webfact Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 New Google Doodle Honors Instant Noodle Inventor Momofuku AndoKevin McSpadden(TIME) Peel off lid. Pour boiling water. Steep for three minutes. Stir well and serve.Thursday marks the 105th birthday of Taiwanese-Japanese inventor Momofuku Ando, whose instant noodles revolutionized the food world, and Google is honoring this king of quick cuisine with a new Google Doodle.As TIME wrote back in 2006, “In 1958, Momofuku Ando, an unassuming entrepreneur living in Osaka, created the instant noodle — and a continent has been feasting on his invention ever since.”Full story: http://time.com/3732916/momofuku-ando-google-doodle-instant-noodles-cup-noodles-top-ramen/-- TIME 2015-03-05[/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine51 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 OK TVF members...time to fess up. How many of us have slurped instant noodles? Be honest. Me....hundreds...perhaps thousands of times since I first saw a cup of "Nissin Cup Noodle" back in 1973 out here in these parts. Not great, not bad either & with a few fresh additions it becomes pretty darn good quick grub IMO. I wonder...how many makers of instant noodles there are today? Hint...back in 2005, 85.7 billion packets of instant noodles had been consumed worldwide...... https://web.archive.org/web/20080307055202/http://www.time.com/time/asia/2006/heroes/bl_ando.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momofuku_Ando Another interesting fact about instant noodles...many organisations doing disaster relief give out cases upon cases of the things to victims. Light weight, easy to prepare and...warm & a bit filling too boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costas2008 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Never in my life had these instant noodles. And if the wife presents me with them, one day, she wouldn't know where to hide to avoid my wrath. Otherwise, I'm a very easy going person............................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanno Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Very, very rarely as I don't like them. But they have been coming in handy when trekking or birding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine51 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Costas....Could honestly tell if the noodles are of the instant variety if presented to you in a nice bowl and you didn't see any packets in the rubbish bin or laying about? Especially if your missus included some fresh meats & veggies & chili's..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanno Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I figure I could because of the extremely high sodium content as well as various artificial flavor enhancers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FangFerang Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 (edited) I make them regularly as a substitute starch from potatoes and whole grain rice. Add my own flavorings and veggies -- a good, cheap, healthy lunch. Edited March 5, 2015 by FangFerang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prbkk Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I make them regularly as a substitute starch from potatoes and whole grain rice. Add my own flavorings and veggies -- a good, cheap, healthy lunch. Doing it that way makes sense but most people don't...instead they just use the flavour sachet and eat them directly....consequently there is about as much real nutrition in them as there is in the plastic in which they are wrapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanno Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 And double the daily recommended intake of Sodium.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thakkar Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Momofuku Ando, the inventer of Instant noodles, lived into his nineties. He said in an interview that he ate his instant noodles every day. I knew those things will kill you--eventually. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I haven't had them for a long time, but only because I forgot which flavour I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewrooney Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 They're pretty good if you throw in some chopped green onions, some cabbage, maybe an egg. High in sodium, but what isn't around here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Ingalls Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Thats a brilliant idea, NASA could use them instant noodles on that long voyage to Mars. Light weight getting it up into the air into space.....All 2200 tons of the stuff. Enough to last a life time or 36 months to Mars. Only one problem guys!........they forgot to bring along some water!.......and I know what your thinking, .....nope...can only use urine one time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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