06.01.2007 12:27
Inventor of instant noodles dies
Momofuku Ando, the Japanese inventor of instant noodles, has died, according to Nissin Food Products Co, the company he founded. He was 96.

Ando died of a heart attack on Friday, Nissin said in a statement on its corporate website.

He was born in Taiwan in 1910, when the island was under Japanese colonial rule. He moved to Japan in 1933, according to Japan's daily Mainichi newspaper.

Faced with food shortages in post Second World War Japan, Ando developed the idea that a quality, convenient noodle product would help feed the masses. He founded Nissin in 1948.

In 1958 Chicken Ramen, the first instant noodle product, was introduced after many trials. Following its success, the company continued to add innovative products, including Cup Noodle in 1971.

The Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum opened in 1999 in Ikeda City in western Japan commemorating his inventions.

The company's products even went into space when Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi took instant noodles in a pouch called Space Ram on his 2005 mission on board the US space shuttle Discovery.

Ando was a keen promoter of developing food for space travel, Nissin said.

Ando gave a 30-minute speech at the company's New Year ceremony and enjoyed Chicken Ramen for lunch with Nissin employees on Thursday before falling ill, Japan's largest daily Yomiuri said.

Ando is survived by his wife Masako, two sons and a daughter.

old news, dude. Heard about that a week ago.

rip regardless

legions of starving students both past and present owe this man a debt of gratitute

I owe him :(

rip regardless

legions of starving students both past and present owe this man a debt of gratitute

+1

It was a day of reflection for me as well when I first heard about this.

Rest well, my friend. Rest well.

In memoriam, should we relate Ramen related stories or recipies?

I keep them around to feed my son a quick meal.

so Sad

I add soy sauce, molasses, ginger, dried mustard, and and egg. It makes it like a teriyaki egg drop noodle soup. :bigthumb:

RIP. I lived off of that shit back in the good 'ol days.

I lived off of that shit back in the good 'ol days.I think everyone did but me. I never could stand the smell.

I lived off Kraft Mac & Cheese, Jenny-O turkey hotdogs (no buns), and sometimes popcorn, but never Top Ramen. :)

I think everyone did but me. I never could stand the smell.

I lived off Kraft Mac & Cheese, Jenny-O turkey hotdogs (no buns), and sometimes popcorn, but never Top Ramen. :)


My first semester of grad school I lived on two cases of Ramen (25 each), a 30# sack of potatoes, and when I felt like splurging I'd get myself a box of the Jenny-O Honey Turkey corndogs. That way I could afford to go to the bar every weekend. :40oz:

when I felt like splurging I'd get myself a box of the Jenny-O Honey Turkey corndogs.Mine was the Jenny-O turkey loaf with gravy. :bigthumb:

That way I could afford to go to the bar every weekend. :40oz:Up & Up tavern in B'ham... $1 pitchers on Thursday nights. :)

:rofl:

dude, this thread is amusing. I'm still waiting for "I know you are but what am I?" or "I'm rubber, you're glue, whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you"

Seriously, fighting in the RAMEN thread?

:nono:

Seriously, fighting in the RAMEN thread?

:nono:
:rofl: I lol'd.

Where are the pictures of said Coke machine!?

I have a Donkey Kong machine. Does that make me a rich prick too? Or do I need more bling than that?

Seriously, fighting in the RAMEN thread?

:nono:

No joke. It's really sad that a thread like this could deteriorate into such.

I'm mad disappointed in some of you, and you know who you are. lol

You lazy mods, you gotta boot this kinda stuff into smacktalk and enforce your own rules ;P

Bah, fine...

*waves his pimpstick*

"Ba-leeted!"

Ramen + hotsauce + egg = instant breakfast.