What are you eating?

[Buffalobiian]

Maybe you should try my recipe for 'red ramen', Buff. It's on the hot/spicy side though. Meh, whatever. If you wanna try it, that's up to you.

HOT!!! That was..intense. It took me an hour to eat that. I had a full glass of water in between each bite, and in the end I took all the noodles out of the soup to aid the cooling process. I'm not exaggerating, I could feel my stomach radiating after I finished the meal. By the end of the hour it was pretty cold already, but here my stomach was, acting like a miniature furnace. Not a burning sensation, but definitely heat.

I followed your instructions, but I'm not sure if I followed the right. The recipe gave instructions for one ramen packet, so I simply doubled everything to make two. Also, teaspoons of spices, I used HEAPED spoonfuls, like you would if you made Milo. Was it meant to be flat across? I'll try it again soon, but maybe with level teaspoons this time to make it less of an ordeal

[animus]

Haha, how're you with spicy food in general?

[Buffalobiian]

Haha, how're you with spicy food in general?

I'm told I can take it quite hot, but that's only relatively speaking. I've yet to have a showdown with anybody who claims to take it hot. The last person was my mum like 7 years ago, but she's growing old now, and she says she can't take it anymore (contrary to dying taste buds). Currently she's wimpy by comparison.

In general, I find "hot food" at restaurants(not specialty ones) either okay (rarely) or weak. And this "Put on the Heat" tin of lentils/meat mix I bought from Woolworths (Aussie chain supermarket, kinda like Wal-Mart) was nothing.

[Animeniax]

Dang that's a lotta carbs! Looks like 3 packs of ramen at least.

Can one of you pm me the recipe please? I'll take the heat challenge.

[Buffalobiian]

Dang that's a lotta carbs! Looks like 3 packs of ramen at least.

Can one of you pm me the recipe please? I'll take the heat challenge.

PM sent. I look forward to your response. I cooked 2x100g packets of Nissan Teriyaki Chicken with Garlic Noodles.

I remember back in the day (which really wasn't so long ago), my record was 5 of these 100g packets. I wasn't full then neither, and could have easily gone for more, but some voice in my head whispered it wasn't a good idea. I reluctantly listened to it.

So what image of Buff do you have in your head now?

(My BMI is around 20-22 for imagination purposes)

[animus]

Let's have some sticky, yes?

[Animeniax]

PM sent. I look forward to your response. I cooked 2x100g packets of Nissan Teriyaki Chicken with Garlic Noodles.

I remember back in the day (which really wasn't so long ago), my record was 5 of these 100g packets. I wasn't full then neither, and could have easily gone for more, but some voice in my head whispered it wasn't a good idea. I reluctantly listened to it.

So what image of Buff do you have in your head now?

(My BMI is around 20-22 for imagination purposes)

Thanks for sending it, Buff, but it will be a few weeks before I can try the recipe. Where I'm at I'd have to mail order the spices and I can't cook ramen like normal, since boiler plates aren't allowed. I'll be in the US in Dec hopefully and can try it then

I can usually eat two packets max before I'm too full, but that's because I usually add meat, shrimp, onions, and green onions to the soup. Do you guys not add meat and veggies to your ramen?

[python862]

I followed your instructions, but I'm not sure if I followed the right. The recipe gave instructions for one ramen packet, so I simply doubled everything to make two. Also, teaspoons of spices, I used HEAPED spoonfuls, like you would if you made Milo. Was it meant to be flat across? I'll try it again soon, but maybe with level teaspoons this time to make it less of an ordeal

From the looks of it, you made it exactly right. That's a nice deep red, as I said to you in the PM, and from the reaction, I'm gauging it about to the point where you've got it down. As for doubling it, you're good on that too. Like I told you in the thread, it's a bit on the hot/spicy side. Also, did you use 1/4 cup of hot sauce, or 1/2? And which brand hot sauce did you use? These things also factor in, as some sauces are worse than others (i.e., this one time, my father brought home a new hot sauce to try, called Vicious Viper... regretted it for a while.).

[The Heretic Azazel]

I'd like that recipe too. I love spicy food, it seems the chili oil I get with my Chinese take-out is the only thing that comes close to pleasing me if I'm not making the dish myself. I can't even find any habaneros around here anymore though, I need to look harder.

My favorite time was when I tried a hot sauce called "Da Bomb", the label said it was the second hottest stuff on the planet. I drank a capful and it liquified my insides.

[Abdula]

I don't like spicy food but that looks absolutely delicious.

[python862]

Sheesh, I guess everyone on Gotwoot's getting the recipe!

[animus]

Send it this way too, I love spicey food!

[KitKat]

Heh, no spicy food for KitKat. I'm one of those people that gets 'medium' salsa from the store and thinks it's too hot.

I finally got around to uploading my pictures! This is the totoro cookies and homemade fortune cookies I made for my birthday. The cake was made for me by my friend.

[animus]

Those fortune cookies better have fortunes in them!

[Psyke]

Totoro cookies for the win! I can't make out what's the cake about though.....

[Buffalobiian]

Ooh, I love the Totoro on the bottom left

PMed a few more people with the recipe. I tried it again today, and I leveled out the teaspoons a bit. I finished it in 5mins this time instead of 50 . I have to say, now that I actually ate the thing, it tasted pretty good. Definitely hot more than anything, but I can imagine it being a little different depending on what flavoured ramen you tried.

Also, I'm willing to believe that "One teaspoon" means this:


and not this:

lso, did you use 1/4 cup of hot sauce, or 1/2? And which brand hot sauce did you use? These things also factor in, as some sauces are worse than others (i.e., this one time, my father brought home a new hot sauce to try, called Vicious Viper... regretted it for a while.).

I used this Indonesian hot sauce that we've got at home. It's pretty strong.

[The Heretic Azazel]

What would you think about adding some sambal as well? I'm trying this tomorrow.

[Buffalobiian]

What would you think about adding some sambal as well? I'm trying this tomorrow.

If you like sambal, I guess why not? You sound like you can turn up the heat, so I dare you!

I can usually eat two packets max before I'm too full, but that's because I usually add meat, shrimp, onions, and green onions to the soup. Do you guys not add meat and veggies to your ramen?

Must have missed this the first time I read it. I usually put in some greens and a bit of meat if I feel like it. Greens can be pretty much any Asian green or lettuce. Meat is usually something I can dig out from the freezer, like beef balls, fish balls, calamari balls or wontons. Every so often, my freezer will be stocked up with a batch of either my mum's or my aunt's wontons. They make them differently, and I like both!

My mum's is more of the Cantonese style, with emphasis on "freshness". That's mainly achieved by using prawns and veges, while pork is used sparingly. My aunt's is very big and meaty, and makes hers like she's making Siu Mai (sometimes wrongly? called Dim Sims). She smacks the pork like crazy, giving it a really bouncy texture, then loads heaps of it into the wonton pastry with some seasoning. I swear you'll never see wontons that big in restaurants.

On rare occasions, I'll fry an egg and some ham to top t all off. I was wanting to simply try out python's recipe that day, so I just cooked the noodles as is.

[Psyke]

My instant noodles may be gone but at least my wife still cooks for me.

Dinner which I just ate:

[Buffalobiian]

A healthy alternative too there Psyke. What is that sauce that's got chilli in it? It doesn't look as dark as regular soy sauce, which otherwise would have been my first guess.