Ramen Party

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Apr 042013
 

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Ramen Party is a cartoon collection of characters based on the ingredients in a bowl of ramen. This is a small teaser video for a planned series of videos that will introduce young kids to “hip trends”. It’s basically a teaser video for ramen based educational websites and games for kids. The site, indiegogo, is a crowd-funding site, similar to kickstarter, where the creators of the concept accept donations so that they can pursue the concept further. Early funders of this concept get some pretty cool schwag, like trading cards, a tote bag, and even your very own character.

Rather than me rambling on, I highly recommend you just go check it out, the video is cool and so is the concept. A blurb from the site:

Ramen Party is a collection of characters that introduces preschool children (and their parents) to hip trends in culture, music and food.

We’ve created six characters based on ingredients found in traditional Japanese ramen. Each of them have a distinct musical theme that matches their quirky personaliities, and when you mix them together, you create a catchy tune! Let us introduce them to you…

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Some of the plush ramen characters

Truffled Sour Cream Ramen

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Jan 282013
 

Paul a fellow UMR/MS*&T alum, sent me this gem. It’s so simple, but so fancy.

    Ingredients

  • 1 bag of beef ramen
  • 1 heaping tablespoon of sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon of white truffle oil

Cook the noodles as instructed by adding them to boiling water for 3 minutes. Drain all of the water with the exception of approximately 1 tablespoon of water. Next add the remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly. Enjoy.

Paul notes that the sour cream, beef flavoring, and truffle oil really give it a very heavy umami taste.

Personally, I don’t like sour cream that much, but I’ve found more and more than when it’s mixed in to things it tastes good. Just don’t put a big spoonful on top of my nachos.

Moundsville Prison Break

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Dec 272012
 

Kevin sent me this variation on the standard “Break” recipe, taken made by the inmates at the Northern Correctional Facility in Moundsville, WV. Moundsville is a dreary town as I remember it and I bet the prison isn’t much better. He says, “the prison’s inmate store sold all of the ingredients. Sometimes upwards of six or seven inmates would contribute an ingredient so all could enjoy a good, filling meal, with a small investment. Since we weren’t allowed knives, we used the pull-top can lids to dice the cheese and pepperoni. It was a hard job and your hand would be cramping toward the end.”

This recipe makes two decent sized portions, or one for a big eater. Double recipe for more portions.

    Ingredients

  • 1 bag of Ramen noodles, beef flavor preferred, but chicken will do
  • 1 can of chili with beans (we used Castleberry’s brand, individual size. You can also substitute a can of beef stew)
  • 1/4 to 1/3 stick of pepperoni, diced (which can be bought already diced on the street)
  • 1/2 cup of diced Longhorn or Cheddar cheese (about 1 cup shredded on the street)
  • 1 deli pickle, diced (optional)
  • 1 small onion, diced (optional)
  • Salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste

Follow the microwave instruction on pack using whole flavor pack, but crumble noodles. Drain excess water from noodles when done. In a separate bowl, microwave the diced pepperoni on several layers of paper towels for a minute at a time and stir between heating, to cook off the grease. This makes the pepperoni crunchy, but don’t cook it too long or it will burn. Heat chili (or beef stew) for two minutes and stir in diced cheese. Stir in cheese and heat longer to melt cheese if needed. Pour all ingredients into a big bowl (sometimes a trash bag was used if it was a big break) and mix well. Serve with sliced bread or crackers.

Videos on How to Make 10 Different Recipes

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Aug 282012
 

Most people are visual about food, for example, I almost always end up picking something off the menu that there is a picture of. Even better are pictures in recipe books, and topping that are videos of recipes. The Huffington Post has a slideshow and series of videos on how to make some good (and some bad) ramen recipes. My personal favorite from this list is the Kimchi Ramen Grilled Cheese Sandwich and the Asian-Style Ramen Noodle Pancakes. For the videos, the Ramen with Peanut Butter is my favorite, peanut butter and sesame oil are a good and cheap ingredient to add to your noodles.

Slideshow and Videos

Update: Hans at the RamenRater has modified the kimchi grilled cheese ramen recipe some, here’s his version.

Robot Chef Army Makes Noodles by Slicing Them (video)

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Aug 202012
 

Chinese restaurateur and chef Cui Runguan is selling robots that can hand slice noodles into a pot of boiling water called the “Chef Cui”. I’ve never seen noodles made this way, only spun and sliced and stretched, so this is interesting. The video mentions a “windshield wiper” motion, which is apparent as you watch the slicer move back and forth. Also interesting to note, I could hire a chef in China for $4700 per year! I’ve posted about noodle bots here before, but this one is a bit different in that it’s just slicing the noodles into boiling water.

Check out the full story here.

Video:

Wolf Chili Tex-Mex Ramen

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Aug 062012
 

Sandra writes in with this interesting recipe. First of all, I didn’t know that canned tamales existed. I’d never even had a tamale until I was about 25 and living in Texas and I found that I really like them, the canned ones though? Who knows. I do like Wolf Brand Chili. I highly advise you to not real the nutrition label on either can.

  • 4 pkg Ramen noodles (no seasoning packets)
  • 1 15 oz can of Wolf Brand Chili
  • 1 15 oz can of Hormel canned tamales
  • grated cheddar cheese

Open chili and tamales. Remove paper from tamales add the tamales and chili to a saucepan. Heat them together, slowly. Cook ramen noodles until done and drain. Pour chili and tamales over ramen and add the cheese. Stir together and serve. Makes enough for 4 people.

Sandra notes: Sounds bad, looks worse, tastes great.

Review: Ottogi Kiss Myon

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Jun 252012
 

I was pretty excited to try this new Korean ramen from orderramen.com. The Ottogi Kiss Myon is a spicy, brothy, chicken flavor which I found really lived up to the description. First, I cooked this one exactly 3 minutes as the website recommends, not the usual 4 or longer for other “gourmet” noodles. I found the broth to be rich and flavorful, it was not a thin watery broth, it was hearty and full flavored. The spice level was enough to keep me interested, but not eye watering. The noodles themselves were a great texture, but be careful not to cook too long, I think these were thinner than usual. I think this would be a great one to add green onions or thin sliced carrots to, in order to bulk up the dehydrated vegetables, and perhaps an egg too.

As you know, I don’t do star ratings here, that’s for the RamenRater, he gave it 3.75/5 stars.

How My Mom Eats Ramen – Strangely

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May 292012
 

My mom is from the south (technically I am to, but I left when I was 17), and so she has Southern manners. So, when presented with a super hot bowl of soup and given a pair of chopsticks and a soup spoon, she wasn’t sure how to get the noodles into her mouth. I picked up the noodles, waited a few seconds for them to cool and them slurped them into my mouth. My mom, refusing to slurp, put them on a side plate until they cooled and them pushed them onto the spoon. These were the thick udon noodles, my favorite kind, served with vegetables, seafood, and an egg in a pork and seafood broth. The net result is that I don’t think she’ll order noodles with me again.

I’m sure there’s a worse way to eat the noodles, in a restaurant I mean, can you come up with a better one?

RamenRater’s Top 10 Noodle Bowls

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Apr 152012
 

Hans over at the RamenRater did a Top 10 instant noodle bowls in the world. In general, I prefer the brick to the bowl, but when I’m in a hurry, the bowl wins every time. After looking at his list, I’ve only had one bowl on the list, #5, and it is pretty damn good, like everything Nong Shim makes. I’ll have to take Hans’ word on the rest. Has anyone on the list tried any of these other ones?

If you missed it in February, this list is a follow-up to the Top 10 instant noodles of all time, which does not include any bowls.

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