/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.17214491]

Which one do you choose?

This shit is essential survival food. It’s dirt cheap, lasts for years, and all you need is a pot and a heat source.

[Anonymous No.17214530]

None of them because I'll always have the option of cooking something far better.

[Anonymous No.17214665]

>>17214491
>lasts for years
That's definitely not true. Bagged instant noodles like those only last up to 8 months and get pretty nasty once they start deteriorating.
Not too different from trying to store a bunch of crackers. Dehydrating it makes them last a lot longer than non-instant noodles but they're still subject to decay and mold.

[Anonymous No.17214707]

>>17214491
>lasts for years
That’s a negative, ghost rider.
>>17214665 is essentially correct.

Instant noodles aren’t dried/dehydrated as commonly thought. That was the first thing the original inventors tried and they came out like shit when cooked.
Instead, they’re flash-fried. Hence the fat content.
And that oil content *will* go rancid with time. They’re designed to be cheap; they aren’t processed/packaged for long-term storage.

But to answer your hypothetical, I’d go with chicken flavor, as it’s the one I think I’d be able to go the longest without getting entirely sick of eating in a situation where I was only stuck with one.

[Anonymous No.17215225]

>>17214491
The 35% less sodium beef one because it has the least amount of sodium but tastes the same

[Anonymous No.17215244]

>>17215225
What country can you get this?
>>17214491
Beef or pork but I make broth with unsalted chicken stock

[Anonymous No.17215260]

>>17214491
pricy for how little you get, both in terms of literal volume and otherwise. bad airy poofy packaging causes it to be a bad food to stock for any purpose because even if you have a fucking shed full of these, you'll exhaust it all so fast.

stock rice, other pasta and flour instead.

[Anonymous No.17215282]

>>17215260
Use flour to make your own udon

[Anonymous No.17215290]

>>17214491
>Which one do you choose?
sapporo ichiban

[Anonymous No.17215298]

>>17214491
I don't buy the cheap ramens anymore, but for Maruchan I liked the pork and oriental(fuck the name change faggotry) flavors.

[Anonymous No.17215301]

>>17214491
>>17214530
yea I just buy my own preferred pasta and make my own spice mix with onion and garlic powder and I can have any shapes or noodles or flavors I want any day at all. add a bag of frozen veg and it's better than a restaurant.

[Anonymous No.17215305]

>>17215298
There's this lefty-coded ramen at the store that costs like $5 a cup and it doesn't even have meat flavors. I'm not buying that shit.

[Anonymous No.17215977]

>>17215225
>>17215244
> What country can you get this?
In the USA you can get the 35% less sodium. Countries that use the metric system have the 25% less sodium

[Anonymous No.17215996]

>>17214491
>Roast Beef with BBQ brisket, sesame oil, and green onion

[Anonymous No.17215997]

>>17214491

[Anonymous No.17216012]

>They got rid of oriental and replaced it with soy-sauce, putting the latter in the same blue colored package to trick normies

[Anonymous No.17216058]

>>17214707
I'm sick of having this conversation in every other instant ramen thread, but highly refined vegetable oils are easily shelf stable for 3 to 5 years and still relatively edible for even longer.

[Anonymous No.17216085]

>>17216058
I've had instant noodle packs that have gone bad before. Not just some theoretical concern I read about.
Noodle packs gone bad are easily one of the worst tasting things I've had.

[Anonymous No.17216217]

>>17216012
Isn't it just the same stuff with a new name because calling it "oriental" was racists or some shit?

[Anonymous No.17216219]

>>17214491
Best is chili, followed by pork

[Anonymous No.17216224]

>>17214491
>it’s dirt cheap
I’ll never understand how so many people are stupid enough to fall for this. Even if it’s like 40 cents a pack, for the small amount you get, it’s still cheaper to just buy a bulk 10 kg bag of rice or noodles.
For the same price as a huge bag of rice, you’ll get like 20-25 packs of noodles, which will last 1-2 weeks if you have it every day.

[Anonymous No.17216313]

>>17215977
classic example of ueropean sufferng

[Anonymous No.17216349]

>>17214491
picante chicken was my fav but I never see it at the store anymore
also RIP oriental flavor, replace by onions

[Anonymous No.17216388]

A challenger appears!

[Anonymous No.17216438]

>>17216388
Cups have nothing on packets. Period.

[Anonymous No.17216525]

>>17216058
In their standard state, as in a bottle of oil? Yes. Dispersed throughout a food item they were used to cook? No. At least not without packaging method/materials designed with shelf stability of the food in mind, which you will not find on $0.10 instant noodles.

[Anonymous No.17216538]

>>17216313
Yes they have legislation limiting sodium in products so there's less they can reduce you mong.

[Anonymous No.17216539]

is eating maruchan some kind of iq test? there's way better tasting noodles you can buy and like other people have pointed out they aren't really good value either.

[Anonymous No.17216609]

>>17216539
>>17216224
both of you didnt say an alternative noodle though
so where do i buy bulk ramen noodles

[Anonymous No.17216631]

>>17216609
I like shin BLACKED and samyang meme chicken. I think you can get them at walmart now even.

[Anonymous No.17216859]

Roast chicken is by far the best.

[Anonymous No.17216860]

>>17214491
Oriental. Not fucking "soy sauce"

Pozzed ass modern maruchan

[Anonymous No.17217238]

>>17214491
for me, its shrimp flavor

[Anonymous No.17217271]

WHO CARES, LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj-b3fWrY3w

[Anonymous No.17217286]

Oriental flavor. Fuck "soy sauce". Globohomo bullshit.

[Anonymous No.17217304]

>>17217286
Comes across as true british bullshit, they never got across as America not wanting to be some commonwealth bullshit colony like canada.

[Anonymous No.17217314]

>>17214491
Haven't had these in like a decade, but lime chili shrimp was my favorite, followed by roast chicken.

[Anonymous No.17217320]

behold!

[Anonymous No.17217342]

>>17214491
Soyjack sauce of course

[Anonymous No.17217344]

>>17214491
Superior oriental flavor coming through.

[Anonymous No.17217350]

>>17215225
Do they have this one with Soy sauce flavor in US?

[Anonymous No.17217356]

>>17217342
Fuck off uaeless frog posting cunt.

[Anonymous No.17217360]

>>17214491
>creamy chicken isn't an option
stupid

[Anonymous No.17217361]

>>17217350
Look up kikkoman ramen.

[Anonymous No.17217369]

>>17215305
Imagine /pol/-ing ramen noodles. Especially when Trump died of suicide on Jan 2

[Anonymous No.17217375]

Sriracha chicken maruchan reins supreme. Also packets will always be better than cups. Why the fuck would I pay for cups when I own a bowl?

[Anonymous No.17217376]

>>17214491
>best: all chicken, oriental (soy sauce), mushroom (discon.)
>better: shrimp, beef
>good: pork, chili
ramenheads say creamy chicken is the best of maruchan
buy indomie fried noodles or make steamed rice instead...

[Anonymous No.17217378]

Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing SYDNEY 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2PCBx6s9SY

[Anonymous No.17217392]

>>17216539
Not a good value? Nigga you must be rich because it’s literally starvation food

[Anonymous No.17217393]

Long, long ago, wasn't there a crab flavour? I lived in the US in the mid 90s and I distinctly remember a light blue packet of Maruchan with the words "Crab flavor(sic)" written on it in calm, friendly letters.

[Anonymous No.17217394]

>>17217271
Yeah boyee. Let the good ramen roll

[Anonymous No.17217401]

>>17217356
KYS King Homosexual

[Anonymous No.17217406]

>>17216224
>40c a pack
Whoa there, Daddy Warbucks. Dem shits was 20c a pack preCovid. I doubt they've doubled in price.

[Anonymous No.17217407]

>>17217392
Yeah

[Anonymous No.17217408]

>>17217393
You were wrong. Shrimp was pink

[Anonymous No.17217409]

>>17214491
You will never be able to enjoy this flavor again.

[Anonymous No.17217415]

>>17217407
Tight and delicious just like their women

[Anonymous No.17217417]

>>17217376
They still have mushroom in my area.

[Anonymous No.17217424]

[Anonymous No.17217425]

>>17217408
No, not shrimp. Shrimp tasted like Crab flavor's arsehole. Maybe it was that other brand. I forgot what it's called, but I know you guys have two major instanoodle brands, Maruchan and ___.

[Anonymous No.17217463]

>>17217425
>___
Four chars there, THAI

[Anonymous No.17217491]

>>17217425
Nissin is the other big brand

[Anonymous No.17217495]

>>17216538
>unironically proud of the fact that he is not allowed to make informed decisions about occasionally eating absolutely delicious food

[Anonymous No.17217510]

>>17217495
You come across as a cunt, can't you get a point across?

[Anonymous No.17217522]

>>17217495
It's like someone would need a decoder ring to get through your bullshit.

[Anonymous No.17217544]

>>17214491
I have never had 'roast chicken' flavor. Can anyone describe what its like?

[Anonymous No.17217558]

>>17217544
What are you stupid or something?

[Anonymous No.17217562]

>>17217544
You're either stupid or a troll or both.

[Anonymous No.17217576]

>>17217562
I've only had regular chicken flavor. In what way does roast chicken change the flavor?

[Anonymous No.17217613]

I saw a cute girl with a big fat ass and those flowy tik tok pants picking up a whole crate of chicken ramen. She saw me looking and smirked, in like a "I know you want this" kinda way.

[Anonymous No.17217646]

>>17217613
Bitch got three toes.

[Anonymous No.17217651]

>>17217558
>>17217562
why are people so unnecessarily rude?

[Anonymous No.17217675]

>>17217544
the maruchan roast chicken flavor is a better version of the chicken flavor, though it's nowhere near as good as the creamy chicken flavor

[Anonymous No.17217725]

>>17217510
>>17217522
pretty defensive of your oppression, too bad you don't know how good you could have it
>t. americhad

[Anonymous No.17217734]

>>17217675
I can imagine what creamy chicken would be like. It would be like the chicken flavor except it makes the soup more creamy. But I can't really figure out what flavor 'roasted' is.

[Anonymous No.17217746]

"Oriental" is just 5 spice flavor, "Chinese" flavor is probably more appropriate yet equally inaccurate.

[Anonymous No.17217759]

>>17217651
Shut the fuck up bitch

[Anonymous No.17217786]

ill let you retards on a secret.
this shit is horrible, for almost the same price you can have pic related.

[Anonymous No.17218269]

[Anonymous No.17218274]

[Anonymous No.17218277]

>>17214491

[Anonymous No.17218282]

>>17216438
Did you mean the opposite of how this was written? Genuinely curious.

With a cup, all you need is boiling water and chopsticks. The noodles are chewier too. I think they're better than most of the bricks I've bought.

That said, the bricks that come with dehydrated veg, oil, chili sauce, broth, etc. are obviously superior to the cups that don't come with it, although some do, like the Shin black.

[Anonymous No.17218290]

i don't know the age demographics of this board, but i'm 36 and does anyone else remember maruchan ramen being eight to ten cents a package, depending on the store and sales? you could get 10/$1, a head of cabbage for like twenty cents, a couple bunches of green onion for 50 cents, and a carton of 18 eggs for like $1.50. it was less than $5 out the door.

[Anonymous No.17218316]

https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20211222-myojo-shikkoku-mayu-tonkotsu/

[Anonymous No.17218331]

>>17217786
Even better: Yakisoba - and almost as cheap as Mi Goreng

[Anonymous No.17218339]

Found these Myojo brand in the frozen section of my local supermarket.
Might be some of the best instant ramen I’ve had.

[Anonymous No.17218355]

[Anonymous No.17218456]

>>17217409
Do they still have chicken mushroom?

[Anonymous No.17218468]

>>17217576
Roast chicken > Raw chicken

[Anonymous No.17218469]

>>17214665
Wait. I have packages of ramen I haven't eaten. Some I know are years old. How unsafe would it be to eat them?

[Anonymous No.17218547]

>>17216224
>For the same price as a huge bag of rice, you’ll get
a weevil infestation and significantly more time and effort required to prepare the rice in a way that approximates a microwave noodle bowl with flavor packets included.

[Anonymous No.17218555]

>>17218547
Just throw your rice in the freezer for a week or two, it will be fine.

[Anonymous No.17218560]

>>17218555
Or just buy individually packed instant noodles with simple tear and pour flavor packs included for way less hassle at prices that are still pretty low.

[Anonymous No.17218590]

>>17218560
You act like throwing rice in a freezer and having it sit there is a hassle.

[Anonymous No.17218625]

>>17217746
No it isn't. It's literally just soy sauce, as has been said several times ITT before.

[Anonymous No.17218633]

whats the appeal of shrimp flavour

[Anonymous No.17218689]

>>17218456
I don't think so If i recall it got the cut a few years ago.

[Anonymous No.17218693]

>>17215997
This ruined Maruchan for me. The Shin Black is far and away the best instant noodle I've ever had. Maruchan might as well be plastic as far as flavor goes compared to this.

[Anonymous No.17218701]

>>17218277
top ramen’s kinda bad

[Anonymous No.17218702]

>>17216224
Decided to to the math. The packs of ramen tend to be 25 cents around me. I don't buy it often so it may be cheaper with some bulk options. The 20 pound bag of Wal-Mart brand rice is around $10. I don't like that brand and usually get a more expensive Thai jasmine rice, but that would only be relevant if we were talking about Shin or another brand. One cup of rice is an equivalent to one pack of noodles and a quick Google search says there are 2.5 cups in a pound of rice. So 50 meals in that 20 pound bag. 20 cents per meal, making it 5 cents cheaper than the ramen without any seasoning or broth. If you can find the noodles for 20 cents like some people in this thread have claimed it's the same price.

[Anonymous No.17218703]

>>17218633
it’s just something different, and it seems less salty to me

[Anonymous No.17218716]

>>17218625
Soy sauce and beef extract, according to the ingredient list.

[Anonymous No.17218717]

>>17218277
>tfw can't find the gold anymore

[Anonymous No.17218723]

>>17215977
Meetercucks lose again

[Anonymous No.17218852]

>>17217393
there is a crab flavor still, i just found some at a grocery store called Fresh Thyme. smells like fish but tastes slightly savory and coastal

[Anonymous No.17218935]

I add real lobster meat to this and it’s delicious

[Anonymous No.17219549]

>>17217344
They stopped making oriental flavor in favor of the soy sauce flavor years ago anon, it wasn't your fault... you must move on
Apparently oriental had animal products in it and hippies ruined it (like usual) by asking for it to be strictly shoyu

[Anonymous No.17219656]

>>17218290
Inflation is a cunt, mate. I distinctly remember paying a dime a pack for ramen, now you're lucky to get it for FOUR TO FIVE TIMES that price.

[Anonymous No.17219740]

I had some soy sauce flavored ones when I was hungover on new years day and the noodles tasted like chemicals and stale enriched flour. Broth was ok.

[Anonymous No.17219871]

>>17217409
Was this good?

[Anonymous No.17220182]

>>17218290
If it makes you feel better, Zima is available forever in glorious Nippon.

[Anonymous No.17220214]

>>17214707
In a survival situation it wouldn't matter what flavor it was because you'd be better off using the flavor packet as salt for preservation and just eating the noodles dry.

[Anonymous No.17220225]

>>17214491
any of the chicken ones. i don't think i'd like it, but it'd remind me of my childhood when my mom would make me chicken ramen after school and i'd eat it up.

[Anonymous No.17220494]

>>17218717
I'd never even seen it. I like the Nissin Raoh, though. It's very good. Not as good as LKK, which is the very best of the ramen soup thingies. Sadly, however, you can only make like 4-6 servings of it at once rather than just a single go.

[Anonymous No.17221120]

>>17218290
thank Nixon

[Anonymous No.17221155]

>>17220494
I've only seen the miso. I think the broth comes out a lot better because it wasn't just a powder. Not sure what the soy sauce one would be like. Trying to buy this stuff online is highway robbery. Time to just send a billion emails to Maruchan.

[Anonymous No.17221165]

>>17215997
I can usually handle hot food perfectly fine and found this to be a nice heat level but it turned my ass into the Brownstone supervolcano for the next day, it was like shooting an infinite stream of liquid hot magma out of my ass. Never again...

[Anonymous No.17221199]

>>17215997
The best shit. When I feel like a slob. Always add an egg, chives and soy.

[Anonymous No.17221213]

>>17218852
What brand of ramen was it?

[Anonymous No.17221216]

>>17215997
I find it really kinda bland. Same with the Buldak one. It's hot, sure, but that's about it. I'd rather eat one that actually tastes nice and not just like spicy nothing.
The Nissin Raoh mentioned earlier is good. Paldo's gomtang in the golden packet is also good. Akshully, my favourite of the Korean noodles, IMO, is probably Nognshim's gamjatang. Haven't seen it in a while, though.

[Anonymous No.17221277]

>>17216859
Patrician taste.

[Anonymous No.17222707]

>>17216219
>chili
this

[Anonymous No.17223020]

>>17217350
It's called "oriental" here

[Anonymous No.17223098]

>>17223020
That’s been gone for a while, friend.

[Anonymous No.17223375]

>>17214491
>SHRIMP

[Anonymous No.17223383]

>>17214491
>no penis pot pie flavor
Hard pass.

[Anonymous No.17223386]

>>17215997
I'll never understand why this is shilled so hard everywhere. The noodles are average to decent but the broth is exactly the same bland shit as any cheap 10 cent ramen

[Anonymous No.17223560]

>>17223386
Honestly all Korean instant noodles are pretty much the same and shin is just like the top ramen or maruchan brands for Korea where it just happens to be the most famous one that's stocked everywhere.
It's not bad, but it isn't exceptional either. It's your standard spicy Korean noodle pack.

[Anonymous No.17223654]

>>17223560
No. Gamjatang was heads and shoulders above all other Nongshim flavours I've had. Why did it have to disappear? WHY?!