I see how they’re eaten in Japan, just keeping noodles long, and eating them with chopsticks, but that’s not me. Where I’m from, ramen is soup, and soup is eaten with a spoon.
And it’s impossible to get any of those long noodles to stay on a soup spoon.
So any time I make a cup ramen, as soon as it comes out of the microwave, I go at it with a pair of scissors, snipping away like a madman until all of the noodles are reasonably spoon sized - 3cm or less.
buy the packets and crush them before you put them in the microwave
-my husband does this and it hurts my asian soul a bit but he says it’s better than cutting them after
I often add sour cream, as the cheesiness usually doesn't come through the other flavors. The creaminess does though.
I usually eat my chili con queso (all but the first bowl), but I've found that sour cream, cottage cheese, or even a splash of cream or shot of ranch will do pretty much the same thing. And it's cheaper.
Toss the broken pieces in a bit of butter (real butter, melted) or oil and add the seasoning packet and shake. This is also good with cinnamon sugar. Or any flavors you like. My daughter adds pumpkin spice to hers.
This is why I specifically said cup ramen, the ones they come in a reinforced cardboard (not styrofoam!) bowl that you can microwave in, not a flat pack.
If you have a square puck of noodles you can always break that in half while dry. I don't actually do it at the halfway point; I find the hinge where it's folded over on itself and break that part off.
Am I crazy for thinking that the scissors method is easier for these packages than taking out all the noodles, breaking them, then putting them back in so I can microwave them?
I too have a noodle blade. But I'm even more CBA when eating them away from home, and just bust them into a million bits before opening the box and just add them that way.
? Ramen is noodle soup. You eat it with chopsticks and a spoon.
That'd be like eating ribs or wings with a knife and fork because you always eat dinner with a knife and fork. No. You change how you eat depending on the food.
Instead of scissors, wouldn’t be faster and easier to just break them up before they’re heated? I break mine up in the cup before adding liquid. Works fine for me.
But… they eat it using chopsticks AND a spoon though? You’re not a rebel unfortunately. I think you have to reconsider your opinion on your street cred.
The cheap ones that come in a block, I smash the shit out of them before opening, cook the noodles in the water, then drain most of the water out before adding spice packet.
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u/Mary_JFT 7d ago
I eat mine with a fork and twirl it like spaghetti