College students
Also depressed 30-odd year olds who’ve been eating it for 20. Fucking. Years.
Im tired.
You doing okay bud?
He’s been malnourished for 20 years, does that sound okay to you?
Nope. But thanks <3
Add some frozen veggies, siracha, an egg and some rotisserie chicken. Super cheap still.
You can also try some modifications from this culinary mastermind: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JsB57FtaxXQ
Dehydrated onion goes a long way too. Frozen dumplings too, if you can find them cheap.
You know what is even cheaper? Not adding all of that shit to it.
Know what’s even cheaper? Simply not eating until you expire. Comment said get were tired of ramen. I suggested a cheap augment.
Simply not eating until you expire.
Damn, I knew I could cut expenses somewhere! Those finance articles were so right.
Congrats, now u can afford a house!
Wait, no…
Death is actually very expensive, it’s just not the dead person that foots the bill.
Those asked to foot the bill can simply expire as well, to avoid the cost
I know this is memes, but instant noodles weren’t invented to prevent starvation. On launch they were actually many times more expensive than fresh noodles.
I don’t know why anyone would choose ramen as a poverty meal. Beans cost about the same and are far more nutritious.
Good thing I’m a nutrient consuming robot who just needs fuel to power my circuits and not a human who has to taste things.
Frankly I don’t know why the grocery store has anything other than just beans. It would save so much time.
Because it’s easier to make, easy to clean up, and NOODLES!
How to make bean
- open can
- heat
- profit
How to make Ramen
- Heat Water
- Add ramen
- Profit
Wait, you’re saying you can get the same “nutrition to cost” value out of wet beans? I assumed you meant dry beans (and this would need to soak and actually cook them).
This might just be location specific, but wet beans are much more expensive (in terms of calories per dollar) compared to ramen every where I’ve seen (lived in South West and Mid Atlantic of US).
Are you saying that’s not the case where you’re at?
Taste?
Depends on the beans. Some taste really good on their own, others are very bland.
Beans + Ramen packet = 🤯
Where I live dried beans are usually about on par with ramen, but not canned beans.
Maybe they don’t like beans. I don’t generally like beans unless they’re in something else.
I generally don’t like beans unless they are something else
Not even in Mexican food?
i can live with it, but i’d prefer it just be more meat or rice
Different people have different tastes, as they say. I do not like beans in general, but I am fine with refried beans and black beans in Mexican food and beans in chili. And I guess if chick peas count as a bean, since they’re also called garbanzo beans, I enjoy hummus and falafel. But like a side of lima beans or whatever? Bleah. And green beans are just disgusting to me.
Ground beef and flour. If I weren’t allergic to wheat and all carbs didn’t give me diarrhea then i could make a million meals out of those.
One of my favorite meals is beans, sausage, and rice with some hot sauce mixed in. It’s such a nice comfort food, and it’s incredibly cheap and pretty nutritious.
You can also use ground beef, you buy the cheapest meat and ask them to grind it, or like me you have the hand cranked one at home.
You still need to cook it. It can’t beat pouring hot water into a container in terms of simplicity
Off course ramen is going to always be easy to cook, but ramen stops being the best choice when you start getting scurvy, and your skin is shit, and you don’t have energy.
That’s the problem with any monodiet, yes. Thankfully, even the most poor student and a depressed adult can afford an apple once in a while
do you have any noob-friendly recipes for beans? More specifically, some western style (US or Europe)?
Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.
But actually though. Spicy Red beans and rice is delicious, black bean burgers, anything with chick peas like hummus wraps or chick pea fritters, vegetable tacos and burritos with black beans… there are loads of things.
I very much like red beans and rice when it’s particularly spicy. Can add some sausage for heartiness too
Tomato soup with kidney beans can make it way more filling and gives the taste more body. Other less-western combinations with tomato work as well; like rice / beans, some sweet pepper, onion / tomato mixed sauce (perhaps even add apple or banana).
Otherwise stuff like Burritos and Chili recipes are always great.
Thanks, I want something that’s like 90% beans, not just something that have beans in it like burrito and chili. Like those “English breakfast” beans in red sauce.
because beans dont taste good
Because beans don’t offer as good nutrition compared to instant ramen
I also prevent my starvation with them so I do not see the difference.
I’ve had truly instant ramen when my friend’s brother came back from Japan. Dude brought a bunch of cool shit back, including a few cases of self heating ramen and a carton of self lighting cigarettes. Japan is like 500 years in the future.
self heating ramen
wat??
The are existing self heating ramens by using the same tech USA army warms their MRE “just add water” no matter temperature
Exothermic chemical reaction heats the food, like modern military MREs
There is a chemical heating element at the bottom of the cup. You add water, pull a string, and it will boil the water without a stove/microwave.
It’s a thing, I just looked it up
I just don’t know where you find it. I’ve been in Japan for years and never run across it.
What’s your favorite instant ramen?
Mine has to be Nissin Raoh. It’s so god damn delicious. It’s the closest thing to a real Japanese ramen shop experience.
The Cup Noodles stir fry line has been my favorite recently. It’s not anything fancy, but I like how you don’t end up with a broth when you’re done with the noodles.
Shin Black is a treat for me, but I’m usually rocking Jin Spicy.
Lately I’ve been having Paldo Spicy Kokomen ramen, it’s clean tasting and lovely with some green onion and egg.
EDIT: Honorable mentions
- Nongshim Mupama (spicy hearty veg)
- Nongshim Neoguri (spicy seafood udon style)
- Samyang Nagasaki ramen (spicy seafood, white)
Ramen… How can so many calories make you hungry again so fucking fast?
Pure carbs.
Try adding some eggs and veggies and you’ll be full for a lot longer
Yeah, but I could eat eggs and veggies at that point. You know, for half the cheap-ass fat-content
Probably the highest Nobel prizes to calories consumed if any food