Oodles of Noodles.

[soc_puppet]

Make-your-own-dinner night, which means I raid the pantry for really cheap noodles.
Now, some of you may not know, but there are at least three ways to eat Ramen Noodles (the kind that come in the little plastic package; I don't know how some of these apply to the cup kind).
First, there's the traditional method of Follow The Directions On The Package.
Second, there's raw/dry/apply-your-own-adjective.
Third, there's Soccan's Family Style, which is how I was introduced to the noodle, and how I ate it for most of my life.

Going backwards, because you're probably more confused by 'my' style than anything else on the list, here's the basic method for Style Three.
The instructions remain _mostly_ the same as the normal method, but there are a few changes.
Change One: It does not matter how much water you use, as long as there's enough for the noodles to cook in. Boil the water, add the noodles, wait until they're done cooking.
Change Two: Before adding the flavor to the noodle-and-water soup in the pot, strain the noodles. I don't usually strain it all the way, because a little extra water helps with Change Three.
Change Three: After the noodles have been strained, mix in the flavor packet. What you end up with is something a bit like flavored spaghetti. One packet of seasoning can stretch a long way, too, so you don't need to stick to one:one ratios (or, if the store is almost out of your favorite flavor, you can stretch it to cover noodles packaged as inferior flavors).

Second method is just take it out of the package and eat it raw. It's surprisingly good, makes a good snack. I suggest breaking it up a bit rather than just trying to eat the sheet of nodles whole. Learned about this method at A-cen last year from Pat.

Standard method I didn't actually get around to trying until a few years ago ^^; Found out I liked it, still make it from time to time. Made it tonight, in fact, because it's cold outside.

Anyway, what this whole talking-about-ramen-noodles thing was leading up to is this observation:
I sound like a vacuum cleaner with a bad cold when I eat ramen noodles made with the standard method ^^;

Comments

[kurobahikaru.livejournal.com]

I eat dry ramen, too. Everyone always tells me what a freak I am for doing it, but that was how I was first introduced to it. *shrug* Handy snack. I like it. ^.^

[soc_puppet]

*grin* Pat thought the same thing until she saw people eating dry ramen at A-Cen. Definately not a 'freak' thing. Well, inasmuch as being otaku is not a 'freak' thing, anyway.

(Pleased ta meetcha, BTW ^_^)

[kurobahikaru.livejournal.com]

Well, otaku are kinda freaky... >XD But, y'know, we make it up as we go along. Every right to be freaky in that. ^.~

(It's a pleasure, to be sure. ^.^ Mind if I friend you?)

[soc_puppet]

*nod* Yeah, Otaku are the good kind of freaky :D

(Not at all ^_^. I assume you don't mind me friending you back ^_~.)

[kurobahikaru.livejournal.com]

Unless they're the non-bathing fanboys... *remembers that A-kon story too well* o.o()

(No, not at all. ^.^ No such thing as too many friends, right?)

[soc_puppet]

I don't think I want to know that one >_>...

(Well, when they all try to take shameless advantage of your kindness or collectively overrun you with wild, rabid plot bunnies there is, but other than that, no.)

[kurobahikaru.livejournal.com]

It was actually in their Convention 101 handbook on the site. Very scary, you really don't want to know. o.o

(The sad thing is, I can write a little, but not well, and I can draw a little, but not well and have no scanner, and am attention-deficit and come up with strange ideas that never get all the way out of my head. o.o() I'll try to keep my bunnies in the corral, but they might get loose... It's a good thing I have too many fandoms, really. Too many people to drive crazy...)

[soc_puppet]

Note to self: if in need of prank research material, try looking things up on anime con sites.

(Well, there's only one cure for not drawing well (practice! :D) and I have to rely on the school's scanner myself ^^;, but I'm borderline ADHD and there's _two_ ways to get better at writing (only _one_ of which is 'practice'; the other is actually 'read too much' ^^v). So yes, there is hope! I don't mind the occasional plunny--and I'm not adverse to requests when it comes to that ^_^--but if it's too many at once I may have to beat you good-naturedly about the head.)

[kurobahikaru.livejournal.com]

Anime con sites that list con horror stories, yes. Very good prank material there. XD

(I do both. XD I even have a pad next to my keyboard for doodling and drabbling (when my thoughts are coherent enough to come up with something besides scraps ^^()). And I'm a voracious reader. Literally. ^.^v My books are like the Velveteen Rabbit, poor things. The down side to the ADD is losing interest, but at least I've got enough to cycle through... I'll get into something and forget what I was on before it, and then rediscover it later. Playing catch-up is good. XD And beating upside the head for too many plot bunnies is fine... I'll probably need it to make them stop. o.o() And yay requestingness! A privilege that shall not be abused. ^.^)

[ysabet.livejournal.com]

...and then there's the Let's-Get-Experimental-And-Add-Stuff! method, my favorite. Try adding a handful of cashew-nuts while cooking it up and straining it (I do that too) and add half the flavor-packet, half a largish tablespoon of Hoi-Sin Sauce; it's GOOD. And then there's the other additions-- slices of fish-cake, a whole raw egg (added before it leaves the pan), lots of extra wakabe, thin pieces of roasted nori (cut with scissors), bits of dried chives, a soaked and scissored half of a dried shitake mushroom... mmmmmmmmmm.......

[soc_puppet]

*boggles and takes notes* I have _got_ to try some of these... Good thing I haven't really had lunch yet.