dsi1 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 9/27/2014 5:59 AM, 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.
> >
> > G.
> >
>
> You're going to continue to have bland, boring, lunches if you stick
> with these noodles. Get yourself some Nong Shim Bowl Noodle - Kimchi
> flavor. This will bring some excitement back into your lunch.
>
> Unfortunately, the American version is tamed down for stateside folks
> but it'll still set you a'cryin'.

Actually they can be dressed up quite nicely. Add chopped green onion,
spinach, swirl in a raw egg to cook in the broth (or a chopped cooked
one), mushrooms. Good place for a bit of suriname or leftover shrimp.
Pan fry a little garlic to golden and add that.

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