Talk:Instant noodles/Archive 2

The part of "the idea of instant noodles"
The sentenses of "Although similar products were available in Imperial China" and "the idea of instant noodles can be traced back to the Chinese Qing Dynasty" are improper for this article, since this article is about instant noodle. Also this article is neither preserved food nor dried (rehydratable) noodle and its cooking method. What about western Pasta?--218.41.166.183 (talk) 03:32, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * While I agree with the removal as it was unsourced, Yi mein is usually dried (sometimes/often? fried) and rehydrated and appears to be what the article was referring to (c.f. the HK section) although I don't know how long this has been the case. Nil Einne (talk) 05:39, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

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Urban Legend
Can anyone verify the claim that a college student died from one year of eating nothing but instant noodles? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.9.45.237 (talk) 18:20, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

This is a popular urban legend worldwide using a variety of college/grad students, and a variety of regional junk foods like porridge in Scotland or pasta or raman in the US. While vitamin deficiencies are often found on campuses, there has not been a documented case of illness from malnutrition, let alone death. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.62.1.233 (talk) 16:23, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Porridge is not a 'junk food'!109.151.244.48 (talk) 21:46, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Image needs replacement
Hello all...

An image used in the article, specifically Image:Instant beef noodle soup.jpg, has a little bit of a licensing issue. The image was uploaded back when the rules around image uploading were less restrictive. It is presumed that the uploader was willing to license the picture under the GFDL license but was not clear in that regard. As such, the image, while not at risk of deletion, is likely not clearly licensed to allow for free use in any future use of this article. If anyone has an image that can replace this, or can go take one and upload it, it would be best.

You have your mission, take your camera and start clicking.--Jordan 1972 (talk) 22:15, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Highest noodles per capita?
The article currently cites to prove that South Koreans eat the most ramen per capita, but no per capita figures are given? Using a population of 48 million, you can calculate that 3400 million packets / 48 million = 70.83 packets/person, certainly a high figure, but I'm not sure it's safe to extrapolate this into "most". Jpatokal (talk) 07:24, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It's certainly a likely candidate, given the other usual suspects (China, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan etc.) are all 40 or less per person. C xong (talk) 04:05, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Grammatical Issues
This article appears to be in dire need of an experienced copy-editor. I would do it myself, but I am not really either of those. Anyone who fits the bill, please help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldlaptop321 (talk • contribs) 01:48, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Follow-up
No one is helping, so I will try and help. Still feel free to copyedit, whoever is out there. Oldlaptop321 (talk) 18:43, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

maruchan cracker?
In the United States, eating a package of ramen uncooked is sometimes called a Maruchan Cracker, referencing a brand of ramen and its resemblance to a cracker.

I've never heard of this "maruchan cracker", and a google search reveals no hits for "maruchan cracker" besides its mention in this article. I think it should be removed. 69.171.163.125 (talk) 06:32, 5 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I saw that too, I think I will remove it. Aaron mcd (talk) 04:15, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

instant noodles vs Ramen
I notice that the word Ramen has been mentioned numerous times in the article. I fully understand that the link to the Ramen article would be inappropriate because generic Ramen is NOT instant noodles. However, the lack of an explanation or explicit disambiguation between the term Ramen used in this article and the term used in Ramen only leaves readers wondering what the connection is. I think somehow this article should link with Ramen (disambiguation). Kowloonese (talk) 05:17, 28 October 2009 (UTC) Hey does anyone remember snack of this form I remember when I was little there was these types of instant noodes flavored BBQ ranch, etc chip flavors meant to be eaten raw anyone remember the name? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.237.6.117 (talk) 22:38, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Instant noodles origin?
was there any truth to the story the BBC ran 4-5 years ago claiming the origins started in the 50's by a Korean man who then took it to Japan? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.61.150.8 (talk) 09:16, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Food Inventions
http://www.faqs.org/patents/class/000521952

The inventions and patents are for the methods of preparation. He never invented noodles but did invent the method of preparing the noodles to make them instant. QuentinUK (talk) 14:03, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of File:Shin packet.jpg for deletion
Hello, this is just a heads up to inform you that File:Shin packet.jpg, which is used in this article, has been nominated for deletion at PUF by myself. You can see my rationale and add your input on the nomination page, which can be found. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 09:17, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of File:Chikin Ramen.JPG for deletion
Hello, this is just a heads up to inform you that File:Chikin Ramen.JPG, which is used in this article, has been nominated for deletion on Commons by myself. You can see my rationale and add your input on the nomination page, which can be found here. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 13:46, 12 February 2012 (UTC)