January 2003

Ramen Rules is in the House!

Over the holidays we found a new, exciting web site, RamenRules.com! And while Godzilla and I are mac-n-chee guys, we appreciate the sentiment of ramenrules.com nonetheless. Also, we know a lot of graduate students who, can afford to eat nothing else besides Ramen. Yeah, now who's smart?

Anyhow, from this day forward, you will be able to find a link RamenRules.com on our site. We want you to go there and be happy. And if you encounter an grad students, tell them about how you can afford meat. It's fun!

The site itself is a mixed bag, filled with ramen etiquette, recipes and jazz music. What's more, the site is available in six different languages (English, Italian, German, Spanish, French and Serbo-Croatian.) Apparently, there is an oh-so-serious sub-culture of dedicated Ramen fanatics all over the world, and they have computers.

The recipe section is insane. You can find ramen fajitas, Ryane and Anne's Cheap and Easy Ramen Dessert, wiener ramen, Igor's Magickal Mystery Combat Ramen, Pizza Ramen and Sunday Night Special Ramen. It's not your run of the mill college age ramen - this shit is totally serious. There are recipes for pages (Grandpa's best guess is over 4000) - tons of comfort at your fingertips. Most of the recipes had ingredients common in most homes. This is not no snobby ramen page.

In honor of our new friend on the web, Grandpa would like to suggest his own favorite ramen recipe (he did not see this on the site). Godzilla still wants a taco.

Campfire Poached Eggs Ramen Breakfast

This meal should never be made at home. It's an outdoor thing. Trust me.

Ingredients:
Two packs of ramen (you pick the flavor)
Two eggs
Cup of ham, cut into bite-size pieces
Two cups of water

Directions:
Bring water to boil. (Keep on heat, but medium-low heat)
Toss noodles into water, mixing in only ONE flavor packet.
After a minute, toss in the ham.
Immediately drop in eggs.
Cook eggs, covered, until poached to your liking.

Eat right out of the pot. You may want to shake on some powder from the other flavor packet, or drop some hot-sauce on it. Either way, you will be ready for a good, long day of hiking or whatever. I first ate this in Sharpsburg, MD in September of 1992. I didn't need any lunch.