Roman Noodles

[dwerbowy]

<p>the stuff is kind of gross if you don’t drain the soup part. if you ever just let the entire thing settle, like a thick layer of yellow congealed fat just settles on top. REALLY NASTY.</p>

[celebrian25]

<p>I love Ramen, but I’m getting out of shape, and I need to shed some pounds, so I told my mom to stop buying them because I’m unable to eat a smalll quantity because I love them so much.</p>

[redhare317]

<p>I’m Asian, so it’s common to eat even when there are other things to eat. There are even ones that come in cup, but I don’t like those as much. Yes, they are cheap and take about 3 min. to make, but they are high in fat, sodium, carbs, and preservatives. If you can resist, don’t drink the soup after!</p>

[Moni]

<p>Ahhh… Cup o’ Noodles? My sister swears by them, but I only eat the regular Ramen…</p>

[CynthiaR]

<p>Here is an odd question: Can they be cooked in a coffee pot, do you suppose? I love ramen noodles, and I’m not going to be allowed a microwave in my dorm room. I’m sure there are microwaves/kitchens available, but really, what’s the point of ramen noodles if you have to go somewhere to cook them?</p>

<p>I was thinking I could definitely do grilled cheese sandwiches, maybe toast, and cook veggie burgers with an iron–not as if i’d be using it to remove wrinkles from my clothes or anything weird like that.</p>

[dwerbowy]

<p>i think it would totally work. you can probably do it two ways. one, wait for the hot water and then pour it into a bowl with the noodles and then cover and wait. or, just use the coffee pot as the pan/bowl. I wouldn’t recommend that way because the saturated fat would ruin your pot.
or buy cup o noodles.</p>

[sarorah]

<p>Hey I just saw an advertisement for Trix “Whole-Grain” cereal at the top of the page, and they were emphasizing the whole grain part by showing the “NEW Food Guide Pyramid”! Isn’t that interesting. </p>

<p>What about “Lo Mein” at chinese restaurants? Is it made with the same stuff? I figured since there are so many Azns on this board … someone might know the answer.</p>

[bluthunder06]

<p>I’ve made a grilled cheese sandwich with an iron and aluminum foil…</p>

<p>and just use a pot or an insulated thermos with an iron to boil some water…then add the noodles…</p>

[videogamerx2]

<p>

There have been reports of allergies and/or sensitivities to MSG, which has been blamed for causing a wide variety of physical symptoms such as migraines, nausea, digestive upsets, drowsiness, heart palpitations, asthma and myriad other complaints all the way up to anaphylactic shock. “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome” is often used as an example of the symptoms purported to be caused by MSG. A considerable amount of research and testing into MSG allergies has been performed over the past few decades, and the vast majority of controlled studies show no link at all between glutamate in food and any allergic reaction. Critics of the testing believe that the tests were unfairly biased towards finding no result. In particular, they consider a flawed 1993 study in which aspartame was used in the placebo, because aspartame itself has been accused of causing many of the same symptoms as MSG sensitivity in susceptible people. Some researchers have suggested that specific individuals might be hypersensitive to MSG while others are entirely unaffected by it, but no conclusive results have emerged to demonstrate the validity of this hypothesis. While the worries of the general public over the content of MSG in foods reached near hysterical levels in the 1980s, interest in the issue has since almost completely abated and today there is generally very little concern over MSG content of foods.</p>

<p>Nonetheless, there are still some small groups (especially those in alternative medicine) who consider MSG to be a potent neurotoxin which is yielding mass neurological retardation in affected populations. Although glutamate is an excitotoxin if certain neurons are exposed to very high doses, and can be used to produce an obesity syndrome in rats, [4], [5], the idea that it has any comparable effects in its normal use as a food additive is looked upon by mainstream scientists as being pseudoscientific since there is no conclusive scientific data that support the claims.

<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>My biology teacher told me of a story of when he was doing neurological research on rats in college, where part of the brain was disintegrated. The chemical used to “melt away” the brain? MSG.</p>

[ryfrky07]

<p>You could find better things to live on than ramen noodles. Eggs are cheap (75 cents per dozen),and you don’t have to eat the yolk everyday because it contains cholesterol.</p>

<p>Instead of ramen noodles, make real pasta, and a pound of a good brand of pasta can be cheap. San Giorgio costs 69 cents per box. You can be creative with the pasta and make good meals that are cheap.</p>

[HiWei]

<p>I think everybody knows its probably bad for you, but they’re so good, cheap, and convenient that people will eat them anyways.</p>

<p>MMM… Ramen, I feel like having one right now…</p>

<p>:)</p>

[incognita]

<p>THey cause cancer…yeah, all things cause cancer, but deep fried stuff give ou colon cancer…whatever…eat and die early</p>