So You Have A Stock Of Ramen

[mrjarrell]

As many do, you've stocked ramen. Now what? Boil water, add noodles, stir, eat. That's going to get real old, real fast. Here's what you need ahead of time. Matt has recipes for ramen. Loads of recipes, well beyond the basics. These will make the end of the world somewhat less boring.

The Official Ramen Homepage

As for all those other supplies. Better get some varieties of recipes for them, too.

 

[LEO IN TRAINING]

I love Ramen Noodles and my kids love them, they are the greatest, and cheap food item that you can do alot with, how can you beat 24 or 34 cents each and the big mega pak....

 

[linzal12]

Dont forget some of the flavors also, not just beef and chicken anymore.

 

[jason867]

how long can one of those packages be stored for?

and then safely eaten, of course.

 

[E5RANGER375]

seal it in mylar bags and id say about 10 years

 

[mrjarrell]

how long can one of those packages be stored for?

and then safely eaten, of course.

Ramen noodles in the packages don't store well. Due to their oil content, they will go rancid. Doesn't matter how you store them, they're limited. If you decide to use regular noodles, instead of ramen you'll have a life span similar to all other pastas.

 

[AFA1CY]

This explains a lot!

"Someone sent me this article from MIT about how the 3d representation of the human genome ends up looking like uncooked ramen. "

“It turns out actually that the fractal globule pretty deeply resembles the model of uncooked ramen noodles,” he said. “You can contrast this with the classic polymer structure, which is the arrangement that the noodles take once you’ve cooked them.”

 

[22lr]

Go to walmart and buy some Asian spices and sauces, mix with beef ramen, and enjoy a meal fit for a king. When I was living in the dorms still I would wager a guess that Ramen constituted about 25% of my diet.

Or if your to cheap for that, go to taco bell once a week and load up on the fire sauce, add 1-2 packets per beef ramen, stir and enjoy. I have found that chicken doesn't taste quite right with to much added sauce. However I never tried the others so its hard to say how they would accept the extra flavoring.

 

[JetGirl]

I'd forgotten all about "meals by Ramen"...when I had my first apartment, I probably had more stocked up than all you preppers do now...combined! LOL

One thing was to cook/drain the noodles, toss some oil in a wok...add some peas/corn/onions/carrots (WHATEVER), and toss the noodles and seasoning in. Top it off with garlic teriyaki or whatever you like best. Pretty decent stirfry stuff.

 

[AFA1CY]

You can also add in some Vietnamese fish sauce.

 

[HICKMAN]

we still love Ramen, always have a lot at the house, using it when camping, fishing, hunting... or just a snack.

 

[mrjarrell]

Go to walmart and buy some Asian spices and sauces, mix with beef ramen, and enjoy a meal fit for a king. When I was living in the dorms still I would wager a guess that Ramen constituted about 25% of my diet.

Or if your to cheap for that, go to taco bell once a week and load up on the fire sauce, add 1-2 packets per beef ramen, stir and enjoy. I have found that chicken doesn't taste quite right with to much added sauce. However I never tried the others so its hard to say how they would accept the extra flavoring.

Matt's recipes, (submitted from all over the place) do that and more. It's like a huge online ramen cookbook! Some of the recipes are even jail house recipes. Those convicts can get creative.

 

[Bill B]

MMMM Ramen, MRE cheese and MRE pork patty, dehydrated.....food fit for a GI king.
The key is just the right amount of water to cook the noodles (and reydrate the pork) to make more of a casserole, not soup.
and don't break up the noodles! that causes the flavor to leak out.

 

[grunt soldier]

i just want to comment there is whole web pages dedicated to ramen noodles.

the consensus is that ramen suggest eating them with in six months, but most ppl had no problem eating them in 3-10 years after the expiration date. ramen also said they say six months cause the can become a bit stale and taste stale. nothing was mentioned about them going bad. my buddy has some about 6 years old he is gonna eat tonight just to verify but 100's of people eat them past expiration with no problems. stock up on them and enjoy all the different stuff you can make with them. i usually keep 3 cases in the house lol

 

[caddywhompus]

The good thing about Ramen is that everyone loves it and if you are worried about the expiration date, just rotate it into the kitchen to be eaten and buy some more!

 

[Lex Concord]

Ramen tastes good, but is typically packed with MSG...

Would only eat it again if my life depended on it.

 

[sporter]

Ramen noodles don't store long.

 

[jeremy]

Never boil in beer... It is bad, very very bad....

 

[052.5GT]

Or if your to cheap for that, go to taco bell once a week and load up on the fire sauce, add 1-2 packets per beef ramen, stir and enjoy. I have found that chicken doesn't taste quite right with to much added sauce. However I never tried the others so its hard to say how they would accept the extra flavoring.

I do this with other soups too.

I add the Taco Bell Fire sauce to the Healthy choice chicken noodle soups so that they actually have some flavor. Its been catching on at work now that people see me do it. They try it, and, WOW, the soup is bearable then.

Great tip!

 

[052.5GT]

Ramen tastes good, but is typically packed with MSG...

Would only eat it again if my life depended on it.

It is my opinion that most people just think MSG is bad for you when they havent really looked into it. Most people just hear what everyone else is saying, ie global warming.

I would encourage people to do a little more research about MSG.

The Glutamate Association

Please feel free to shoot back with some other research showing the bad too, be happy to read that too.