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MSG might be a neurotoxin.(google it!) Ramen noodles have high levels of MSG. They are not good for you, and have no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
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Actually, I'm pretty sure that the flavor packets have high levels of MSG. I don't think the noodles themselves are guilty of this.
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quote:Originally posted by Maria: Ramen noodles have high levels of MSG. They are not good for you, and have no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
I don't know, Maria...being delicious is a pretty redeeming quality to me.
Seriously, though, if I'm not mistaken, there is no conclusive evidence that MSG is bad for you. The only reason why cheap Chinese restaurants put big "NO MSG" signs up is that a lot of people are allergic to it. I could be completely wrong on this.
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Omit the flavor packet, dose with oluve oil, red wine vinegar, and parmesan cheese.
or, mongolian fire oil, soy sauce, ginger, and frozen veggies.
But I must confess that I haven't eaten ramen since college. Found a dead mealworm in a package, and it kind of put me off them.
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When I was on the South Beach Diet for awhile, MSG was forbidden. Isn't it basically a processed something from the sugar beet? (I don't have time to google it sorry but that's what I remember)
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Yeah, I just did that google search, and most of the hits that show up (like the one from the FDA) say something along the lines of "MSG and related substances are safe food ingredients for most people when eaten at customary levels."
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Like a few others here, I'll eat the noodles raw and crushed most of the time. The other times I actually cook it. Nothing special with it. After all, if I had the money to add little special things into it, why am I eating Ramen?
I have to eat it more or less. Only thing cheap enough to fit in my current budget. BJ's has the boxes of Ramen (36 in a box) going for about 3 bucks.
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One of my teenagers started having memory problems when she was eating a ramen noodle thing a day during the summer, and I eventually got a book on the MSG controversy, and although I'm not totally convinced it's as bad as they make it sound, the book made me wary enough that I avoid things that have high levels of MSG, and certainly don't get them for my kids any more. However much they beg!
Lots of stuff has MSG in it, it's almost impossible to completely avoid. It's really just the massive levels in some products that worry me.
And the dead meal worms some of you found in the noodles just indicates to me that the noodle side doesn't have enough nutrition in it to keep a bug alive! Posts: 18 | Registered: Feb 2006
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Was he even sure it was dead, could it have been in a weird molting phase? I used to purposefully keep live mealworms in my fridge.
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The mealworm in question was either entirely dessicated, or had actually been through the noodle-frying process. I'm *quite* sure it was dead.
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quote:Originally posted by Noemon: RRR, I prefer rice noodles as well (although my absolute favorite is bean thread noodles). Those Thai Kitchen varieties are hidiously overpriced though. Go to a local Asian grocery store and get some rice noodle based instant soups there, that's my advice. Among my favorites are:
Rice Vermicelli: Clear Soup (second row, first packet)
The $3.50 is for four of those packets, so it's only around 88 cents per packet. I was surprised at the price, too, until I noticed the small print about that being the price for four rather than one. Thanks for the recommendations, though. I'll have to go to the store this weekend and see what I can find.
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While we're on the subject of cheap asian foods, Korean snack foods are AWESOME. And they have those really neat plum candies at the store I go to, too.
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The battered fried peas are pretty tasty. I haven't had the plum candies though. You don't happen to remember their name do you?
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Since I don't speak or read Korean, no... The English translation just says "Plum Candies". It has pictures of plums and plum blossoms on a white bag, if that helps.
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This thread has done it. My late-night craving concoction tonight is: a package of ramen (noodles broken just in half) with about 1 cup of water (half the amount called for) and about a cup of frozen broccoli, with a splash of vinegar (for both flavor and color) in the microwave (covered.) When it's cooked, I'll add some soy sauce, a little Worchestershire (out of Nam Pla), a bit of sugar, and maybe a sprinkle, just a sprinkle, of the spicy seasoning from the packet (that's the flavor on this one: "spicy".) Maybe not. Maybe I'll go with some other flavoring instead.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to it. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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ok, so maybe how you eat ramen noodles doesn't say that much about you. or maybe it does. it may say how much of a health nut you are, or how much money you have, or how lazy or creative you are, or how familiar you are with obscure spices and asian food-stuffs. or maybe not.
i really dig the egg idea, i don't know why i haven't thought of that. next time.
sometimes i'll make 2 bags, drain, add a can of cream of mushroom and a can of tuna and mix well. good god thats yummy.
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I do...or at least I did at one time. I assume you are referring to ja-du candy. I love kwa-ja!!!!
"Kwa-ja" means junk food. In Konglish it is usually used to refer to Korean junk food--which is AWSOME. I miss it. I am a fan of strawberry french pies, choco-pies , and peperos.
My favorite candy is a chocolate ring chip thingy that I can't find a picture of.
EDIT: I should point out that "kwa-ja" means junk food like chips, biscuits, and other snack food. It doesn't refer to fast food or any type of junk meal. Hmm...maybe "snack food" is a better translation.
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I don't like the choco-pies much, but I'm a big fan of peperos! When I was little I used to trade my fruit snacks for shrimp fries. (Of course, I outgrew my taste for seafood at about age 10, so not a big fan anymore.)
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Two things I never aquired a taste for are rose flavored gum and amy sea food flavored fries. For those who have not had them, we are talking about fungion type chips that are either shrimp, crab, or fish flavored.
Seriously...rose and perfumed flavored gum? Who came up with that idea? Posts: 2445 | Registered: Oct 2004
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Well, since rose water is a popular ingredient in pastries, sweets, and desserts in several parts of the world, it makes sense to me.
I like rose-flavored candy, personally. And I cook with rose water sometimes, too. But then, I was caught young. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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One month last year I went through a phase of eating raw ramen with smooth peanut butter spread over it. I ate a LOT of ramen that way. I've never craved it since...
Now I tend to either have my ramen bland, with just enough water to cook the noodles, or as more of a soup mixture, with frozen vegis, meatballs, and lots of spices and hot sauce mixed in.
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quote:So people say that your favorite Beatle or Ninja Turtle says a lot about you. So i figure, the way you eat Ramen Noodles may say a lot about you too.
Is there anyone who is qualified to go back and analyze the personalities of those who posted how they eat Raman noodles?
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