{"id":4270,"date":"2024-02-10T19:35:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T19:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melange.ink\/?p=4270"},"modified":"2024-03-26T01:47:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T01:47:17","slug":"expired-ramen-a-reddit-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.ink\/index.php\/2024\/02\/10\/expired-ramen-a-reddit-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Expired Ramen: A Reddit Post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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From The M\u00c9LANGE<\/em>
Occasional Journal of Cuisine<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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r\/ramen<\/strong> \u2022 1 mo. ago
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Expired ramen<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Question<\/strong>
Sorry, this post was deleted by the person who originally posted it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CACHED ORIGINAL POST<\/span>:<\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cIs one-month expired ramen still safe to consume? The packaging is still sealed and it has always been in a dry place. I don’t have any issues eating foods 1-2 weeks after they have “expired” because I know that these are more of a sell-by date than an actual expiry date, but I still want to make sure since this is a bit longer than usual.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n
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TOP REPLY<\/strong>: J. L. Yocum<\/strong>
\u2022

I just ate a package of Mike’s Mighty Good Craft Ramen, which expired in October of 2021. That’s more than two years ago.<\/div>\n\n\n

I had a ramen craving out of the blue. I found six of these packages in the back of the pantry, leftovers from the start of quarantine. I hate food waste, I was curious if they would be any good, and I kind of don’t want to go into work tomorrow \u2014 so I wouldn’t hate to have an excuse, should it make me sick. I was in the right mindset to take risks, is what I’m getting at, so it was time for a gastronomic science experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After finishing the bowl, quite sated and happy with my decisions in life thus far, it occurred to me that the rest of the ramen-eating world might well benefit from my daring, so I logged onto Reddit and searched “Expired Ramen,” hoping to find someone to share my experience with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And here I find your post, dear [deleted], which went public an opportune mere 43 minutes ago! Thank you for giving me a space to record my findings. For posterity, and what not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I boiled the noodles, noticing that they seemed to take a lot longer to become disentagled from one another than usual. While they cooked for some six or seven minutes, I mixed the ramen packet with about a tablespoon of Kewpie Mayo and a raw egg, as per instructions from some TikTok or other that my wife happened across and later told me about. (I don’t use the site or the app, personally, but I see no reason to dismiss good advice out of hand just because of where it came from.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the noodles were ready, I poured them \u2014 broth and all \u2014 into the same bowl where I’d mixed the seasoning packet with the raw egg and Kewpie Mayo. I sprinkled in a few pinches of asafoetida (itself several years old), and while I was at it, I dropped in about a teaspoon of Kadoya Hot Sesame oil, as well as a healthy squeeze of O’Food Gochujang, then set about to consuming the creamy opalescent concoction before me. Damn, it was delicious. Couldn’t recommend it enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will report back in a day or two’s time to let you know if I’ve suffered any gastrointestinal ill effects. I beg you wish me godspeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until then!<\/p>\n\n\n\n


<\/a>REPLY<\/strong>: J. L. Yocum<\/strong>
\u2022

My sincerest apologies for the over-late response. I fear, however, that no one has been awaiting it \u2014 as this post was removed by the moderators of the r\/ramen community.<\/div>\n\n\n

Likely a result of cowardly handwringing over potential liability due to some hypothetical Redditor who may opt to eat expired ramen and then file a civil suit for damages \u2014 or, even worse, they struck down this curious mind’s extended seeking hand out of some public health-crusader sense of martyrdom whereby they will not be caught dispensing potentially harmful advice that may sicken even one soul!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear Fellow Redditors and Expired Food Aficionados: I suffer neither from such prudishness nor auto-agrandissement<\/em>. I am merely here in the pursuit of, and desire to share, scientific truths and hard evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And here it is: I am fine. The ramen was delicious. It has been ten days since I ate it, and I have felt no disturbances beyond excruciating deliciousness, and the memory of a good meal eaten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naturally, caveat emptor<\/em>, Your Mileage May Vary, and Don’t Come Suing Me if you Get the Shits. I’m merely a man who ate expired ramen more than two years after it’s best-by date \u2014 and has no regrets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Featured image by depositphotos From The M\u00c9LANGEOccasional Journal of Cuisine r\/ramen \u2022 1 mo. ago[deleted] Expired ramen QuestionSorry, this…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cuisine","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melange.ink\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melange.ink\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melange.ink\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melange.ink\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melange.ink\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4270"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/melange.ink\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4605,"href":"https:\/\/melange.ink\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4270\/revisions\/4605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melange.ink\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melange.ink\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melange.ink\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melange.ink\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}