Is ramen THAT bad for you?

[DannPM]

I actually ate porterhouse steak throughout college and now occasionally have a cheddar-cheese ramen cup as a treat. I live the backwards life.

[Mdenatale]

Ive never been able to grasp the way other ppl cook ramen. Granted its been well over a decade since ive ate it much, but i did regularly as a kid growing up.

I see ppl dumping the pack of noodles in a pan of water whole, when its cooked, just dump powder in... how can they tolerate that... disgusting...

First off, i have always crushed up the noodles into chucks. I don't need some 12 foot long noodle stand. Secondly, and the part i most never understood, was i RINSE it. Its a pasta. To me pasta gets rinsed. Just like when you make spaghetti in boiling water, you rinse it afterwards! THEN you fill it with just a little bit of water. Not so little that's its practically dry, but no so much it like a massive broth in chicken soup or anything. Just a little bit. Then i add the packets. The small but right amount of water ensures that its not dry, but not so much that the flavor is so deluded that its a waste. - When i see ppl poor packets into a full pan of water after cooking it makes me cringe. I cant even watch ppl eat it like that.

Do you read directions? lol. No need to rinse pasta unless you are making a cold salad. My Italian grandmother would be calling you some choice names for rinsing spaghetti. As for ramen, one pack is supposed to get exactly 2 cups of water. That way when you add the flavor packet you get an appropriate broth. If you want to add a little something to the ramen you can add a slice of cheese or and egg. That was the way it was serve when I lived in Korea.

[Dominionofgod]

condensed soup also says to add more water, but i find that disgusting too. Deludes the flavor to much. - 2 cups of water is waaay to much for ramen imo. (not that i ever took a measuring cup out to see when i was a kid)

She can call me what ever she pleases. I find unrinsed spaghetti to be fairly nasty. Even more so with ramen.

[alk88]

It's been 6 years...OP probably died of sodium poisoning from all the ramen by now.

Good advice, just dont use all the seasoning, i ate ramen until 1 week before my last comp and i looked great, drink more water if your worried about the sodium

[alk88]

condensed soup also says to add more water, but i find that disgusting too. Deludes the flavor to much. - 2 cups of water is waaay to much for ramen imo. (not that i ever took a measuring cup out to see when i was a kid)

She can call me what ever she pleases. I find unrinsed spaghetti to be fairly nasty. Even more so with ramen.

I like how there are sooo many ways to cook it and they all make it taste different, i just cant believe i found a thread on bb.com about ramen lmao

[DannPM]

i ate ramen until 1 week before my last comp and i looked great...

[Robbyj1]

sodium, like you stated is one of the biggest problems. i have heard that freshly cooked ramen, from like a ramen bar is better for you.