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theyre one of the most popular noodles

ive been seeing way too many people liking them

its really common now

Korean food exports are taking over in general

i heard nothing about them, and then suddenly like half the people i know and more

had tried them or have them regularly

its really suprising

you had a wave of state-sponsored Vietnamese food exports for a while but in the last 5 years S.Korea has put an absurd amount of money into their global image

which (even if you find it silly) invovles heavily pushing stuff like this

food diplomacy is genuinely strange to me, because I think it works but don't understand why

i think tiktok/youtube shorts did a lot for these noodles in partilcular

S.Korea provides money to Samyang Foods to buy unlimited advertising in various global markets

it's kind of like what we do in the US for DEI bullshit

but Vietnam and S.Korea do it heavilly for food

like, if you go into any s.korean restaurant in America that's opened in the last couple years they all are funded by state grants from S.Korea, get monthly revenue from the S.Korean government to pay rent, there are training programs where any chefs you hire get 12-18 months of free culinary education in S.Korea (+travel/housing)

and if the business goes under, you assume no liability risk

I'm sure it's not 100% of restaurants, people see trends and emulate too

but when I was chatting with one of the Kroean bakery owners near me, he basically said their government is obsessed with this rn, and you'd be stupid not to take the free money

even though he has zero interest in running an American bakery for more than a handful of years

but regardless

those Buldak noodles are fucking good anyway

i guess I should try them

I know this is veering into food autism

but imo I'm amazed that Western ready-made soups have become so terrible

i'll eat campbells chunky

meanwhile instant noodles have gone in the other direction

soup was always my go-to quick meal when I was younger, but unless I pay an absurd amount for bougie brands now I feel like they're pretty disapointing whenever I make one

ramen though, seems to just have a much higher floor, even the super cheap ones

(aside from that terrible crab one we tried Max)

soups are scared and want to seem healthy now

like i go to the soup isle

I really like the Cup Noodle stir fry for cheap stuff

VITAMIN B LOW FAT LOW SODIUM

LOW EVERYTHING HIGH PROTEIN

like nigga idc just give me some good chicken noodle

"low sodium, weight-watcher verified Oprah soup with 80 kcal per can"

genuinely ebery single fucking can is like that

if you want healthy soup make it on your own it's way easier

lol

it's also funny, because making a "healthy" soup is literally just chicken stock + 1 or 2 stable veggies like celery

but I don't even think they do that

and you'll probably spend less

can you can your own soup does that work

all the soups are full of sugar and starchs and other nonsense that is shelf stable for longer

and I'm not claiming I don't want potatoes in my soup

I just don't want them to taste like ass because they're meant to survive 5 years

they all do

the chicken has gotten worse in them too

for chicken noodles

all the chicken noodle soup now have really really weird gross chicken in them

just embrace these not being healthy meals and encourage the average American to cook their own food otherwise

I feel like a single serving of soup is healthy enough, low-sodium/low-fat is a meme anyway

why don't we get soups that are healthy for other reasons

shove some potassium in there

boom your soup is more healthy and more salty

wow

because health food is a scam

instead it's "we're going to make you pay the same price, for less stuff, but it's healthier"

I'd like to get back into making more stews/soups like I did in college, but making a pot and storing it and cleaning up later the single serving ones were just so easy when they were good

healthier according to the lobbyists controlling the FDA

this american concept of healthy food is worse and you pay more is retarded

when often you get.less

and they have higher margins

we have so many Vegetables from our garden we just make soups weekly

buy chicken or beef whatever, cook it down, throw it in a pot with tons of veggies

store it

repeat

college, I used to just eat that soup until it was gone, mostly to save money

now that I'm less broke though, I like not awlays eating the same thing every meal for 3+ days

yeah, it's just me being lazy mostly, could totally add stuff to the soup over time or w/e

but, I'd also just rather there were better single serving soup options as well

Did someone mention soup

I dont really like noodles but sure i'll try em out

this is fine

lmao

its just so funny

there will be an abortion bus on site