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I am fortunate enough to be able to go home everyday for lunch, because i live 4 blocks from work. As I sit here, eating my ramen noodles I was wondering, do I even like these things, or do I just eat them because they are cheap and easy? So, love them or hate them, what do you think of ramen noodles?
I think they are quite tasty but they are horrible for you from all of the excessive sodium so I try not to eat them very often.
I did eat them more when I was a poor college student though.
I would say... I love them, but rarely. I really enjoy them when I eat them now but I probably wouldn't if I ate them often. I'd say I have them maybe twice/year or so? chicken ramen + hot sauce = awesomesauce (literally)
BLECK. All my friends eat them by the case and I can't stand them! Mostly because I eat enough crap as it is, I don't need my days worth sodium in a little packet! I'm much more likely to boil up some pasta noodles or rice and it that than ramen.
Since this is my poll, I thought I would tell you that I voted for the 2nd choice. I don't really even like them, but convience is winning in my house today (and about 2 times a month). And for the sodium, using only half a packet really helps.
in college i ate the traditional ramen - I'd cook up real chicken and eat it with the chicken ramen so it was actually like... a real meal lol. in fall/winter i'll get the cup noodles and keep them in my desk at work for the occasion that i don't bring leftovers and don't want to buy anything at the cafeteria - that reminds me that i need to get some!
I eat just the noodles and leave off the included seasoning. Cuts back on the sodium and allows me to customize the flavor. :)
My ramen love comes in waves, and when the wave is in, I'll eat it for a few meals straight.
Yuck, so bad for you and makes me feel bloated. In college, I ate Easy Mac instead.
It's just as easy and almost as fast to use some home made broth and add some noodles and veggies- and it tastes 10x as good and way better for you.
To me those packets are artificial food and taste god awful.
I love them but try to stay away only because I know how bad they are for you. I ate them in high school and college and still love them, though!
I love them! Plus they are high in sodium which I am SUPPOSE to eat. That, salt & potassium where my potassium levels are so low, ect.
I used to love them but I don't eat them anymore. it's like eating a bag of potato chips and nothing else for lunch.
we have a bunch of noodle houses around here that serve authentic ramen. for whatever reason, I'm not keen on the flavor.
I love them! I drain the water and season them with Mrs. Dash and butter. Sometimes I buy the organic ramen noodles but they're expensive.
Love, love, love them. But I don't eat them that often.
The instant Ramen noodle is ok, but husband and I love love the restaurant version of Ramen. There is a Ramen restaurant near us, and every time we go there the wait is at least half an hour; sometimes it can be an hour. Winter is a good time for some hot ramen noodle soup.
I rarely ate them when I was in college and now I never do. I think they are gross personally. I think I am sensative to food that is overly salty though.
there is always packs in my cupboard! growing up they were our sat afternooon lunches while my mom worked..now they are my kids after school snacks or emergency meals when we run out of time or forget to thaw out meat....theres a website with TONSof diff flavors and living with a chef we both know theres a million ways to eat them then just Plain
@cutexkitty: I'm with you. "Real" ramen done correctly is delicious--to make it at home, you have to boil some chicken (usually some drumsticks or a breast), shred it, and make the noodles in the broth. You can add some of the seasoning packet, but I never put in more than half... it's just like chicken bouillon.
Add the meat back in, top it with sesame oil, chopped cilantro and scallions, a squeeze of fresh lime, and maybe some siracha sauce. YUM.
I LOVE ramen. I grew up with real ramen and the occasional instant one on long plane rides (asian family).. it tastes like childhood to me!
Then, when I moved out and started partying, nothing got me over hangovers quicker than instant chicken ramen with rice and an egg cooked in it :D It looks like someone had eaten it before, but its sooo good and I can eat it easily, even when I feel sick.
I have to crave them to eat them...kinda like Taco Bell. But when I am craving them, they are fantastic!!
I loved ramen so much when I was little. Now I'm into them because they're cheap. I ran across a website that had 100 recipes with ramen the other night and thought I'd pass it along to fellow lovers!
I am loving all of the responses Bees! Thanks for the recipe link @raccoon I might have to find one for my next road down sodium lane!
I'm a vegetarian and even the ones that pretend to be veggie aren't really. So, I used to eat them but not anymore
I LOVE ramen! But not the Maruchan one, I love the Nong Shim ones. And I usually throw some napa cabbage in there too just to feel like I'm being a little healthy with some veggies.
@Miss Longcoat: you're making me hungry!
Ramen has a lot of sodium, even the restaurant version. One of the restaurant I went to even have salt flavor. LoL. I prefer the miso flavor more.
@pinkshoes: I do the same thing! I even boil and egg and throw it in. I love Shim noodles 
I eat them every now and again, when I'm really too lazy to make anything else. I only use about a third of the seasoning packet, though. Or sometimes I make a quick peanutish sauce (peanut butter, soy sauce, hot sauce, a little brown sugar) and toss it with the cooked noodles.
Ate them in college, now I don't, since I can afford food with less sodium. They are tempting, though, sooo gooooood.
PS. @red dino: I love your avatar sooo much. That red dino makes me smile everytime I see it!
I don't like Ramen noodles at all.
I loooove Lipton's chicken noodle soup though!
I have to be in the mood to eat them, which is not often. Yeah, they're cheap but I'd rather just cook a tv dinner if I'm pressed for time or lazy, since those taste alot better than ramen. I loved them as a kid though, but I can't stand them now.
@CorgiTales: I used to put hot sauce in the chicken ramen, too! It IS awesomesauce. To any of your who like chicken ramen- put them Red Hot in it- so freaking good.
These are one thing I do miss since going vegetarian. I liked them and would have them a couple times a month usually. Super cheap and easy.
I used to eat them all the time (not so much anymore). I love them for some odd reason, but they don't keep me full for very long.
I LOVE Ramen!
Chicken Flavor is the only kind I like though ;)
Marchurin kind haha
I like Ramen, although really only the chicken flavour, but rarely eat them because they are so high in calories and sodium. I think the last time I ate them was on my flight to Japan as they were part of the plane food.
I love the, but I a picky. They need to be Ichiban brand. Also, they need to be cooked with green onions, and eggs, not over cooked, and served with fried prawns and srirachi sauce. Otherwise I won't eat them.
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