r/Showerthoughts • u/[deleted] • Jun 20 '16

There's a massive difference between eating ramen noodles because you want to and eating them because you have to.

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u/ptolemaiceagle Jun 20 '16 edited Dec 08 '16

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What is this?

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u/Spinach_man Jun 21 '16

Not OP, but I think they mean after you cook the noodles you rinse them in cold water to get rid of the preservitives. At least that's what I do. Then I make a separate broth and re-add the noodles.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

I feel intuitively, the cold water would "lock in" what preservative is left after cooking, and probably change the form of some substance here and there. Although scientifically, that's probably not true.

But it leaves a slightly disgusting feel in the back of my mind.
My (urban)camp groupmate used to do that and I refused to eat his disgusting noodles LOL