Bland lunch today
 

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.

G.

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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.


--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

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"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> 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.
>

yeah, sure. Nice try.

Bland lunch today
 

Gary wrote:
> sf wrote:
>> 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.

Wouldn't "ramen noodles" be a redundancy?
I don't always add that soup packet.
I like ramen, makes a good lunch doctored with veggies and left over
meat. I don't think I've ever eaten it plain as it comes from the
packet. I usually add a couple three cloves of garlic minced, a
couple three celery stalks diced, an onion rough chopped, a small can
'shrooms, and whatever else I can find in the fridge... yesterday I
found the last three slices of turkey from the deli, juliened that,
added a few drops sesame seed oil too, and some grated ginger root I
keep in the freezer. Yesterday I harvested two pretty heads of
cabbage... the whole thing began by slicing a bunch of outter cabbage
leaves like to do coleslaw, simmered long enough to tenderize some,
then began adding the rest in the order of how long each needed
cooking. Oh, added some dried parsley and dillweed too, and freshly
ground white and black peppercorns. Made about 1 1/2 qts... go know
ramen can be gourmet. Ate about half and decided to kick it up a
notch with a glug of soy sauce. I've tried all the ramen flavors over
the years but long ago I decided I only like the regular chicken
one... I buy them by the box of 12.
Harvested Swiss chard today, pretty much all that's left in the
garden, been busy weeding and covering with weed block for winter:
http://i59.tinypic.com/1zgpyya.jpg
Harvested it all, got four baskets like that, but it cooks down to
nothing... I cut out the ribs, dice and freeze, will go well with
ramen. There you can see how I buy ramen.
http://i57.tinypic.com/34gx26s.jpg
My girl is waiting patiently for my garden scraps, sometimes she comes
right up on the deck and looks in to remind me:
http://i58.tinypic.com/2j5fjwz.jpg
http://i60.tinypic.com/24lvok5.jpg
Last week I brush hogged my wildflower meadow, took a good part of the
day to do the 4 acres, when I finished it took another half hour to
wash the schmutz off the tractor, by then the shadows were long and I
was beat:
http://i61.tinypic.com/209ja04.jpg

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On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 13:12:26 -0400, 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.
>
You don't need to believe anything.

> And unlike others, my ramen noodles have just been cooked with
> homemade chicken stock, not water or your boxed dishwater.
>
As if that's going to make those crappy noodles any better.


--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

Bland lunch today
 

On Saturday, September 27, 2014 1:13:39 PM UTC-6, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 13:12:26 -0400, 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.
>
> >
>
> You don't need to believe anything.
>
>
>
> > And unlike others, my ramen noodles have just been cooked with
>
> > homemade chicken stock, not water or your boxed dishwater.
>
> >
>
> As if that's going to make those crappy noodles any better.
>
> Never trust a dog to watch your food.
=================
You two kids do like to FIGHT don't you?
=================

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On 9/27/2014 1:30 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> Gary wrote:
>> sf wrote:
>>> 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.
>
> Wouldn't "ramen noodles" be a redundancy?
> I don't always add that soup packet.
> I like ramen, makes a good lunch doctored with veggies and left over
> meat. I don't think I've ever eaten it plain as it comes from the
> packet. I usually add a couple three cloves of garlic minced, a
> couple three celery stalks diced, an onion rough chopped, a small can
> 'shrooms, and whatever else I can find in the fridge... yesterday I
> found the last three slices of turkey from the deli, juliened that,
> added a few drops sesame seed oil too, and some grated ginger root I
> keep in the freezer. Yesterday I harvested two pretty heads of
> cabbage... the whole thing began by slicing a bunch of outter cabbage
> leaves like to do coleslaw, simmered long enough to tenderize some,
> then began adding the rest in the order of how long each needed
> cooking. Oh, added some dried parsley and dillweed too, and freshly
> ground white and black peppercorns. Made about 1 1/2 qts... go know
> ramen can be gourmet. Ate about half and decided to kick it up a
> notch with a glug of soy sauce. I've tried all the ramen flavors over
> the years but long ago I decided I only like the regular chicken
> one... I buy them by the box of 12.
> Harvested Swiss chard today, pretty much all that's left in the
> garden, been busy weeding and covering with weed block for winter:
> http://i59.tinypic.com/1zgpyya.jpg
> Harvested it all, got four baskets like that, but it cooks down to
> nothing... I cut out the ribs, dice and freeze, will go well with
> ramen. There you can see how I buy ramen.
> http://i57.tinypic.com/34gx26s.jpg
> My girl is waiting patiently for my garden scraps, sometimes she comes
> right up on the deck and looks in to remind me:
> http://i58.tinypic.com/2j5fjwz.jpg
> http://i60.tinypic.com/24lvok5.jpg
> Last week I brush hogged my wildflower meadow, took a good part of the
> day to do the 4 acres, when I finished it took another half hour to
> wash the schmutz off the tractor, by then the shadows were long and I
> was beat:
> http://i61.tinypic.com/209ja04.jpg

We clean off our tractor every time we use it, so I am glad to hear that
other people do the same. It looks so bad after use, and I can not
imagine leaving it like that.

Nice photos, Sheldon.

Becca

Bland lunch today
 

On Saturday, September 27, 2014 12:30:48 PM UTC-6, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> Gary wrote:
>
> > sf wrote:
>
> >> 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.
>
>
>
> Wouldn't "ramen noodles" be a redundancy?
>
> I don't always add that soup packet.
>
> I like ramen, makes a good lunch doctored with veggies and left over
>
> meat. I don't think I've ever eaten it plain as it comes from the
>
> packet. I usually add a couple three cloves of garlic minced, a
>
> couple three celery stalks diced, an onion rough chopped, a small can
>
> 'shrooms, and whatever else I can find in the fridge... yesterday I
>
> found the last three slices of turkey from the deli, juliened that,
>
> added a few drops sesame seed oil too, and some grated ginger root I
>
> keep in the freezer. Yesterday I harvested two pretty heads of
>
> cabbage... the whole thing began by slicing a bunch of outter cabbage
>
> leaves like to do coleslaw, simmered long enough to tenderize some,
>
> then began adding the rest in the order of how long each needed
>
> cooking. Oh, added some dried parsley and dillweed too, and freshly
>
> ground white and black peppercorns. Made about 1 1/2 qts... go know
>
> ramen can be gourmet. Ate about half and decided to kick it up a
>
> notch with a glug of soy sauce. I've tried all the ramen flavors over
>
> the years but long ago I decided I only like the regular chicken
>
> one... I buy them by the box of 12.
>
> Harvested Swiss chard today, pretty much all that's left in the
>
> garden, been busy weeding and covering with weed block for winter:
>
> http://i59.tinypic.com/1zgpyya.jpg
>
> Harvested it all, got four baskets like that, but it cooks down to
>
> nothing... I cut out the ribs, dice and freeze, will go well with
>
> ramen. There you can see how I buy ramen.
>
> http://i57.tinypic.com/34gx26s.jpg
>
> My girl is waiting patiently for my garden scraps, sometimes she comes
>
> right up on the deck and looks in to remind me:
>
> http://i58.tinypic.com/2j5fjwz.jpg
>
> http://i60.tinypic.com/24lvok5.jpg
>
> Last week I brush hogged my wildflower meadow, took a good part of the
>
> day to do the 4 acres, when I finished it took another half hour to
>
> wash the schmutz off the tractor, by then the shadows were long and I
>
> was beat:
>
> http://i61.tinypic.com/209ja04.jpg

Yea, but what a great feeling. Tired from a good day's work and you can look back and see the changes. I love fall. It is the time to reap the summers work and get things ready for the winter shut down. Guess it is just the farm boy in me, even though I live in a city high rise now.
DaleP

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James Silverton wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> 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.

Thats what we do here most of the time. We add miso and other things
to it for a bit of flair.

--

Bland lunch today
 

"James Silverton" > wrote in message
...
> 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.

Even worse are the Yakisoba noodles. Much discussion on those a year or two
ago when they were featured on that Extreme Couponing show. At that point
in time they could be had for free. And people were buying them, hundreds
of packages at a time. A few people on the couponing forum I frequent did
say that they got a free package and split it between the family as a side
dish but that nobody liked the stuff. Too fatty and salty.