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Our Founder – Momofuku Ando

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Re: Our Founder – Momofuku Ando

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Post by whamlastxmas »

saagarjha wrote: post #41
thucydides wrote: post #39

cool story but: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), PALM OIL, SALT, DRIED CARROT FLAKE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, CONCENTRATED GREEN CABBAGE JUICE, DEXTROSE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM SUCCINATE, DRIED CORN, DRIED PARSLEY, EGG WHITE, GARLIC POWDER, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, L…

Which part of that is disagreeable to you?

The only thing that bothers me personally is the all caps :)

Re: Our Founder – Momofuku Ando

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Post by glitchc »

Dalewyn wrote: post #12

Cup Noodles (and more generally instant noodles) is easily one of the most important inventions ever. It's cheap, it's nutritious, it stores well (and easily), it ships easily (read: cheaply), and it prepares simply and quickly. Most importantly, it's delicious. I know of no other food that checks all these boxes and then some.

There's minimal nutritional value in ramen. It's basically flour and salt, not to mention all the preservatives they add to it. Living on ramen alone would leave you heavily deficient in proteins, vitamins and minerals (other than salt).

Re: Our Founder – Momofuku Ando

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Post by brandall10 »

chaostheory wrote: post #45

Momofuku Ando was born as Go Pek-Hok and his family was originally from Taiwan. Ando and Nissin are a prime example of why immigration is so important to a country’s business sector. Immigrants are 60-80% more likely to start businesses. This is due to various factors. While discrimination and lack of opportunity might be a factor, it’s more likely because immigrants tend to be less risk averse as a group. Why? There…

"Why? There’s no definitive answer."

I'd argue act of immigrating itself is risky behavior, so naturally that would be a less risk averse group.

Re: Our Founder – Momofuku Ando

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Post by steve1977 »

brandall10 wrote: post #53
chaostheory wrote: post #45

Momofuku Ando was born as Go Pek-Hok and his family was originally from Taiwan. Ando and Nissin are a prime example of why immigration is so important to a country’s business sector. Immigrants are 60-80% more likely to start businesses. This is due to various factors. While discrimination and lack of opportunity might be a factor, it’s more likely because immigrants tend to be less risk averse as a group. Why? There…

"Why? There’s no definitive answer." I'd argue act of immigrating itself is risky behavior, so naturally that would be a less risk averse group.

I wonder how much of that is reflected in the differences between the USA and for example Europe (where the USA for a long time was mostly European immigrants)

Re: Our Founder – Momofuku Ando

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Post by Dalewyn »

grogenaut wrote: post #27
gaadd33 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where can you get jerkey, wine or nut butter for less money than instant noodles? I'm not familiar with the pricing for everything listed, but if I can find those 3 for cup noodle prices, that would be awesome.

I wasn't really going on price. Also note that you're at 48% daily sodium for 1 thing of nissan instant noodles which is 290 calories (1/6th daily intake of 1800) and 20% of nutritional value. I can get my own cider down to about $0.28/12 oz bottle. My point was more that there are many storable foods and have been for a long time that provide nutrition and variation. And other than the salt pork aren't loaded with s…

>nissan instant noodles

Nissan makes cars.

Nissin makes cup noodles.

Nisshin makes flour.

Re: Our Founder – Momofuku Ando

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Post by netsharc »

j7ake wrote: post #16

Nissin cup noodles (Japan version with nice toppings) are the only thing I eat on airplanes, even if I am flying business.

I went on a bit of the Trans-Siberian rail. Chinese dried ramen are sold at the station shops, the trains have samovars (hot water dispensers), originally for tea, so it's perfect for ramen.

I went to the "Top of Europe", a tourist trap at the Swiss glacier saddle of Jungfraujoch. There's a cafetaria up there, and by the cashier there's an empty ramen package (bowl-shape with its lid cellotaped on). I added 2 and 2 and laughed: it's for the Chinese tourists with the language barrier to point at and make the cashier understand, they want ramen...

Re: Our Founder – Momofuku Ando

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Post by whyenot »

Both this biography and his page on Wikipedia skip over the war years. I wish there were more information about this time. He grew up under Japanese rule. Was he conscripted into their armed forces? How were the people of Taiwan treated by the Japanese during WWII?

Re: Our Founder – Momofuku Ando

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Post by maxglute »

I'm a big fan of JP fare, but I am consistently underwhelmed by popular JP ramen brands vs SKR/PRC/TW ramen. They clearly put a lot of effort in their instant noodles, but apart from their more korean/chinese/thai leaning flavours, most I've tried have been very mid.

Re: Our Founder – Momofuku Ando

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Post by CodeArtisan »

whyenot wrote: post #57

Both this biography and his page on Wikipedia skip over the war years. I wish there were more information about this time. He grew up under Japanese rule. Was he conscripted into their armed forces? How were the people of Taiwan treated by the Japanese during WWII?

The Japanese wikipedia page talks about it: He was imprisoned and tortured. The main source material is the book Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando (ISBN-10: 1499807031).

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Dalewyn wrote: post #12

Cup Noodles (and more generally instant noodles) is easily one of the most important inventions ever. It's cheap, it's nutritious, it stores well (and easily), it ships easily (read: cheaply), and it prepares simply and quickly. Most importantly, it's delicious. I know of no other food that checks all these boxes and then some.

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