On 3/18/2010 4:30 PM, brooklyn1 wrote:

>>
>> Report back to verify that you have learned there is a difference
>> between the instant ramen you eat and real ramen.
>
> So, all you got is gobbledy-gook double-talk... no link... thought so.
>
> Obviously you're not the cannot-tell-a-lie George who chopped down
> that cherry tree. LOL-LOL

Are you trying to more clueless than usual? Let me help out by spoon
feeding you.

1) Newsgroups use a concept called "threads" . An original post starts
the thread and each reply is associated with that post which expands the
thread.

2) You responded to me in this thread and I replied that the link you
wanted could be found in the first post of this thread. Got it so far?
The first link begins the thread and then each successive reply expands
the thread.

3) So in order to find the link you would need to refer to the first
post in the thread, got it so far?


4) I'll help a little and quote the first post (that means I copied the
first post and pasted it below followed surrounded by quotation marks
like this "1st post here" :

"Not all ramen is the INSTANT KIND:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramen
--
Dimitri "

*****Note: the four limes above are a direct quote of the starting post
of this thread*****

5) You'll note that Dimitri has included a URL (sometimes known as a
link) that you can put into your web browser. When you do you will find
that there is a narrative description that is in sync with "my theory"
because whomever wrote it likely visited Japan numerous times as I have
and is just a little bit familiar with it. You will also notice that
Dimitri also made the declaration "Not all ramen is the INSTANT KIND" so
he also seems to know about "my theory"

6) And then we need to ask if it is my theory why was it common
knowledge and available in Wikipedia?

7) One answer might be is that like all of us there are things you know
about and things you don't know about. Clearly you have showed on
numerous times that although you try to be very authoritative about
Asian stuff you really don't know much more than you observed in a
Chinese Restaurant a very long time ago.

"George" wrote
> brooklyn1 wrote:

>>> Report back to verify that you have learned there is a difference
>>> between the instant ramen you eat and real ramen.

>> So, all you got is gobbledy-gook double-talk... no link... thought so.

George, you have the right of it. I'd reply to Sheldon but I suspect I'm in
his kill-file.

My take was 'ramen' was almost a generic name for 'noodle of a thin type'
(udon is the thick ones). Pre-made and dried were popular the same as dried
spagetti noodles are in the western world. What some of the other folks
seem to be referencing is more the sauce that goes *with* the noodles and
there can be a pretty big difference there.

The word 'ramen' was used interchangably in Sasebo for the noodles or the
whole dish. My apologies but I never asked any of my native Japanese
friends if there was a true difference in terms. I only know it was used for
both the noodles and the dish. I do recall seeing 'fresh ramen' someplace
and it seemed to be 'never been dried' noodles but the sauce/soup was the
real difference.