Ramen Noodle Soup

Be kind. No government, state, or local politics allowed. Admin has final decision for any/all removed posts.
Forum rules
Be kind. No government, state, or local politics allowed. Admin has final decision for any/all removed posts.
User avatar
Dylan King
YouTube Tubist
YouTube Tubist
Posts: 1602
Joined: Tue Aug 17, 2004 1:56 am
Location: Weddington, NC, USA.
Contact:

Re: Ramen Noodle Soup

Post by Dylan King »

Psalm 118:4
Let those who fear the LORD now say,“His mercy endures forever.”
Miraphone 291 CC
Yorkbrunner CC
Eastman 632 CC
Mack Brass 421 CC
YFB-822 F
YFB-821 F
YFB-621 F
PT-10 F Clone
MackMini F
Willson 3050 Bb
Meinl Weston 451S euphonium
And countless trumpets, trombones, guitars, and every other instrument under the sun…
User avatar
TubaTodd
4 valves
4 valves
Posts: 672
Joined: Fri Mar 19, 2004 7:57 am
Location: Birmingham, Alabama

Re: Ramen Noodle Soup

Post by TubaTodd »

Status: Currently eating Maruchan Oriental Flavored Ramen @ my desk at work.

Story: When I was a kid, my family used to refer to Ramen noodles as "chemical soup." Of course back then my mom would crush up the baggy of Ramen and make it as a soup. Whenever school was closed from a snow storm I would shovel the the driveway and front porch while my mom made tuna sandwiches and "chemical soup." Once I was done shoveling it was time to eat....and watch the Price Is Right. It was a great combination.

Today, I eat Ramen as it was intended......as noodles. Since too much MSG does terrible things to my digestive system, I can't really drink the broth any more. Damn chemicals!!! ::mumble::
Todd Morgan
Besson 995
User avatar
JHardisk
pro musician
pro musician
Posts: 439
Joined: Sat Mar 27, 2004 7:46 pm
Contact:

Re: Ramen Noodle Soup

Post by JHardisk »

Just checked... $.17 at wal Mart, and $.22 at kroger. We'd never eat that crap, so the price hadn't concerned us.

Wade, you need to get the heck out of Mississippi!

And what's with all the chicken little referencing here?
~John Hardisky
tbn.al
6 valves
6 valves
Posts: 3004
Joined: Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:00 pm
Location: Atlanta, Ga

Re: Ramen Noodle Soup

Post by tbn.al »

I have no way to verify the authenticity of this site, but it does appear to reflect the trends in my area. Scary stuff.

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/pricebasket.html" target="_blank
I am fortunate to have a great job that feeds my family well, but music feeds my soul.
User avatar
Donn
6 valves
6 valves
Posts: 5977
Joined: Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:58 pm
Location: Seattle, ☯

Re: Ramen Noodle Soup

Post by Donn »

AP article in this morning's paper mentions food increases. Goldman Sachs analyst predicts "consumer food inflation to jump 5 percent by the middle of this year."

That figure was a little ambiguous. Taken literally, it's a small number - suppose consumer food inflation is now 10% per year (to start with an absurdly high number), then if inflation jumped 5 percent, it would be 10.5%, no? But probably misspoke or was misquoted, he really meant that your ramen would go up 5%.

But I thought I would see if I could check this from some other source, and then it got interesting. The Goldman Sachs guys should probably be keeping their name out of the news in connection with this issue for a while. A number of people are convinced that steep rises in 2006 and 2007 were due to financial speculation, led by Goldman Sachs, after they sucked the US housing market dry and pulled their money out as it collapsed. Corn and wheat near doubled, rice tripled, people starved all over the world. Back to normal in 2008, and the big investment houses pocketed billions as usual. No mention in the AP article of any suspicions that they're at it again.
Post Reply