Have you, folks, heard of the tradition of putting dry ramen noodles into a lettuce salad? By dry I mean really dry, straight out of a package. Is it a regional thing?
I could go for some hot slurpy ramen noodles about now.
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Is that the dry ones that come in the plastic package and cost a quarter at the supermarket? That actually sounds kind of gross, this coming from someone who loves the spicy Korean ramen noodles that come with powdered kimchi.
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I went through a ramen stage a long time ago (thank you, Tampopo!) and obsessively tried different types from different Asiagn grocery stores.
The best (in my experience) were a Taiwanese brand (I forget which) and Thai roasted ramen which could be nibbled as a snack…
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There are dry crunchy noodles that are used as salad toppings, but I don’t think they’re ramen. Google says they’re Chow Mein noodles.
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I agree—are you sure it was ramen?
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They are wavy dry noodles in a clump. That’s ramen, right?
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So I looked it up and apparently it is actually a thing. Weird.
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I’m thinking this is a regional thing.
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I do a salad with either chopped cabbage or bok choy, green onions, sesame and sunflower seeds, and ramen, with a dressing of soy sauce, oil, and vinegar plus the flavour packet. It’s quite popular for potlucks – and yes, possibly regional.
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No, but my dad has been known to break them into squares, put peanut butter on them and eat them like crackers. His taste buds were shot off in the war.
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