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So I'm currently trying to write a report about some modern Swedish pottery, (emphasis on some, there are only 6 pieces in total) its awfully pretty but I'm struggling to say anything intelligent about it.
So after staying awake all night, part working on this piece, but mostly procrastinating playing games, I decided "fuck this I'm hungry, and I feel a food blog coming on"
Food of choice: Ramen
So recently I was inspired by this blog on Shin Ramen Black, and started trying to make decent ramen, and while this isn't the first time I've made it, I can still count the number on one hand, so be gentle.
Ingredients
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- A bundle of ramen noodles
- An egg
- Half a leak
- A whole carrot
- 4 salad onions
- A handfull of sugar snap peas
Make a mess
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it was at this point, preparing my garnish, it struck me that a whole carrot is quite alot of carrot, I had an inkling of this at the start, but I maintained that I'm hungry, and not only was a whole carrot was good idea, that it was required. In actually what happened, was that I got bored of making ribbons out of carrot (Don't ask me why I do this, I don't know either, I guess chunks are unappealing to me), tried to make the remains of the carrot into a phallus, but like everything else vaguely artistic in my life, I failed. Everything else I just chopped.
Cooking!
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There is an egg in there somewhere...
5 Minutes later...
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Upending the pot in the vast Krator that is actually a cereal bowl, and this was the end result.
The soupy bit of the ramen wasn't half bad for something is purely favoured by the vegetables it was boiled with.
I know it doesn't bear any good resemblance to anything remotely korean, but it was pretty tasty, and pretty cheap, so if you don't already make some sort of noodle dish, now is the time.
In case anyone is wondering what the pottery is that I'm studying:
![[image loading]](http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/4083/465h.jpg)
Designed by Stig Lindberg.
Anyway, its 8am, and I've not slept, so I'd like to sleep now rather than later.
Night night TL.
 
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You're not eating off the same pieces you're supposed to study, are you?
Please also blog about those pottery pieces, I'm interested in how one studies something like this.
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did you add salt and pepper?
looks like a good wholesome meal, just hoping the yellow colour isn't attributed to half a "leak" 
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I'll have to consider peapods next time I make ramen. It looks glorious. Oh, and it looks as if you didn't drain the water after initially boiling down your noodles. If you do that, you get rid of all the starchy water and consider boiling broth to finish off the dish. Real broth is amazing for ramen *¬*
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It looks like you didn't use some kind of stock at all? It's not difficult to just boil some chicken/pork/cow bones, adds soy sauce, and let it simmer for an hour or so. You can keep it to make a wide variety of noodle-based dishes.
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Don't u need some chilli or soy or something? It looks good and everything but doesn't it taste rather bland?
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On November 12 2011 17:43 Newbistic wrote:
You're not eating off the same pieces you're supposed to study, are you?
Please also blog about those pottery pieces, I'm interested in how one studies something like this.
Will do.d you want to reply here, or make a fresh blog?
On November 12 2011 19:23 iMYoonA wrote:did you add salt and pepper? looks like a good wholesome meal, just hoping the yellow colour isn't attributed to half a "leak"
Nope :D, and the yellow colour is attributed mostly to the egg, and the inability to discern leek and leak is down to dyslexia :D
On November 12 2011 20:24 EKnaus wrote:
I'll have to consider peapods next time I make ramen. It looks glorious. Oh, and it looks as if you didn't drain the water after initially boiling down your noodles. If you do that, you get rid of all the starchy water and consider boiling broth to finish off the dish. Real broth is amazing for ramen *¬*
Ah yeah, I could see why that would make it better, thanks for the advice, as I warned, I'm a total noob when it comes to cooking.
On November 12 2011 20:40 HereBeDragons wrote:
It looks like you didn't use some kind of stock at all? It's not difficult to just boil some chicken/pork/cow bones, adds soy sauce, and let it simmer for an hour or so. You can keep it to make a wide variety of noodle-based dishes.
No I didn't, again I plead ignorance, I don't really have access to animal bones, (I have little to no meat in my diet, since meat is so expensive and I'm a broke arse student). I guess I could try stock cubes, and I think that butchers may give bones out for free, IDK...
On November 12 2011 22:38 Vortigan wrote:
Don't u need some chilli or soy or something? It looks good and everything but doesn't it taste rather bland?
In truth it was a touch bland, so I dumped some sweet chill sauce into it, mixed it up a little.
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On November 13 2011 03:08 Kerotan wrote:
Ah yeah, I could see why that would make it better, thanks for the advice, as I warned, I'm a total noob when it comes to cooking.
No worries, mate. Try it out with beef broth or something and tell us how good it was some time ^^
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Good thing you stated that you're a noob at cooking =). I was about to apeshit.
But yeah like everyone else has stated, you NEED to add some meat or seafood into it. I already know just by looking at it that it was lacking in flavor, it even shows in color even though color shouldn't be a factor in how food should taste- thats just how bland it really is. Gordon Ramsey wouldn't just throw a fit, he'd probably burn down the kitchen.
Some easy things to add is either pork or steak, and miso. A combination of those will make the ramen taste like food. Just be sure how to prepare the broth with the right kinds of stock.
Your choice of pig feet, pig necks, hocks, chicken lol, beef. Throw it in a pot bring to boil, cook for 1 min. Drain and discard that water, new pot put everything back in along with your veggies. fill it up with water boil it on medium heat for the entire day, not the entire night. Then add some seasoning like salt, just a little bit, stir and let it cool.
EDIT: there's a lot of fun things you can use too other than meat. My favorite is dried kelp.
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