Basically Nanjie is supposed to be the "last/most Maoist city " in China. Theres big ass pics of Marx Engels Stalin Lenin etc etc in the town square. The town doesnt have real money they do their own thing. Idk how to add pics but they basically have this as their city's pride you can look it up or visit their site http://www.nanjiecun.cn/ (edit site might be broken on some browsers but u can look them up and get information) but all the stuff they make is here: http://www.nanjiecun.cn/njcjt.asp They make instant noodles which is like their most famous thing they make. I got the Beijing style noodles for this post again idk how to put a picture in the post but I did cooked them. They are basically generic crappy cheap instant noodles (basically so cheap they might as well give them away for free seriously.) Anyway these basically taste like generic cheap instant noodles which they are I would review the actual good noodles that they have with the classy fresh pack but I dont have them rn. Also they make wooden crafts and shit that look really nice again check their website

  • Krem [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    I've never seen anyone eat this the normal way (steeping them in hot water to make noodle soup), these are usually eaten dry by opening the bag, taking the spice pack out (most contemporary instant noodles have oil and sauce and freeze dried veggies, these archaic ones just have the salty msg powder), crunching the noodle into pieces, putting the spice over the dry noodle, pinching the bag shut and shaking it to make a salty msgy spicy noodle snack

    across the strait they have something called "science noodle" 科学面 which is the same thing just milder and has a merlin wizard dude on the package

    • electerrific [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Gosh, that sounds terrible. At least with soup it's a meal, though a poor one. I've bought the most expensive dry noodle packs there are in the hopes they'd be worth it, but no. They're not much better than the cheap ones.

        • electerrific [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          Well gosh, nobody eats dry noodles. Yuk. Noodles are always served in soup. It's the correct presentation. It's why they come in a bowl. Just add boiling water.

          • doaberylroll [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Worth it to note that ramen noodles are typically deep fried to remove moisture during manufacturing. Makes em calories dense but way more palatable dry or rehydrated

          • GorbinOutOverHere [comrade/them]
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            2 years ago

            If you're trying to say some shit about spaghetti or something guess what happens to the dry noodle before it goes on a plate

            • electerrific [none/use name]
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              2 years ago

              It gets added to boiling water?

              Ever had dry spaghetti? I used to eat it all the time when I was a kid. But I was weird.

              • GorbinOutOverHere [comrade/them]
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                2 years ago

                yeah, as part of the cooking process, it is rehydrated

                a noodle doesn't need to be in soup but if you're eating dry noodles you're hurting yourself for nothin

      • Krem [he/him, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        yeah i think western brands are all shit, cheap or not. that's why you can make snacks out of them, same as this one.

        in asia, good instant noodles are actually good though and you can make soup with them

    • innocent_bystander [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Yea in my post i wrote the same. they taste better that way dry with the packet, i just wanted to make it look like the picture on the pack for the post but failed pretty miserably probably due to being inebriated. if i post about treatums again it will be about the actual good ones these guys make that come in a tray (the cold noodle one slaps)

    • GorbinOutOverHere [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      crunching the noodle into pieces, putting the spice over the dry noodle, pinching the bag shut and shaking it to make a salty msgy spicy noodle snack

      I do this but still make soup idk why you'd want to eat the dry ass noodles :visible-disgust: