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mech_and_mutt ([personal profile] mech_and_mutt) wrote in [community profile] spellminders2017-07-29 03:16 pm

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Okay, does anyone here know how to make 'ramen?!' Some kinda noodle soup that's supposed to be really, really good?

Apparently y'gotta get a buncha ingredients like fish and seaweed and now we've finally got a real ocean to get 'em from, but I dunno where to go from there! Do I just throw 'em all in a big pot or what?
witchofwishes: (OH HO HO HO HO)

[personal profile] witchofwishes 2017-07-30 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
Well. I know how to make it.

[But will she? Nah.]

You should have just asked me seeing as how I'm the one who told you about it~
witchofwishes: (AH HA)

[personal profile] witchofwishes 2017-07-31 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Fair enough~ I'm Yuukko Ichihara.

Alright. I hope you have a pen an paper ready because I'm going to give you the best ramen recipe I know~
witchofwishes: (but wait there's more)

[personal profile] witchofwishes 2017-08-02 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Oookay~

So ramen is more complicated than just putting everything in a pot and boiling it. But we'll get to that.

First you need some pork and salt. You can use chicken too.

For the soup itself you need... ginger, garlic, cloves, green onions, soy sauce, sake, sesame oil and of course water.

So this is what you do. You salt your meat and then you put the water, ginger root, garlic, green onions and salted pork, in a pot and boil it. Skim off any fat. Then change to a low setting and let that boil for an hour or so. Eventually you strain it and save the meat and the liquid too as it's part of your broth.

Ramen noodles don't take very long to make so all the topping stuff is important. Boil your eggs, cook your meat, chop up your vegetables. That's all the time consuming stuff.

So now it's time to finish up your broth. Boil the broth again and add soy sauce, sake, salt and sesame oil at low heat.

Then cook your noodles! Once they're done cooking you put them in a bowl, pour your broth on top then add all your toppings which can be anything really. Eggs, seaweed, and green onions are popular but whatever really suits your fancy. And don't forget your meat either.

It takes more work than a packet you get at the store but all good food does!
witchofwishes: (sweet smile!)

[personal profile] witchofwishes 2017-08-05 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Make it your great quest then. A goal~ Mine is to create a garden with all the different plants we find around here and wherever we may go next. Yours can be to someday craft the most perfect ramen dish. A noble and delicious journey.

[She laughs mostly because it sounds like something she'd have someone else do.]

And I don't know. I find everyone pleasant. They can get a touch odd if you're on your own so I try and keep one of the children close by. Normally one would get nervous around large groups but this place feels quite the opposite. Keep good company and you'll find the natives to be in much better spirits.
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[personal profile] grimdeity 2017-07-31 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
The only ramen I know of is merely noodles and water, boiled for several minutes and mixed with a small flavoring packet.

Therefore, I would recommend throwing your ingredients in water and boiling them. See what happens.
grimdeity: ikimaru @ tumblr (DISINTEREST 🌹 u do that)

[personal profile] grimdeity 2017-07-31 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I am speaking from an American point of view, rather than with the experience of one from it's country of origin. No doubt we have cheapened the true recipe, as we are known to do in the great U.S. of A. and packaged it at .25 cents a piece.

But if you don't have the ingredients, whatever they may be, I would recommend you gather them before worrying about what to do with them.
grimdeity: (VICTORIAN 🌹 era basically)

[personal profile] grimdeity 2017-07-31 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
A country known for its cheap food and obesity problem. I imagine many would agree the food isn't very good.

Ah. Well, that's a bit of a problem now isn't it? Have you considered investing in a cookbook?
lalliho: (sick and tired of memes)

[personal profile] lalliho 2017-08-02 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
...Isn't that how most soups are?

[Like, he just dropped a squirrel, pelt and all, into a boiling pot and it all worked out fine...]
lalliho: (don't make me come over there)

[personal profile] lalliho 2017-08-03 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Weird.

[What a tedious soup... Why would anyone even want to bother...]

Seaweed isn't hard to get. Or fish.
lalliho: (fuckin alright sure)

[personal profile] lalliho 2017-08-03 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know what a mecha is, but you just use a fishing pole or a net, stupid.
lalliho: (why did you tell me to hang up first)

[personal profile] lalliho 2017-08-03 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hrk.]

I'm not stupid. I know you just need a stick with a line and hook on it. You just hold it. It's not hard.
lalliho: (you're really bad at this)

[personal profile] lalliho 2017-08-03 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[clouds...]

You're not fishing right.

[This fact is important to establish first.]

You fish fish out of water. If you hook a beast big enough to break your rod, you kill it. ...Or die. If you're bad at things, or not careful.

[or something.]
lalliho: (congratufuckinlations)

[personal profile] lalliho 2017-08-06 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
Not fishing in water...

[That's a background mumble, something not necessarily part of the conversation even though it's related. What a ridiculous thing to do? How could it even be called fishing?]

It isn't hard. I can do it. And show you how, I guess. We can get enough for your weird food even if they're small.
lalliho: (sfx sfx menacing sfx blah blah jojos)

[personal profile] lalliho 2017-08-07 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm.

[...]

They're fish people...

[Is this going to be illegal?]
lalliho: (please pet my face)

[personal profile] lalliho 2017-08-08 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
Mrrmn...

[he doesn't know anything about ocean laws... fish people didn't exist in his world, outside of extremely unfortunate situations involving a deadly plague and the mutations it brings about.]

I don't think it works for them. No weird...thing. [Signet, the mental image helpfully supplies.] Right...?

[being real, he hasn't gotten too close.]
lalliho: (emil is babbling again)

[personal profile] lalliho 2017-08-09 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[mental equivalent of a shrug. search him, dude, he's just as new, here.

also it's worth noting that the palai are technically lizards and are terrified of the fish people... lalli's fantasy racist and just lumps them all together.]


Does it matter that much...?
lalliho: (important hair fixing bonding)

[personal profile] lalliho 2017-08-14 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay. But not making it right now doesn't mean you'll never make it. Just do it later.