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Email  Eat Me   Instant Ramen Isn't Just For Broke College
Students  Henry Hong  By Henry Hong | Posted 2/4/2009  So I
guess I'm on a mini-crusade to restore dignity to what I feel
are unjustly besmirched processed/convenience foods, and in
terms of general-disdain-to-awesomeness ratio, instant ramen is
without question deserving of advocacy. Though the whole
"starving college student" onus seems to have shifted to Easy
Mac and Cheese as of late, many view instant ramen as a quasi-
food, good only for its convenience and low cost. But the
enlightened know that a package of decent ramen, an egg, and
some leftovers combine for a damn fine repast, and usually for
under a dollar.  "Ramen" is the Japanese pronunciation ("ramyun"
in Korean) of an undetermined Chinese term, possibly "la-mien"
(stretched noodles) or "lo-mein" (boiled noodles). Ramen differs
from other noodles in that an alkaline solution is used in the
dough, which lends the noodles a fi