The Ramen thread: How do you like yours?

I almost always take eggs on week long summer canoe trips. The plastic egg crates work OK if you are careful but I double ziplock them.

The key is to keep the shell intact. To that end I've bought eggs at a local nature center that operates a small organic farm. Their chickens get a lot of calcium from the plants they forage and the shells are very thick.

Sometimes I've used pasteurized eggs, especially if some of the crew are uncomfortable with the idea.

I've been told, by my local organic, free range, chicken & egg farmer, that if you don't wash or refrigerate eggs they will last for a couple of weeks. I have been buying eggs from them for twelve years and the eggs have a richer flavor than store-bought. The chickens eat green weeds and grasses and the yolks are dark yellow and tasty.

Occasionally I hard-boil a few for backpacking. Peel them and drop them in a baggie with a dash of celery salt. Yummy.

They can last more, but I wouldn't risk it to the two mark mark.
And yes, chickens that have a diversified diet do taste much better than the corparate fed chicken raised on a single type of grain diet. makes you want to raise chicken, doesnt it?

'ceptfor my neighbors complaning I'd have a few yard birds.

I get the snack mix blend of corn, peas, carrots and such from Just Veggies, add extra dried red pepper and celery from the same company. Rehydrate it when cooking the ramen. Drain. Add soy sauce packets.

If I'm in need of more calories, I add a foil packet of shrimp.

It's good enough that I take it to work with me.

Until in the past couple decades eggs were not refrigerated in stores. But at the same time eggs were grown locally. Nowadays eggs are washed and packed and that washing removes some of the natural protection. As well, eggs are stored in deep chill for many, many weeks.

If you can buy straight from the farm. They will last longer and taste better.

PS: If store bought eggs have shells that shatter easily and limp whites, sgaggy yolks, etc you may well have old eggs. One nasty thing some companies do is recycle old eggs and repackage them with a new date – the eggs are marked on the package about this but most people would not have a clue what it means, so if your eggs are super cheap….find out why!

1 packed oriental ramen w/ MSG, 1 packet Knorr instant Baby Reds, copious red hot pepper flakes and some melted Tillamook cheddar cheese.

Pack of ramen- cashews, chicken and gun slinger hot sauce!! Hot sauce is good with everything!!!

One packet Ramen noodles (no seasoning packet)
One packet dried country gravy

Boil water, add ramen and gravy. Stir. Eat.

I do all my "cooking" in those steamer bags.

I like the chicken Ramen and I dump it and two cups of hot water into the bag, then add 1/2 cup of stovetop stuffing and let it rehydrate for about 10 minutes.

1 packet beef ramen, 1 packet tomato cup-a-soup, freeze-dried peas; mini sweet peppers if available or inclined; diced-up hard salami from lunch portion if so inclined.