Baby Star is the seasoned version of that snack
Kids here open the outer package carefully, take out the bag with the powders and oil, open them and pour them into the bag, and crunch the noodles with the ingredients. Then they eat them as snacks. My reaction when my kids told me about this was “WHAT!?!?”.
if you crush it up like this then cook it with about half the water it ends up like cheap rice a roni and it’s delicious
You are absolutely right. They are a great crunchy snack.
But they are not raw. The noodles are pre-fried. That’s why they are ready so quickly and also what makes them quite unhealthy.
Never check the sodium content :(
How much are in the noodles vs the packet though? I have always used half or less of the flavor packet because it’s so salty tasting (and also I assumed it would reduce the sodium content too.
Yeah. High fat content in the noodles, high sodium in the spice packets.
Fat and sodium are 10-20% higher than when you buy the plain noodles.
I eat ramen this way now and then. Started in college when I was saving up for a wedding ring. It’s a poor man’s Doritos. Just break up a ramen brick into a bowl, shake the seasoning on top, and add a drizzle of your favorite hot sauce.
My favorite ramen to do this with is beef flavor Maruchan. I actually like it better this way than boiled into a soup.
Agreed beef is the best flavor for dry snacking, for me the oriental/blue one is the next best.
I remember as kids, at some point my brother was just grabbing one of these before we went to school instead of making a lunch. It was a few years later by the time we were adults and I remarked how it must have been weird going into the teacher lounge to find a kettle or microwave or whatever when I learned, no, he’d open the bag and snack on it like a bag of chips.
I have a friend who said they and their friends did this when they were kids. Seemed bonkers to me at the time, but even my partner recently told me she has eaten noodles this way.
Taste aside, why wouldn’t it be safe to eat? Same goes for canned food btw, and something like ravioli are actually pretty decent cold.
As a general rule, you shouldn’t eat raw flour.
No one said you should eat raw flour…?
Dry pasta is typically raw, so people often [incorrectly] conclude that instant noodles are raw too.
Canned food cold a great field meal if you work outdoors.
My aunt used to make a ramen slaw that was amazing, using raw noodles.
i gotta know more
…how else are you supposed to eat it?
by deep fry it of course
Genius!
From the toaster for enhanced crunch.
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Okay so I’m not crazy, Canada here as well and we definitely did this.
That Brooklyn 99 thing, with the putting some raw noodles on top of the finished bowl? Yeah I found out not everyone does that from that episode
dry ramen is the cheapest snack money can buy. especially in Eastern Europe.
I rasie you a banana.
Yeah… Lived off of this in college. Thought it was a great main meal and snack.
But it SUCKS.
I did this fairly often in my teen years. As a snack it’s… okay, I guess?
