Does it seem strange to anybody else...

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 05/10/2018 at 17:22 • Filed to: None

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...that my boys like to eat ramen without cooking it first? They put it on a plate, sprinkle the fake chicken/salt flavor packet on it, then just take bites off of the brick. I don’t get it.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:26

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I boil mine, drain it, then sprinkle on the sprinkles and eat.

Mercedes Streeter > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:27

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I’ve done that before. Sometimes I like eating the noodles like they’re crunchy chips or something. lol

Wacko > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:27

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I would eat the bits left in the bag while waiting for the noodles to cook

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/10/2018 at 17:27

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Yes, like a normal person. Clearly, my boyos are not normal.

ttyymmnn > Mercedes Streeter 05/10/2018 at 17:28

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It certainly is crunchy with both of them going at it together.

interstate366, now In The Industry > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:28

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I did that when I was a teenager.

ttyymmnn > interstate366, now In The Industry 05/10/2018 at 17:29

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Yeah, but teenagers are weird. So, maybe that explains everything.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:30

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I did this as a kid. sometimes I still do, when my wife’s not watching.

ttyymmnn > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 05/10/2018 at 17:31

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when my wife’s not watching.

LOL

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:31

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welp.... they’re freaks...

freaks with good teeth and strong roofs

(i like me noodles drowned in soup)(with extra peppers)

user314 > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:33

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I’ve never tried, but aren’t ramen noodles rather hard uncooked? Doesn’t seem like something enjoyable, especially since they’re so easy to cook.

E92M3 > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:33

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That sounds terrible. Boil some, put some diced tomatoes and an egg in. They’ll never want regular ramen again, let alone raw ramen.

E90M3 > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:33

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My sister used to put kraft Parmesan cheese on nutri-grain bars. Kids are weird.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 05/10/2018 at 17:34

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This is what you choose to do when your wife isn’t watching?!

/s

jkm7680 > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:34

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ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew

ttyymmnn > user314 05/10/2018 at 17:35

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They are as hard as any other noodle, but since they are so thin they are easier to crunch (I suppose). But I think what we are up against here is tweens who don’t want to have to be bothered with waiting for something to cook or having to cook it themselves.

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:36

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I do this all the time

ttyymmnn > E92M3 05/10/2018 at 17:36

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They’d have to cook it themselves, so they won’t. Give a man a fish vs. teach a man to fish.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 05/10/2018 at 17:36

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Jesus is watching even if my wife isn’t.

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:36

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I used to break up the block when still in the bag, sprinkle the flavor pack, then give it all a shake. Kinda like eating really crunchy chips.

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:37

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I’m 15 and my sister’s 13. We both do this and now my 9-yo brother is picking up on it. I showed this post to my sister and she said “they’re enlightened. They know what’s up.”

ttyymmnn > jkm7680 05/10/2018 at 17:37

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I concur.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:37

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Yes this is strange, you should trade them in for new boys.

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle 05/10/2018 at 17:37

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Well, I’ve seen some of your work around here, so that doesn’t really surprise me.......

;)

ttyymmnn > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor 05/10/2018 at 17:38

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Interesting twist..

ttyymmnn > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 05/10/2018 at 17:38

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Now that’s funny. These boys are 12.

ttyymmnn > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/10/2018 at 17:38

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Not sure how much I’ll get, though.

user314 > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:39

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I mean, I remember being lazy as a teen (still am, TBH), but three minutes to cook ramen? I don’t get it.

ttyymmnn > user314 05/10/2018 at 17:40

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They’ll figure it out one of these days.

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:40

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It’s this and plain white rice. I won’t ever break this habit lol, my 22-yo older sister still does that stuff too.

ttyymmnn > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 05/10/2018 at 17:40

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Plain white rice? Doesn’t that hurt your teeth?>

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:41

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don’t question it, just be happy its nice cheap ramen.

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch 05/10/2018 at 17:42

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And that I don’t have to make it for them, or risk them setting the kitchen on fire.

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:43

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eating them dry is the mspaint of ramen

rillweid - Now with more TRD and less TDI > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:43

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Cooking is too much effort for teenagers.

ttyymmnn > rillweid - Now with more TRD and less TDI 05/10/2018 at 17:44

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Exactly.

Takuro Spirit > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:45

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The high sodium content in Ramen Noodles gave me kidney stones the first time I ate the stuff. Never again.

bob and john > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:46

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I did it. I liked it. LOL.

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:46

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Meant cooked plain white rice lol. But that too, sometimes :P

facw > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:46

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A friend of mine lived in Poland as a kid and said his soccer teammates did this. Seems weird to me given that you can cook them in three minutes or if you want to snack on something crunchy you can find better chips and/or crackers. And make no mistake, chips probably wouldn’t be any less healthy, those ramen blocks are high-calorie, high-fat, and high-salt.

Matt Nichelson > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:47

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I don’t do that, but what I do instead could also be considered odd. I boil my noodles, drain the water, put in some milk, cheese, and butter, and throw the flavor pack away. Basically I take a 50 cent meal and turn it into a $8 meal.

7:07 > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:49

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I love when my kids do this. Because they get to sweep the floor afterwards.

MM54 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/10/2018 at 17:50

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Wait, you drain your ramen? I just add the packet to the water+noodles to make noodles in broth

MM54 > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:51

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One of my calculus professors in college once declared (amongst many other strange things) that only drunk people eat dry ramen, so you may want to check what else they’re getting in to.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:51

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Instant ramen was a staple in my house because my dad smoked and drank most of the grocery money. I haven’t bought any since I moved out of my parents house. Same with Scott 1000

Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:55

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When you college too hard

ttyymmnn > Matt Nichelson 05/10/2018 at 17:55

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Milk cheese and butter? That’s different. It’s the milk part I’m confused about.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > MM54 05/10/2018 at 17:55

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Yup; drain it. Then eat the noodles with the sprinkles on it.

ttyymmnn > 7:07 05/10/2018 at 17:55

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Whatever it takes....

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:55

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Not weird enough until they try this technique of Ramen-consumption

Svend > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:56

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I was all with you when I read,

my boys like to eat ramen

and then lost it when I read,

without cooking it first

I’m sorry, what? Why?

It’s simple enough. Boil water, add noodles, add the powder, stir and bring back to the boil then simmer for a few minutes.

Anything else is just not doing it properly.

It’s mind boggling that there’s so many flavours.

Chicken

Curry

Barbecue Beef

Bacon

Chow Mein

Chilli Chicken

Thai Sweet Chilli

Peri Peri Chicken

Thai Green Curry

BBQ Sweet Chicken

Pulled Pork

Chicken & Mushroom

Steak Fajita

Southern Fried Chicken

Mild Mexican Chilli

Sizzling King Prawn

Vindaloo

Steak & Ale Pie

Cheese Burger

Chicken and Herb

ttyymmnn > MM54 05/10/2018 at 17:56

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I have been drunk many, many times, including that year of grad school where I basically subsisted on ramen and roast beef hash. But I have never, even in a drunken stupor, eaten raw ramen.

ttyymmnn > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 05/10/2018 at 17:57

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I existed on ramen, toast and roast beef hash in grad school.

ttyymmnn > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner 05/10/2018 at 17:58

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They’re only 12. At least I know they won’t starve when they do go to school.

Spanfeller is a twat > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 17:58

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As a college student and recently former teenager I promise I never did that. But then again our ramen noodles come in a package specifically made to be prepared in 1 min

Maruchan

ttyymmnn > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 05/10/2018 at 17:58

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Man, that’s a party in a bag.

ttyymmnn > Svend 05/10/2018 at 18:00

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I have to consider your own culinary proclivities when I read your comment. And remember, they are 12 years old. But yes, cooking ramen is ridiculously simple, so much so that I require them to do it themselves. Therein is perhaps the main reason that they eat it raw.

And, despite all the different flavors, my experience is that most of them taste like salt.

Svend > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 18:14

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I’ve been making Pot Super Noodles and Super Noodles for many years.

The genius of them is they are so simplicity.

Pot Super Noodles, you just peel back the foil lid, add water, stir and let it sit for two minutes, then eat.

They’ve even taken the Pasta N Sauce and made a pot version.

and a rice version.

Khalbali > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 18:18

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I know I’ve seen somebody else do that I just don’t remember who.

ttyymmnn > Svend 05/10/2018 at 18:18

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What sort of horrible chemicals are in those, though? I’ve never seen anything like the noodles or rice dishes, but Cup Noodles have been around forever on this side of the pond.

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 18:18

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Ramen is very versatile!

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 18:18

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Packing lunch for them will be easy then.

12 yo boys do all kinds of goofy stuff for the attention. Eventually they’ll figure out that they don’t really like it.

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 05/10/2018 at 18:20

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Hey, that’s a pretty good idea.

I don’t know, I think they actually enjoy it. But they are 12-y-o boys.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 18:21

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All of them.

Svend > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 18:34

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I don’t know about chemicals. We have rather strict laws on food.

The Pot Noodle has been around for ages but the pasta and rice version are very recent and are really nice (I don’t have any in the cupboard to take a look).

The Pasta n Sauce are lovely.

404 - User No Longer Available > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 18:34

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There are actually instant noodles that are intended to be eaten “uncooked”.

http://nymag.com/strategist/article/best-snacks-mamee-uncooked-ramen-noodles.html

https://shop.waiyeehong.com/noodles/instant-noodles-packet/superior-soup-instant-noodles-1

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 18:34

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I used to do that, even as an adult. No flavor packet, though - just the basic Ramen. Save the flavor packet to mix with rice or something. I don’t think my teeth could take it these days. I would also eat the raw cookie dough instead of baking it. Tastes much better that way. A friend got pissed at me when he was trying to bake cookies and I said I’d take my portion uncooked.

ranwhenparked > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 18:37

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It might be a thing. When we were little kids, my brothers and I used to sometimes eat uncooked dried spaghetti.

ttyymmnn > 404 - User No Longer Available 05/10/2018 at 18:41

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Interesting. Thanks!

ttyymmnn > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 05/10/2018 at 18:42

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Mother’s magazines warn about raw eggs in uncooked cookie dough, or cake mixes, or brownie mixes, but I’m still here 51 years after licking many, many spoons and beaters.

ttyymmnn > ranwhenparked 05/10/2018 at 18:43

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Now, I have done that, but spaghetti noodles are proper pasta. I’m not sure what these things are...

ranwhenparked > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 18:46

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Chemicals?

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 18:50

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Yes. At least prepare them for college by showing them how to boil water and eventually causing a dorm fire cause college.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 18:51

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Same here. That was one of my favorite things to do when mom was baking. The commercial cookie dough is probably safe, but with everyone so paranoid about safety I bet charges could be brought up if the same thing was done today. Frigging wimps...

fhrblig > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/10/2018 at 19:25

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This here is the best way.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fhrblig 05/10/2018 at 19:37

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Something get Kinja’d?

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 19:44

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Not so strange. People have been interpreting Ramen in all sorts of ways.

https://www.amazon.com/101-Things-Do-Ramen-Noodles/dp/1586857355

Matt Nichelson > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 19:52

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Think of it as mac and cheese except real cheese instead of powder and ramen instead of macaroni.  

Wacko > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/10/2018 at 20:14

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I did that too, but sometimes. I add a little butter.

Wacko > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 20:15

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Your boys on oppo too?

Wacko > user314 05/10/2018 at 20:17

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They are not as hard as spaghetti.

Wacko > Matt Nichelson 05/10/2018 at 20:19

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I was gonna say like kraft diner, but for you Americans that’s Mac and cheese

Wacko > MonkeePuzzle 05/10/2018 at 20:21

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I was expecting you to use the flavour packets as finger paints

Wacko > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 05/10/2018 at 20:22

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What is Scott 1000?

Maxima Speed > ttyymmnn 05/10/2018 at 21:05

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They are getting ready for college.

fhrblig > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/10/2018 at 21:24

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No, I just meant I do it the way you do. Sorry, I worded it kinda weird.

ttyymmnn > Wacko 05/10/2018 at 21:30

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Nope. Too young.

MonkeePuzzle > Wacko 05/10/2018 at 21:41

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maybe i do...

ttyymmnn > Maxima Speed 05/10/2018 at 22:03

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I survived on ramen, toast and roast beef hash in grad school.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Wacko 05/11/2018 at 09:15

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Poor-people TP:

I got so accustomed to using huge wads of TP that now that I use the good stuff (you know- the kind that your finger doesn’t poke through while wiping) I use too much.

t0ast > ttyymmnn 05/11/2018 at 10:41

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I think I’m more weirded out by them eating it directly off the brick than anything else, since the rest of that idea isn’t too far removed from some East/Southeast Asian snack foods.

ttyymmnn > t0ast 05/11/2018 at 10:50

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Hm. I wonder if we could find that an international market here in Austin. I bet my boys would dig it.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fhrblig 05/11/2018 at 10:58

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I’m bachin’ it next weekend and I may buy some ramen...

t0ast > ttyymmnn 05/11/2018 at 11:55

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Definitely worth a shot, because they’re all pretty tasty. I’ve seen them pretty regularly at most Asian markets in some form or another. If you’re ever up in Dallas, I know for sure the Mitsuwa there carries some.

fhrblig > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/11/2018 at 14:45

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I just used the last of mine. Time to go to the store.

Wacko > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 05/11/2018 at 15:28

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one ply ain’t worth the shit it wipes off my ass...