Now, I love food. I consider myself a foodie but I am not a food snob. EC sister and I share a love of wonderful food. Where we differ is that she really is a food (and alcohol) snob. She is of the vein that if it doesn't meet her Standards, it isn't worth eating (or drinking). On the other hand, I am more of the Garth Brooks school of thought and long ago accepted the fact that I have "Friends in Low Places". I value having a good time over whether I am drinking a microbrew or a Natural Light or having cheeseburgers or pate'. (In her defense, ECS is mellowing with age.)
(Don't pay attention to the crazy German pop ups.)
Not so long ago I saw a blog that mentioned the book, 101 Things to Do with Ramen Noodles. I like ramen. ECS wouldn't touch them unless she was ready to start eating her fellow survivors a la the Donner party. The concept behind this book intrigued me. Ramen noodles as real food, huh? Countrymouse lived on ramen noodles and microwaved "baked" potatoes his first year in podiatry school. All my pups were introduced to cooking by making ramen noodles. (I can still picture Pup #2 making ramen and how he always had to put the *

The be all and end all website for ramen (and I should point out that it is "rah-men" and not "ray-men") is The Official Ramen Homepage. Matt Fischer is the guru of ramen. I happened to revisit this site today. When I saw today's post, I was convinced I was out of the ramen loop.

Generally, even if they taste good, I think packaged ramen is considered *bad for you*, mainly because of the extremely high sodium content. (Probably why they are so loved.) There is even *good for you* ramen now. I have bought these and actually like them better but they cost a whopping $.0.98 a pack as opposed to 12 for a $1.00. Why would anyone want to feed these to their babies? They eat plenty of other questionable things (cheese doodles, hot dogs, etc.), do we need to figure out a way to feed them ramen at 12 months? Egads man!
So while my semi-grown pups are sure to enjoy some tasty ramen dish in the next week or so, I am convinced that ramen is best saved for the *big boys*. Let our little ones eat anything else. Their tiny little GI tracts will suffer enough as time goes on... infancy should be filled with innocence and bliss, and somehow I do not think that includes ramen.
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