these but for the price I'll buy them and maybe 10 more
>>> tomorrow. Note too...it's soup but if you use less water, it makes a
>>> decent side dish of noodles on a dinner plate.
>>>
>>> Anyway, bland lunch. Two kinds of chicken flavor, regular chicken
>>> flavor and roasted chicken flavor. This is what I'll be making today
>>> just to see/compare what is the better one. I also bought 2 of creamy
>>> chicken flavor but not doing that now.
>>>
>>
>> And yet you have the nerve to berate me for using boxed stock every so
>> often when I make something worth eating.
>
> Yes I do and will continue to do so. If you really do make homemade
> in your nifty crockpot, I can't believe you would still use boxed or
> canned.
>
> And unlike others, my ramen noodles have just been cooked with
> homemade chicken stock, not water or your boxed dishwater.
>

I wonder if people read about how much fat and salt there is in packages
of flavored "instant" ramen? You can buy uncooked udon noodles which are
not precooked by frying. They only take a few minutes and you can use
dried Hon Dashi or chicken broth as a basis for your Japanese soup.


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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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