@rjquillin Wait a minute are you a new volmod or have I just never noticed before? In fact your name doesn’t ring a bell at all. Are you one of the casemates snobs?
The FDA recommends a maximum of 2300mg for adults., and recommends 1500mg of salt as a healthy level. So, yeah, done in one. BUT… 7 grams of sugar in one ramen package? Is that what the others are missing, two packets of sugar in every bowl? What??
@blaadnort@rjquillin Those are less than half the size of these. On a sodium-per-ounce basis, they’re almost the same.
It is substantially easier to eat less overall when the serving sizes are smaller.
@OON7 i think they are decent, i make them in a bowl with their seasoning, then i pour off the water, pan fry some mixed veggies, an egg, and some chicken or spam, with some Japanese bbq sauce, and toss it with the noodles.
Also, I am doing as much due diligence as is required on social media here: I have not watched a single second of this video, but I saw it on my YouTube feed earlier today and based on the thumbnail and title alone it seems it might be relevant here:
@baqui63@djslack I watched it too. He briefly mentioned that there is a strong correlation in prepared food between salt content and other factors that are known to lead to heart disease. Thus a typical American diet with lots of processed foods will be prone to heart disease and be high in salt.
I also learned that most people’s blood pressure only reacts briefly to salt content. For us, high levels of salt in the diet don’t increase blood pressure except shortly after eating it. I suffer from chronic low pressure, and high salt intake doesn’t change that.
Tangentially related rant about highly processed foods follows. Reading it is entirely optional. Example recipe with a level of processing that works for me at the end.
This stuck with me because while I have no issues with the salt, I do have issues with the other stuff in these products.
I need to avoid foods with a significant amount of easily available simple carbohydrates. If sugars are contained within robust cell walls, like in a raw apple, they are not a problem. My digestive tract will release the sugars slowly, while telling my brain that I am full and I don’t need to eat more.
Turning those same apples into apple juice makes the sugar instantly available, and doesn’t give my digestive tract anything to keep it busy. So my blood sugar will spike while my digestive tract is still saying I am hungry. Cooking fruit leads to similar issues, but through a different pathway.
The issue is the degree of processing. Humans can barely digest anything in uncut raw oats. So oats must be processed to be used in human food. Up to a point, minimizing the processing maximizes how long a person feels full. Minimizing beyond that point leaves the food inedible. The appropriate amount of processing varies as a person’s digestive system adapts to their diet.
My current recipe for oatmeal. Years ago, I used a much longer cooking time, which also meant it needed more water. My body “learned” how to digest the more fully cooked oatmeal, leaving me feeling hungry before lunch. So I progressively reduced the coating time and the water content.
30 ounce package of steel cut oats.
60 ounces of water (7.5 cups)
4 ounces of olive oil (0.5 cup)
At least a teaspoon of salt.
Combine the water, oil, and salt into a pot.
Bring to a boil.
Dump the oats into the boiling water.
Let them boil for 6 minutes.
Stop the cooking by putting the pot into cold water.
Refrigerate the excess.
A microwaved bowl of that with strawberries (and more salt) for breakfast prevents me from feeling hungry for several hours.
@hamjudo I know I don’t pay nearly enough attention to what I put in my mouth. That was enlightening and makes a lot of sense. I think I might try that oatmeal.
@brainmist I think animals know when something is actually food or not.
Back during the first year of COVID, after a few months of lockdowns, I had to come in to get a new laptop and clear out some stuff from my area. I had some snacks stored in the cubicle cupboard, pretty much just Quest protein bars/chips, some candy, and seaweed chips.
The seaweed chips were absolutely devoured, not a trace of them left inside the plastic trays inside the tooth-shredded wrappers. But the Quest protein bars and chips were untouched. The wrappers were breached, but the contents were fully intact. It’s like the mice took one sniff, and were like “nuh-uh, I ain’t touching that stuff. It’s basically poison!”
I didn’t stop eating the stuff after that, though.
@ShotgunX I’ll bet they do gravitate towards high value food. And maybe the foil packets thwarted them.
I had the same experience with seaweed chips… absolutely devoured. I suspect there outside of the packages have some residual salt/oil. So no more buying twenty packs.
@brainmist The types of packaging were exactly the same for all the products; that plastic/foil combination with which we’re all so familiar.
Like I said, the wrappers for the protein stuff were breached, but the “food” inside was untouched. Not even a nibble of the protein bars or protein chips whatsoever. It’s just a little bit unnerving that starving mice, living in a place people essentially abandoned for months, still wouldn’t eat the supplements.
It’s just a little bit unnerving that starving mice, living in a place people essentially abandoned for months, still wouldn’t eat the supplements.
As far as they were concerned, it didn’t register as food. My gut agrees with the mice about a lot of the granola bars and all of the “protein” ones. Jerky? No problem. Yum.
I assume these are in packets? The cheese ones in the bowls were really convenient for work, but I guess the packets are a little more environmentally friendly.
@jandrese Yes, definitely packets. Cooking in the pot is easy, and the packets probably take up less space than the bowls, so I prefer them.
I have still got a few of the quattro from a past deal. I really like them, and I don’t even like spicy stuff too much. I use about half the sauce. Delicious though. And I’d never had any of these before getting them on Meh/Sidedeal.
Given that those still taste fine months after expiration, I’m inclined to buy the January ones and save $5. I’m wondering which version folks are buying.
@jeffcohen It’s also easier to add things if you’re cooking in the pot- I wind up removing noodles form the cups I bought and cooking on the stove because I add frozen vegetables.
@jeffcohen@sammydog01 I’ll probably use the curry packets, and I’ll add chopped cooked chicken and some mixed veg, possibly some sweet potato dices as well. Much will depend on the nature of the “curry” flavor; that’s one of those imprecise terms that can mean way too many things.
Ok, my daughter called and asked me to send her these. Her only question was why two different prices. When I explained she instantly opted for the cheaper ones since ramen doesn’t go bad.
@awk@werehatrack id say not bad, they are about half the heat of the regular buldak they sold on here (the cheesy and carbonara ones), in a southwestern level, id say on the lower end of hot, but not like very hot.
If you ignore the directions on the packet, and prepare these noods the way you would a packet of Maruchan, they’d probably be only moderately spicy. But I followed the directions, which involves cooking the noodles and flakes, followed by stir-frying the noods with the sauce packet and a bit of the broth. That leaves the noods a lot drier, and concentrates the flavor on their surface. As a result, they’re very spicy, though not all the way to incendiary levels. In the context of Southwestern cuisine, they’d rate three to four peppers on a menu. In Youngstown, Ohio, they’d be “Attempted manslaughter with curly pasta”.
I may need to experiment with ways to calm these down a bit, probably by using less of the sauce packet and tossing in some other flavorings. There’s no way that my SO is going to eat these.
Got mine super quick. The Flakes packet makes it too fragrant so I throw those out now. The directions are for folks who love doing dishes so I just use my kettle to boil the water and then let the noodles sit in boiling water for five minutes. Then drain and add spice oil. Still pretty fragrant but yummy and spicy.
I tried to go back a few days later while the buy button was still active but it wouldn’t let me get more because I already bought 3. The Internet sucks.
Prepared correctly, noods and ‘flakes’ in boiling water, drain some water, then sautee remaining with sauce, they’re frigging amazing. I’ve found tossing the egg in with the ‘retain 8 TBSP’ water step to be pretty convenient.
@caffeineguy It’s also a truly excellent way to back the heat down just a touch while boosting the nutritional value rather a lot. I’ll be tossing diced chicken in with mine as well. (I’ve run another batch of chicken breasts through the sous vide bath so I can dice and toss them into stuff at will.)
Specs
Product: 40-Pack: Samyang Buldak Curry Spicy Chicken Ramen (4.89 oz)
Model: 8801073113404
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$71.92 (for 40) at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Dec 11 - Tuesday, Dec 12
Specs
Product: 40-Pack: Samyang Buldak Curry Spicy Chicken Ramen (4.89 oz)
Model: 8801073113404
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$71.92 (for 40) at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Dec 11 - Wednesday, Dec 13
These are not the noods you are looking for.
@yakkoTDI
I dunno… they are pretty hot noods.
Artificial chicken. Again.
Yum.
Love the cheesy variety. Was hoping for it again.
But will try one of these.
/buy
@phendrick Maybe the spicy is the artificial part and the chicken is real.
@yakkoTDI So, what is and example of an artificial spice?
Google gives “K2”.
@phendrick @yakkoTDI Actually, it is artificial chicken flavor. Which is awesome as my better-half is vegetarian.
OWLS! TOWELS! JOWLS! AWESOME!
1.51g NaCl
@rjquillin So, we’ll need to add salt?
@rjquillin Wait a minute are you a new volmod or have I just never noticed before? In fact your name doesn’t ring a bell at all. Are you one of the casemates snobs?
@rjquillin @sammydog01 Volmod for Casemates, I think?
@Kyeh @rjquillin My casemates Kickstarter badge doesn’t roll over here seems odd that a volmod badge would.
@Kyeh @rjquillin @sammydog01 Whaddya expect for $5?
I need to go post over there again to feel special… though it really just reminds me I missed out on the Kickstarter here.
@rjquillin 1.51g of sodium, not NaCl. The sodium part of NaCl is around 40%.
Joepineapples is also a fan of Saved by the Bell the College Years so I’m not sure I trust his taste.
It will take me about two years to eat all of these.
/giphy splendid-mirthful-goose
I ordered almost 200 packs/cups/bowl of Buldak from meh this year, and I’m down to 2 bowls at work, and 2 at home… What timing!
@caffeineguy need a username change to sodiumguy
The FDA recommends a maximum of 2300mg for adults., and recommends 1500mg of salt as a healthy level. So, yeah, done in one. BUT… 7 grams of sugar in one ramen package? Is that what the others are missing, two packets of sugar in every bowl? What??
@blaadnort
Ah, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ is good as well.
Got some Tofu Ramen over on SD with less of both.
And they are plugging these, there.
@blaadnort hilarious y’all are talking about the sodium and sugar content, but not the other dozen unpronounceable ingredients
@blaadnort @rjquillin Those are less than half the size of these. On a sodium-per-ounce basis, they’re almost the same.
It is substantially easier to eat less overall when the serving sizes are smaller.
@blaadnort @caffeineguy the “butter sauce” alone contains 11 “ingredients,” of the approx 85 listed ingredients/chemicals.
/giphy science experiment
@blaadnort @caffeineguy interesting giphy. Let’s try that again.
/giphy science lab experiment
@blaadnort @caffeineguy closer, but not perfect. Maybe it’s a sign!
To buy or not to buy with the last ramens hardly dented…
I bought the ramen from a week or two ago, definitely regret that, not touching these lol.
@OON7 i think they are decent, i make them in a bowl with their seasoning, then i pour off the water, pan fry some mixed veggies, an egg, and some chicken or spam, with some Japanese bbq sauce, and toss it with the noodles.
@ctweeks2002 That strategy sounds much better!
@ctweeks2002 @OON7 this guy instant ramens
I just had some Buldak habanero lime noodles for lunch today. If the curry is so good, why not?
/giphy droll-candlelit-pickle
@djslack Pickle ramen?
@Kyeh that’s not the worst idea I’ve heard today… Spicy chicken dill pickle Buldak might be the ramen equivalent of the Popeyes chicken sandwich.
@djslack It sounds like a possibility!
I’d be willing to buy other Korean noodle brands as well. Like Shin Black or Gold. Just sayin.
/image shin black
@awk i am manifesting a shin ramyun deal for you and for me… manifesting… MANIFESTING…MANIFESTING…
@awk I really like the Nongshim Tonkotsu Ramen.
Also, I am doing as much due diligence as is required on social media here: I have not watched a single second of this video, but I saw it on my YouTube feed earlier today and based on the thumbnail and title alone it seems it might be relevant here:
@djslack It was also in my feed and I watched it.
Boils down to sodium is not as bad as we have been led to believe and does not cause high blood pressure for all people.
@baqui63 @djslack I watched it too. He briefly mentioned that there is a strong correlation in prepared food between salt content and other factors that are known to lead to heart disease. Thus a typical American diet with lots of processed foods will be prone to heart disease and be high in salt.
I also learned that most people’s blood pressure only reacts briefly to salt content. For us, high levels of salt in the diet don’t increase blood pressure except shortly after eating it. I suffer from chronic low pressure, and high salt intake doesn’t change that.
Tangentially related rant about highly processed foods follows. Reading it is entirely optional. Example recipe with a level of processing that works for me at the end.
This stuck with me because while I have no issues with the salt, I do have issues with the other stuff in these products.
I need to avoid foods with a significant amount of easily available simple carbohydrates. If sugars are contained within robust cell walls, like in a raw apple, they are not a problem. My digestive tract will release the sugars slowly, while telling my brain that I am full and I don’t need to eat more.
Turning those same apples into apple juice makes the sugar instantly available, and doesn’t give my digestive tract anything to keep it busy. So my blood sugar will spike while my digestive tract is still saying I am hungry. Cooking fruit leads to similar issues, but through a different pathway.
The issue is the degree of processing. Humans can barely digest anything in uncut raw oats. So oats must be processed to be used in human food. Up to a point, minimizing the processing maximizes how long a person feels full. Minimizing beyond that point leaves the food inedible. The appropriate amount of processing varies as a person’s digestive system adapts to their diet.
My current recipe for oatmeal. Years ago, I used a much longer cooking time, which also meant it needed more water. My body “learned” how to digest the more fully cooked oatmeal, leaving me feeling hungry before lunch. So I progressively reduced the coating time and the water content.
30 ounce package of steel cut oats.
60 ounces of water (7.5 cups)
4 ounces of olive oil (0.5 cup)
At least a teaspoon of salt.
Combine the water, oil, and salt into a pot.
Bring to a boil.
Dump the oats into the boiling water.
Let them boil for 6 minutes.
Stop the cooking by putting the pot into cold water.
Refrigerate the excess.
A microwaved bowl of that with strawberries (and more salt) for breakfast prevents me from feeling hungry for several hours.
@hamjudo I know I don’t pay nearly enough attention to what I put in my mouth. That was enlightening and makes a lot of sense. I think I might try that oatmeal.
@djslack If you undercook it. Just add some water, soy sauce, or other liquid and microwave until it is edible.
Ah, more ramen for the ramen vault!
/Showme candied-enjoyable-medley
@brainmist I’m going to have to upgrade to a ramen closet
@djslack Sadly, mice discovered my ramen closet and munched through some packs. But the sauce packets were spared!
@brainmist I think animals know when something is actually food or not.
Back during the first year of COVID, after a few months of lockdowns, I had to come in to get a new laptop and clear out some stuff from my area. I had some snacks stored in the cubicle cupboard, pretty much just Quest protein bars/chips, some candy, and seaweed chips.
The seaweed chips were absolutely devoured, not a trace of them left inside the plastic trays inside the tooth-shredded wrappers. But the Quest protein bars and chips were untouched. The wrappers were breached, but the contents were fully intact. It’s like the mice took one sniff, and were like “nuh-uh, I ain’t touching that stuff. It’s basically poison!”
I didn’t stop eating the stuff after that, though.
@brainmist @ShotgunX quest is na-ha-hasty. your mice were right lol
@ShotgunX I’ll bet they do gravitate towards high value food. And maybe the foil packets thwarted them.
I had the same experience with seaweed chips… absolutely devoured. I suspect there outside of the packages have some residual salt/oil. So no more buying twenty packs.
@brainmist The types of packaging were exactly the same for all the products; that plastic/foil combination with which we’re all so familiar.
Like I said, the wrappers for the protein stuff were breached, but the “food” inside was untouched. Not even a nibble of the protein bars or protein chips whatsoever. It’s just a little bit unnerving that starving mice, living in a place people essentially abandoned for months, still wouldn’t eat the supplements.
@brainmist @ShotgunX
As far as they were concerned, it didn’t register as food. My gut agrees with the mice about a lot of the granola bars and all of the “protein” ones. Jerky? No problem. Yum.
I curry the fool!
Just what I’ve always wanted!!
My own little Curry Ramen!! 
I will name him Steph, and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him … 
/image Steph Curry
I assume these are in packets? The cheese ones in the bowls were really convenient for work, but I guess the packets are a little more environmentally friendly.
@jandrese Yes, definitely packets. Cooking in the pot is easy, and the packets probably take up less space than the bowls, so I prefer them.
I have still got a few of the quattro from a past deal. I really like them, and I don’t even like spicy stuff too much. I use about half the sauce. Delicious though. And I’d never had any of these before getting them on Meh/Sidedeal.
Given that those still taste fine months after expiration, I’m inclined to buy the January ones and save $5. I’m wondering which version folks are buying.
@jeffcohen It’s also easier to add things if you’re cooking in the pot- I wind up removing noodles form the cups I bought and cooking on the stove because I add frozen vegetables.
@jeffcohen I went for the January. These are probably edible for another 50 years
@coryczorna Yep, same here! Not sure I’ll like the curry one, but it’s worth a try at this price.
/giphy timeless-delightful-carol
@jeffcohen @sammydog01 I’ll probably use the curry packets, and I’ll add chopped cooked chicken and some mixed veg, possibly some sweet potato dices as well. Much will depend on the nature of the “curry” flavor; that’s one of those imprecise terms that can mean way too many things.
Meh. I don’t favor curry.
@Trinityscrew maybe if you curry some favor they might sell a flavor you like?
@Trinityscrew
I’ve definitely had the IPA you describe.
@RealDerekKnight Really? Recall the name? - sounds like something I would enjoy.
@RealDerekKnight For me, IPA decodes as “I Prefer Alternatives”. YMMV. (Not everyone likes hops.)
/giphy cold-jubilant-heart
pass. hit me up when those carbonaras are back on meh , though
Been on the meh carbonara lookout! Excited to try this flavor though
I like the cheese ones but I definitely prefer the curry, so here’s to another order
/giphy polar-melted-celebration
They’re not cheese, so only in for 120.
You lost me at artificial chicken
@Shhnitzel It’s not this artificial chicken, at least.
I’ll order these after I get my ball trimmers, which haven’t been shipped for weeks
@chiefbugbung Probably worth tossing a note to the folks at meh.com/support, then.
Not my favorite—mine would be either carbonara or kimchi(!)—but man, the price is phenomenal.
Even the Asian grocery stores would have them at $5-7 for a 5-pack.
@heartbleed The carbonara is on sale right now at Costco: https://www.costco.com/samyang-buldak-ramen-carbonara%2C-spicy-chicken%2C-3.7-oz%2C-6-count.product.4000184387.html
Ok, my daughter called and asked me to send her these. Her only question was why two different prices. When I explained she instantly opted for the cheaper ones since ramen doesn’t go bad.
/giphy crackling-singing-donkey
No cheese, +1 to hit
Curry, +3 on damage to wallet
Saving throw against purchase … I got a 2.
/giphy angelic-delicious-house
Appropriate giphy achieved on first attempt.
/giphy dickensian-joyful-delight
Apropos the bit in the writeup about IPAs…
https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3992
Got the box today.
1 pack down, 39 to go!
@awk How’s the heat level on a Southwestern US Cuisine scale?
@awk @werehatrack id say not bad, they are about half the heat of the regular buldak they sold on here (the cheesy and carbonara ones), in a southwestern level, id say on the lower end of hot, but not like very hot.
@werehatrack I made it with scrambled eggs and stir-fried vegetables (inspired by Singapore-style curry noodle) and I barely noticed the heat.
And interestingly, at least in my experience, it seems to burn a little less after stir-frying, like the heat gets mellowed out.
Quickie Product Review: Samyang Buldak Curry Spicy Chicken Ramen
Bottom line: Prepared as directed, hoo-boy spicy!
If you ignore the directions on the packet, and prepare these noods the way you would a packet of Maruchan, they’d probably be only moderately spicy. But I followed the directions, which involves cooking the noodles and flakes, followed by stir-frying the noods with the sauce packet and a bit of the broth. That leaves the noods a lot drier, and concentrates the flavor on their surface. As a result, they’re very spicy, though not all the way to incendiary levels. In the context of Southwestern cuisine, they’d rate three to four peppers on a menu. In Youngstown, Ohio, they’d be “Attempted manslaughter with curly pasta”.
I may need to experiment with ways to calm these down a bit, probably by using less of the sauce packet and tossing in some other flavorings. There’s no way that my SO is going to eat these.
Got mine super quick. The Flakes packet makes it too fragrant so I throw those out now. The directions are for folks who love doing dishes so I just use my kettle to boil the water and then let the noodles sit in boiling water for five minutes. Then drain and add spice oil. Still pretty fragrant but yummy and spicy.
I tried to go back a few days later while the buy button was still active but it wouldn’t let me get more because I already bought 3. The Internet sucks.
@mikey Don’t worry, we’ll be selling 'em again!
@troy of that, I have no doubt
@mikey @troy What about the Quatro cheese ones, as sold in late June. Any more of those to show up?
(hope, hope)
@phendrick I hope, too! Usually its luck-of-the-draw with this stuff… whatever gets sent to us is what we’re at risk of pawning off to you people
Prepared correctly, noods and ‘flakes’ in boiling water, drain some water, then sautee remaining with sauce, they’re frigging amazing. I’ve found tossing the egg in with the ‘retain 8 TBSP’ water step to be pretty convenient.
@caffeineguy It’s also a truly excellent way to back the heat down just a touch while boosting the nutritional value rather a lot. I’ll be tossing diced chicken in with mine as well. (I’ve run another batch of chicken breasts through the sous vide bath so I can dice and toss them into stuff at will.)
@customers How’s your ramen stock? If you’re loving the curry ramen and want to make sure you don’t run out, we’ve got it back on Meh today.
And if you’ve already bought it today on Meh, know that we like you the best, and you should tell everyone in the community what you think.