Curry, shrimp, vegetable, even chili lime. Because of their low cost and easy preparation, the noodles became a staple of students (along with struggling artists and musicians) everywhere. By 2005, 85.7 billion packs of Ramen were being slurped up every year. Meanwhile, Japan and China buried the hatchet. Sort of.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/28350/discomfort-food-strange-and-twisted-history-ramen-noodles
In the last hundred years, Japan has given the world a number of remarkable inventions — the Walkman, the bullet train, the digital camera, the fuel-efficient car, karaoke. But in a poll conducted in December 2000, the Japanese people chose instant ramen as the greatest Japanese innovation of the twentieth century. And as unlikely as it seems, instant ramen's creator, Momofuku Ando, had exactly such ambitions in mind.
http://gizmodo.com/5814099/the-humble-origins-of-instant-ramen-from-ending-world-hunger-to-space-noodles
Ramen Noodle Recipes. Looking for ramen recipes? Allrecipes has 100 recipes using ramen noodles, including ramen noodle salads and coleslaws, ramen soup recipes and ramen burgers! Great salad. A variation on other ramen salads made with cabbage, it is sweet, crunchy and delicious! – Bibi. Top-rated recipes, party ideas, and cooking tips to inspire you year-round.
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As of 2008, global consumption of instant ramen reached 94 billion packages per year — that's an average of fourteen bowls per person. In the modern world, instant ramen has truly become the food of the people.
http://gizmodo.com/5814099/the-humble-origins-of-instant-ramen-from-ending-world-hunger-to-space-noodles
About 4,000 of the 5,000 terrible cliches about instant ramen begin with starving college students. As Karen Leibowitz explains in Lucky Peach, Momofuku Ando didn't aim to stuff hungry co-eds with his creation—he wanted to end world hunger.
http://gizmodo.com/5814099/the-humble-origins-of-instant-ramen-from-ending-world-hunger-to-space-noodles
Just as the world began to develop a “taste” for ramen noodles, the desire to improve them became the next natural evolutionary step. In Japan today there are over 35,000 ramen noodle restaurants that each pride themselves in their own ramen noodle recipe development.
http://www.maruchan.com/ramen-history
For a sensational summer salad, toss shredded Napa cabbage and sliced green onions with toasted ramen noodles, slivered almonds and sesame seeds, then dress with an aromatic blend of oil, vinegar, sugar and soy sauce.
http://allrecipes.com/recipes/17566/pasta-and-noodles/noodles/ramen-noodles/
In 1958, instant ramen noodles were invented in Japan, and were first given a name of Chinese origin - “Ramen.” This primarily refers to noodles in a soup broth. Due to the ease of preparation and rich flavor of ramen noodles, consumption of ramen noodle soup use quickly expanded worldwide. As different cultures discovered ramen noodles, each culture seemed to add the ingredients of its own cuisine and creativity with the ramen noodle “base” continues to this day. Soon in the history of ramen noodles, the idea of putting ramen noodles in a convenient cup was brought to the market.
http://www.maruchan.com/ramen-history
This is a very crunchy, very satisfying coleslaw with ramen noodles, cabbage, toasted almonds and sesame seeds. The dressing is vinegar and oil with lots of herbs and a tad of sugar. Packaged ramen noodle soup is dressed up with Thai-inspired spices, light coconut milk, and lots of fresh herbs.
http://allrecipes.com/recipes/17566/pasta-and-noodles/noodles/ramen-noodles/
Mankind Is Noodlekind: Momofuku Ando and the Invention of Instant Ramen by Karen Leibowitz, co-author of Mission St. Food, has been reprinted with permission from the Summer 2011 issue of Lucky Peach, published by McSweeney's.
http://gizmodo.com/5814099/the-humble-origins-of-instant-ramen-from-ending-world-hunger-to-space-noodles
what year did ramen noodles come out
Ramen noodles came out in 1958. Ramen Noodles came out in 1958.