How to add stuff to Ramen Noodles?

Ron G said:

Hi--
I spotted a program on the cooking channel about using the Ramen noodle
packages, and adding other stuff to it.
Unfortunately, it was just going on to another subject.
Being an absolutely beginner cook, did anyone see it, or have any
suggestions to pass along?

Thanks---
Ron

Hi Ron,

I didn't see the show, but I like to cook the noodles and season with
the packet, then drain all of the liquid off. I toss in a few small
frozen shrimp (the hot noodles will thaw and heat them), some low-salt
soy sauce (Kikkoman) and a little sesame oil.

Sliced green onions or chives are also nice additions. You can add
pieces of any kind of leftover meat.

I once worked in a Chinese restaurant where they served yetcamein soup.
The noodles were very similar to ramen noodles. They put quartered
hard boiled eggs on top, along with thinly sliced strips of chicken and
sliced green onions. Pretty good stuff!

Have fun!
Carol

Ron G said:

Hi--
I spotted a program on the cooking channel about using the Ramen noodle
packages, and adding other stuff to it.
Unfortunately, it was just going on to another subject.
Being an absolutely beginner cook, did anyone see it, or have any
suggestions to pass along?

Oh, really good try, but I suspect we're tired .... -aem

Carol Damsel Peterson said:

Ron G said:

Hi--
I spotted a program on the cooking channel about using the Ramen noodle
packages, and adding other stuff to it.
Unfortunately, it was just going on to another subject.
Being an absolutely beginner cook, did anyone see it, or have any
suggestions to pass along?

Thanks---
Ron

Hi Ron,

I didn't see the show, but I like to cook the noodles and season with
the packet, then drain all of the liquid off. I toss in a few small
frozen shrimp (the hot noodles will thaw and heat them), some low-salt
soy sauce (Kikkoman) and a little sesame oil.

Sliced green onions or chives are also nice additions. You can add
pieces of any kind of leftover meat.

I once worked in a Chinese restaurant where they served yetcamein soup.
The noodles were very similar to ramen noodles. They put quartered
hard boiled eggs on top, along with thinly sliced strips of chicken and
sliced green onions. Pretty good stuff!

You mean "Yatka Mein"... excellent, impressive... my favorite Chinese
restaurant soup. The yatka mein noodles are not quite ramen, they're
very long and straight with a square cross section and they are not
fried, they are more like soba. Typically yatka mein is a meal in of
itself, a large tureen is served of stock the same as wanton soup stock
but with an immense quantity of yatka mein noodles, I'd say equal to
about the result of cooking a third of a pound of pasta. Then
depending on which one you order there are veggies, and meat... pork,
or chicken are typical, but the House Special Yatka Mein will contain
not only the veggies and the pork and chicken it'll contain shrimp and
lobster meat too. I haven't seen yatka mein on a menu in many years...
last time I ordered it was at an ancient Brooklyn landmark restaurant,
Ave. P. & E. 2nd St.... changed names many times over the years but was
a frequent photo OP in NYC newpapers for some 50 years because it was
the third of a trio of adjacent stores, an Italian butcher, a Pizzeria,
and the Chinese Restaurant ocupied that same corner for all those
years. Can't remember how many times I ate at that Chinese restaurant,
gotta be thousands... in those days dishes were served steaming hot
under a stainless steel domed lid... a huge tureen of House Special
Yatka Mein cost 35¢, was really a meal for two. A large order of
spare ribs was 25¢, an egg roll was a dime. When I went with my
mother I'd treat her to the House Special Yatka Mein, the large spare
ribs, and we'd each have an egg roll... a $1 with the tip. Oh, and
yatka mein was considered a full meal so it included dessert, and since
we were steady customers we got a dessert each; vanilla ice cream
topped with kumquats was our favorite, came with fortune cookies of
course. Sometimes we'd spring for a 10¢ bag of lychee nuts on the way
out to eat on the walk home. Hey, when you're 12 years old you can
treat your mother to dinner.

Today's kids really suck, they can be forty years old and have never
treated their mother to even a cup of coffee, in fact they still live
at home and sponge off their parents... can't tell you how many of
these elder abuse culprits I've met, and still do... any [censored] (male
or female) over 21 still lives with their parents (for any reason
whatsoever) needs to be committed (friggin' useless [censored] would do
the world better as road kill).

Sheldon

Sheldon said:

Carol 'Damsel' Peterson said:

I once worked in a Chinese restaurant where they served yetcamein soup.
The noodles were very similar to ramen noodles. They put quartered
hard boiled eggs on top, along with thinly sliced strips of chicken and
sliced green onions. Pretty good stuff!

You mean "Yatka Mein"... excellent, impressive... my favorite Chinese
restaurant soup.

They pronounced it "yaka mein," but they spelled it as above. I just
Googled both spellings, and they appear to be used interchangeably.

Quoted message said:

The yatka mein noodles are not quite ramen, they're
very long and straight with a square cross section and they are not
fried, they are more like soba. Typically yatka mein is a meal in of
itself, a large tureen is served of stock the same as wanton soup stock
but with an immense quantity of yatka mein noodles, I'd say equal to
about the result of cooking a third of a pound of pasta. Then
depending on which one you order there are veggies, and meat... pork,
or chicken are typical, but the House Special Yatka Mein will contain
not only the veggies and the pork and chicken it'll contain shrimp and
lobster meat too.

At Shangri-La, where I worked, they only made it with chicken, and it
wasn't on the menu. They generally served it to their Chinese friends
when they had their Mah Jong nights. That's when I had my first
steamed buns with pork filling. I never had the nerve to try the
seaweed, but I was only 16 years old at the time.

Quoted message said:

I haven't seen yatka mein on a menu in many years...

Try asking for it. I've successfully ordered it at several restaurants
where it wasn't on the menu. None compared with the stuff I got at
Shangri-La, though.

Quoted message said:

last time I ordered it was at an ancient Brooklyn landmark restaurant,
Ave. P. & E. 2nd St.... changed names many times over the years but was
a frequent photo OP in NYC newpapers for some 50 years because it was
the third of a trio of adjacent stores, an Italian butcher, a Pizzeria,
and the Chinese Restaurant ocupied that same corner for all those
years. Can't remember how many times I ate at that Chinese restaurant,
gotta be thousands... in those days dishes were served steaming hot
under a stainless steel domed lid... a huge tureen of House Special
Yatka Mein cost 35¢, was really a meal for two.

Absolutely. I love the stuff, and could never finish an order!

Quoted message said:

A large order of
spare ribs was 25¢, an egg roll was a dime. When I went with my
mother I'd treat her to the House Special Yatka Mein, the large spare
ribs, and we'd each have an egg roll... a $1 with the tip. Oh, and
yatka mein was considered a full meal so it included dessert, and since
we were steady customers we got a dessert each; vanilla ice cream
topped with kumquats was our favorite, came with fortune cookies of
course. Sometimes we'd spring for a 10¢ bag of lychee nuts on the way
out to eat on the walk home. Hey, when you're 12 years old you can
treat your mother to dinner.

That's a great remembrance. I'm happy that you and your mom had such
special times together. 🙂

Carol

Ron G said:

Hi--
I spotted a program on the cooking channel about using the Ramen noodle
packages, and adding other stuff to it.
Unfortunately, it was just going on to another subject.
Being an absolutely beginner cook, did anyone see it, or have any
suggestions to pass along?

Thanks---
Ron

Adding stuff to ramen is quite easy. Here's how I do it.

I put the stuff I want to add to the ramen in my hand. I then position
my hand directly over the cooking ramen. Then I open my hand. The stuff
drops from my hand into the cooking raman. Depending on how much stuff
I'm adding, I'll often repeat this 3 or 4 times.

HTH

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Ron G said:

Hi--
I spotted a program on the cooking channel about using the Ramen
noodle
packages, and adding other stuff to it.
Unfortunately, it was just going on to another subject.
Being an absolutely beginner cook, did anyone see it, or have any
suggestions to pass along?

Thanks---
Ron

Adding stuff to ramen is quite easy. Here's how I do it.

I put the stuff I want to add to the ramen in my hand. I then position
my hand directly over the cooking ramen. Then I open my hand. The
stuff
drops from my hand into the cooking raman. Depending on how much stuff
I'm adding, I'll often repeat this 3 or 4 times.

LOL

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Ron G said:

Hi--
I spotted a program on the cooking channel about using the Ramen noodle
packages, and adding other stuff to it.
Unfortunately, it was just going on to another subject.
Being an absolutely beginner cook, did anyone see it, or have any
suggestions to pass along?

Quoted message said:

Adding stuff to ramen is quite easy. Here's how I do it.

I put the stuff I want to add to the ramen in my hand. I then position
my hand directly over the cooking ramen. Then I open my hand. The stuff
drops from my hand into the cooking raman. Depending on how much stuff
I'm adding, I'll often repeat this 3 or 4 times.

It's too damn early for me to laugh this loud.

nancy

Ron G said:

Hi--
I spotted a program on the cooking channel about using the Ramen
noodle packages, and adding other stuff to it.
Unfortunately, it was just going on to another subject.
Being an absolutely beginner cook, did anyone see it, or have any
suggestions to pass along?

Thanks---
Ron

You must be a Troll. How hard is it to add STUFF to Ramen Noodles?

Jill said:

Ron G said:

Hi--
I spotted a program on the cooking channel about using the Ramen
noodle packages, and adding other stuff to it.
Unfortunately, it was just going on to another subject.
Being an absolutely beginner cook, did anyone see it, or have any
suggestions to pass along?

Quoted message said:

Thanks---
Ron

You must be a Troll. How hard is it to add STUFF to Ramen Noodles?

I guess it depends. I add frozen STUFF to ramen to make dinner
sometimes, and making it so that everything heats up before the noodles
are too soft can be a bit of a challenge.

OT: Just out of curiosity, why, if you think Ron's a troll, do you
feed him?

maxine in ri

Ron G said:

Hi--
I spotted a program on the cooking channel about using the Ramen noodle
packages, and adding other stuff to it.
Unfortunately, it was just going on to another subject.
Being an absolutely beginner cook, did anyone see it, or have any
suggestions to pass along?

Thanks---
Ron

If you are going to add stuff to doctor up the instant ramen why not use
real stock and real noodles?

If you have any Asian restaurants nearby stop in and have a bowl of the
real stuff and you will know what I am talking about.

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George said:

Ron G said:

Hi--
I spotted a program on the cooking channel about using the Ramen noodle
packages, and adding other stuff to it.
Unfortunately, it was just going on to another subject.
Being an absolutely beginner cook, did anyone see it, or have any
suggestions to pass along?

Thanks---
Ron

If you are going to add stuff to doctor up the instant ramen why not use
real stock and real noodles?

If you have any Asian restaurants nearby stop in and have a bowl of the
real stuff and you will know what I am talking about.

Mmmmm... Like Kim Phung's in Austin. They add an entire duck hindquarter
to their duck and noodle soup, along with a variety of fresh veggies.

They have been voted "Best Pho/noodles" in Austin now for several years
running!

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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Ron G said:

Being an absolutely beginner cook, did anyone see it, or have any
suggestions to pass along?

Oh, really good try, but I suspect we're tired .... -aem

Yep, I really mean that I am a beginner. Just as I typed.
I never learned how to cook, my sisters always kicked me out of the kitchen
and told me to weed the yard or something.
I'm now 67, commuted 30 years 2 and a half hrs a day, who had time to learn
from scratch and wasn't exhausted?.
Now retired, I'm trying to learn.

Can't beat honesty, that's what you were reading in my post.

Best--
Ron

Thanks a whole lot-----------
Ron

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Ron G said:

Hi--
I spotted a program on the cooking channel about using the Ramen noodle
packages, and adding other stuff to it.
Unfortunately, it was just going on to another subject.
Being an absolutely beginner cook, did anyone see it, or have any
suggestions to pass along?

Thanks---
Ron

Adding stuff to ramen is quite easy. Here's how I do it.

I put the stuff I want to add to the ramen in my hand. I then position
my hand directly over the cooking ramen. Then I open my hand. The stuff
drops from my hand into the cooking raman. Depending on how much stuff
I'm adding, I'll often repeat this 3 or 4 times.

HTH

Thanks a whole lot----------
Ron

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Ron G said:

Hi--
I spotted a program on the cooking channel about using the Ramen
noodle
packages, and adding other stuff to it.
Unfortunately, it was just going on to another subject.
Being an absolutely beginner cook, did anyone see it, or have any
suggestions to pass along?

Thanks---
Ron

Adding stuff to ramen is quite easy. Here's how I do it.

I put the stuff I want to add to the ramen in my hand. I then position
my hand directly over the cooking ramen. Then I open my hand. The
stuff
drops from my hand into the cooking raman. Depending on how much stuff
I'm adding, I'll often repeat this 3 or 4 times.

LOL

Thanks a whole lot----------
Ron

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Ron G said:

Hi--
I spotted a program on the cooking channel about using the Ramen noodle
packages, and adding other stuff to it.
Unfortunately, it was just going on to another subject.
Being an absolutely beginner cook, did anyone see it, or have any
suggestions to pass along?

Quoted message said:

Adding stuff to ramen is quite easy. Here's how I do it.

I put the stuff I want to add to the ramen in my hand. I then position
my hand directly over the cooking ramen. Then I open my hand. The stuff
drops from my hand into the cooking raman. Depending on how much stuff
I'm adding, I'll often repeat this 3 or 4 times.

It's too damn early for me to laugh this loud.

nancy

Thanks a whole lot----------
Ron

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Quoted message said:

Ron G said:

Hi--
I spotted a program on the cooking channel about using the Ramen
noodle packages, and adding other stuff to it.
Unfortunately, it was just going on to another subject.
Being an absolutely beginner cook, did anyone see it, or have any
suggestions to pass along?

Thanks---
Ron

You must be a Troll. How hard is it to add STUFF to Ramen Noodles?

"Ron G" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Thanks a whole lot----------

Don't be mad, it was funny. I wasn't laughing at you,
here I am making ramen for the first time, myself. I
didn't know what they were doing on the show you
were watching, obviously they weren't just dropping in
some broccoli. I just thought the way he put it was
amusing.

nancy

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Ron G said:

Being an absolutely beginner cook, did anyone see it, or have any
suggestions to pass along?

Oh, really good try, but I suspect we're tired .... -aem

Yep, I really mean that I am a beginner. Just as I typed.
I never learned how to cook, my sisters always kicked me out of the kitchen
and told me to weed the yard or something.
I'm now 67, commuted 30 years 2 and a half hrs a day, who had time to learn
from scratch and wasn't exhausted?.
Now retired, I'm trying to learn.

Can't beat honesty, that's what you were reading in my post.

Best--
Ron

Ron,

I can empathize. :-) I'm 43 and really only started learning how to cook
about 10 years ago. Hang out on the list, read the posts and ask
specific questions.

Good luck!!!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

George said:

Ron G said:

Hi--
I spotted a program on the cooking channel about using the Ramen noodle
packages, and adding other stuff to it.
Unfortunately, it was just going on to another subject.
Being an absolutely beginner cook, did anyone see it, or have any
suggestions to pass along?

Thanks---
Ron

If you are going to add stuff to doctor up the instant ramen why not use
real stock and real noodles?

If you have any Asian restaurants nearby stop in and have a bowl of the
real stuff and you will know what I am talking about.

Because ramen is like 12¢, is really handy (don't need to go out, let
alone dress, can dine au naturale), only needs one pot and ten minutes,
can decide to dine at 2 am, and the doctoring is most usually left
overs, what woulda probably got wasted if not for that 12¢ investment.
People keep ramen for the same reason they keep pretzels... sometimes
folks wanna nosh but don't feel like going out to the local gin mill.

I still can't figure how ramen deserves so much negative attention...
we're talking a 12¢ snack here, really no different in any way
whatsoever from a bowl of pretzels (salty starch). It's not like folks
are asking how to substitute ramen for their thanksgiving turkey.

Sheldon