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This recipe sounds awesome. For anyone who likes chorizo, it might be good in this dish. Personally, I don’t like chorizo, but I know lots of people who do. Also did you know that the dictionary in Firefox doesn’t think that chorizo is a word? It is recommending chorister, now there’s a word you use everday!

Submitted By: Michael Boyle
Submitted From: Pennsylvania

Ingredients
• 2 packages of Ramen Chicken (or Chili) Flavor
• 1/4 cup (half medium onion) of onion, diced
• 1/2 cup of green peppers, sliced or diced
• 1/2 cup of green peas
• 2-3 links (appx 1 pound) of cooked and sliced sweet (or hot) Italian sausage
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic (fresh preferable)
• 1 can of Ro*Tel Original diced tomatoes with green chili peppers.

Cook the sausage (Grilled Wegman’s Sweet Italian tastes great!), slice after cooking and set aside.
Cut and saute onion and garlic in a pan. Pour the liquid only from the Ro*Tel diced tomatoes into a pot, and add 2.5 cups of water and flavor packets. Boil the water. Place noodles in pot with onion, garlic, peas, peppers. Cook until noodles are soft. Transfer to serving bowl, add diced tomatoes and sausage – TOSS!
Voila…Just hot enough to maybe make you sweat. Substitute regular diced tomatoes for a less spicy rendition.

Did you know that the Internets existed in 1996? The did, but not quite like they do now. I recently found a CD-ROM from JapanOnline in my desk. They used some of my recipes for a CD that they made in 1996. I can’t seem to run or install it on my XP machine as it’s for “Mac or Windows 95″, I even tried compatibility mode.

Unfortunately all the text is in Japanese, but I did find this gem, my entire website from my time at UMR/MST, including some of the TJ 8 South webpage.

Did you know that the Internets used to look like this?

Not shown on the screen-cap is some “breaking news” that I had added a mirror copy of the recipe page that was black text on a white background so printers didn’t have to print the yellow on black.

If anyone can give me a link to some product info that would be great, the bar code/ISBN? number is: 4 516662 003045

You know when it’s 7:30 pm and you realize you have no food in your house? That happened tonight and I didn’t have any ramen either. I need to buy more at the store tomorrow, and I’m thinking some Picante Beef would be the best choice, any other ideas?

(I ended up eating oatmeal, Triscuits, and a peach instead…)

The Ramen Girl released on DVD this weekend. Has anyone seen it? It doesn’t fit in my mental model of the normal type of movies that Brittany Murphy does, but it has potential.

I’ve been to Charlotte a few times but only to change planes in the airport. The airport has some nice rocking chairs to relax in and enjoy a nice bowl of ramen, if you cooked it and brought it with you… This recipe has sriracha and eggs, which makes it an instant classic for me. This recipe is also a variation of what I showed 9 News when they interviewed me.

Ramen noodles can be a main dish

This one is so simple and so tasty. The twist of lime really adds an interesting kick too.

Submitted By: RamenRyan

Submitted From: Chicago,IL

Ingredients
• Maruchan chili ramen
• chopped green onion
• finely chopped cilantro
• pinch of garlic powder
• pinch of red pepper or cayenne
• lime (optional)

Prepare ramen and strain, leaving just enough moisture so that chili packet, garlic powder and red pepper will dissolve (a couple tablespoons approximately). Place half of the dry mixture at the bottom of serving bowl before ramen noodles are completed. Throw in ramen noodles, and other half of dry mixture on top and mix. Garnish with green onion and cilantro and sprinkle fresh lime juice to taste (not too much, lime can overwhelm). Your taste buds will thank you.

I’ve never had a porcini mushroom, but I do like shitakes and regular button mushrooms on occasion. One of the best pizzas I ever ate was a pepperoni and marinaded shitake mushroom pizza.

Submitted By: Wojtek
Submitted From: Toronto, Canada

Ingredients
• 1 packet of ramen (beef flavour)
• 3 slices of dried porcini mushrooms
• 1/2 tsp of Hoisin sauce
• 1 green onion
• 1/2 tsp of garlic/chili sauce
• 1/4 tsp of sesame oil

Chop green onion on angle and separate white from green parts. Bring water to a boil according to packet recipe. Add mushrooms, let simmer until soft (2-3 mins). Add noodles, Hoisin, flavour packet, garlic chili sauce and white part of green onions — simmer until noodles are desired softness. Add sesame oil and green part of onions — remove from heat. Let stand for a minute or two. Absorb wonderful aroma.

Also try with substituting fresh cilantro for green onions; quite a different experience.

I just finished reading “The Ramen King and I: How the Inventor of Instant Noodles Fixed My Love Life” by Andy Raskin.

I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from this book when I started, I mean, I know Momofuku Ando was a great man, but could he fix someone’s love life? Based on the first few chapters, Momofuku has his work cut out for him. Andy seems to have at least two relationships going on at any given time and is not happy about it (I use the term relationships very loosely here). Andy decides that he will follow the motto of an older Japanese TV show and shout out “I want to…” and follow what comes next. In this case, what comes next is “meet Momofuku Ando and make instant ramen with him”. I won’t spoil the book by giving away the rest of the story, but this book is a fun read. Andy’s writing style is humorous and interesting, and I also enjoyed the sprinklings of Momofuku’s biography throughout. Last night I stayed up past midnight reading despite having to get up early this morning and that is the mark of a good book in my opinion.

The Ramen King and I by Andy Raskin will be released today, May 7. I recommend you pick up a copy and maybe even use the Amazon.com button on this site to do so!

In addition to inventing instant ramen noodles, Momofuku Ando was also a prolific writer of wisdom and sayings. Thanks to the magic of the internet, you can now get “ramen advice”, which will answer your questions and solve your problems using advice from Momofuku Ando.

Ramen Advice

Here’s a sample piece of wisdom…

Dear Momofuku,
Do you have any advice for how my family can handle all of their financial troubles?
–Strapped

Dear Strapped,
Momofuku Ando lost everything, save his home, when he was 47 years old. He felt that it was the worst moment of his life, and arguably it was. I can’t presume to know the difficulties your family is facing, but I hope it is some comfort that the experience led Momofuku to instant ramen. He once said, “Behind every valley, a grand mountain awaits.”

Bacon makes everything better and this detailed recipe is no exception.

Submitted By: Kevin

Submitted From: Suffolk, VA

Ingredients
• 4 strips of bacon
• 2 packages Ramen (no specific flavor)
• Salt
• Pepper
• Red pepper flakes
• Soy Sauce
• 1 large egg

Requires the following implements: spatula/turner, non-stick pan, medium-sized pot, Large bowl filled with water and ice, strainer or colander

Before beginning the recipe, fill large bowl with cold water. Toss a lot of ice into the bowl. We want the water to cool quickly.

1. Begin by cutting the strips of bacon into 1/4 inch pieces. Place bacon into non-stick pan and let cook on medium-low heat. We want to let it cook slowly while we wait for the water to boil.
2. Fill a decent-sized pot with water until it’s about 2/3 full. Let it get to a boil.
3. While water is boiling, add pepper to bacon if desired.
4. As the water begins to boil, open the packs of ramen and throw the spice packets into a drawer for later use. Toss the ramen in the boiling water. Let cook for about 3 minutes.
5. You’ll notice the ramen is finished cooking when it gets golden-yellow and the noodles separate. Remove the ice from the bowl of water and ice. Grab the colander and quickly drain the noodles. Immediately after all the water is drained, pour the noodles into the bowl of cold water. Stir the noodles with your hands until they are cold.
6. By now the bacon should be finished cooking. Keep the grease in the pan. It’s going to coat the noodles. Drain the noodles with the strainer from earlier. Once drained, move the noodles to the pan with the bacon.
7. Turn the stove up to medium-high heat. Season noodles and bacon with pepper and salt if desired. Stir and turn regularly.
8. After cooking for a minute or two, pour soy sauce into pan. Continue stirring, mixing everything together. Spice with red pepper flakes. After a couple more minutes on the stove, add more soy sauce if needed. 9. Move noodles to one half of the pan. Take 1 egg and crack it over the side of the pan, and let it fall into the empty half of the pan. Mix egg in pan and let it cook for a minute or two. Cut up the egg and stir in with the rest of the pan’s contents.
9. Continue cooking and turning for 3 or 4 more minutes.
10. Empty into bowl and enjoy.