As I sit here preparing to write this article, I can't help but think how hungry I am. I have been working my day job for many hours and haven't had a thing to eat. This is the perfect blog to post on, as I can directly relate to the name of the website. Like many people (by many I mean everyone), I get hungry quite often. It usually hits me all at once, one minute I'm fine, going about my business as usual and then suddenly I must eat! I get tired and not only do I need food in me, I need something nourishing. I need something to cure that deep down need which starts in the pit of my stomach and quickly makes its way up to my brain, all the while taking over my entire soul. In short, potato chips won't cut it.
The problem is not only do I hate the act of cooking, I also dislike how much time it takes. I work all day and when I get home, I have things to do. There is business to handle and I don't want to spend a minute more doing work that isn't absolutely necessary (this includes cooking). The cooking takes long enough as it is, but then comes eating, cleaning, and probably heading back to the kitchen later on for more, because I was too lazy to make enough food to fill me up. I need something filling, nutritious, and quick.
So what are my options? What foods are both quick and satisfying? Perhaps you're thinking, "Taybot, just get something to eat on the way home. That eliminates all the cooking and clean up." This is true of course but it ignores another important part of my personality, I'm cheap. I won't spend $8-$10 every time I want a good meal. Eating out isn't the answer I'm looking for, although I do love Pita Pit.
There may be many solutions to this problem, but only one am I fully confident in: Top Ramen.
What other food is so quick to make, so easy and delicious, again and again? One way I manage to not grow bored of the classic Ramen noodles is I pretend I'm in Japan eating a fancy noodle dish. This only works if you have an imagination wild enough to convince yourself that you're in Japan or some other far away place, when you're really in your living room, or even worse your mom or ex-girlfriend's living room.
The flavors of Top Ramen are incredibly strong. The salt, the noodles, the heat rising from the bowl. All this and it only costs about .25 cents a package. For the price it takes to quickly lose at Ms. Pac Man you can have a delicious bowl of soup. I've heard there is a book full of hundreds of easy Top Ramen recipes, this is to ensure people don't get bored of their Ramen. It could be a fantastic book, full of many jewels of wisdom. Unfortunately I can't vouch for it, as I've never taken the time to find it at a bookstore. Shoot, I've never even bothered to look up the book on Google. In fact, I don't have any idea what the title is or who wrote it. Somebody simply mentioned the book to me a few years ago, and for some reason it always stuck out in my memory.
While I may still be in the darkness when it comes to this great book, there is one absolute truth: Top Ramen is quick, cheap, filling (if you make two packets at once) and full of great tasting salt. There is no way to get around it, the salt is delicious. As a matter of fact, I'm going to have some Ramen right now. Don't worry, I might be back making blog posts in less than ten minutes. As we all know, it doesn't take long to make Ramen.