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Inventor of instant noodles dies
BBC ^ | 6 January 2007 | BBC

Posted on 01/06/2007 8:16:44 AM PST by csvset

The inventor of instant noodles, Momofuku Ando, has died in Japan, aged 96, of a heart attack.

Mr Ando was born in Taiwan in 1910 and moved to Japan in 1933, founding Nissin Food Products Co after World War II to provide cheap food for the masses.

His most famous product, Cup Noodle, was released in 1971.

Its taste and ease of preparation - adding hot water to dried noodles in a waterproof polystyrene container - have made it popular around the world.

Mr Ando said the inspiration for his product came when he saw people lining up to buy bowls of hot ramen noodle soup at a black market stall during the food shortages after World War II.

Noodles in space

He developed his first instant noodles, Chicken Ramen, in 1958.

The product came out as Japan recovered from the ravages of World War II and began a long period of economic expansion.

It was the masterstroke of providing a waterproof polystyrene container for the noodles that made his Cup Noodle an instant success in 1971.

Nissin has led the global instant noodle industry since then, selling 85.7 billion servings every year, according to Agence France Presse.

His firm also developed a version of Cup Noodle for Japanese astronauts to eat on the space shuttle Discovery in 2005.

In 1999, Mr Ando opened a museum in Osaka devoted to instant noodles.

He retired as Nissin's chairman in 2005.

Japanese newspapers and business people have been paying tribute to Mr Ando.

"He was a self-made man who developed an epoch-making instant noodle product and spread it to all corners of the world," Akio Nomura, chairman of the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, told Kyodo news agency.

Mr Ando remained active until just days before his death, giving a New Year's speech to Nissin employees and having a lunch of Chicken Ramen with company executives.



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Japan
KEYWORDS: noodles; ramen; soup
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To: Vaquero
the last time I told the guy in the chinese restaurant No MSG..he nodded profusely but didnt understand what I was saying and I had to give myself an epi-pen shot

My wife get's instant migraines from MSG and we think it may be the cause of our niece's siezures. For a cheap and easy ramen substitute minus the MSG, go to an asian market and buy Sobe noodles, (same noodles used in Yakisoba, double check the ingredients to make sure no MSG) and mix with the organic broth of your choice. It's still cheap, quick to make, and yummy.
81 posted on 01/06/2007 5:22:38 PM PST by Tailback
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To: csvset

Oh, just to BTT I'll relate a Ramen Noodle story - a dear friend of mine, retired USN Captain, is president of a company in Japan. When the Kobe quake hit he took a train as close to the area as they were running and hiked in with an enormous backpack filled with the stuff. Found his people and fed them. (Sadly, two had died in the collapse of a building). Rico, if you're reading this, God bless you.


82 posted on 01/06/2007 5:49:09 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: FlyVet

I would ship all pork flavor.

We've do our part, if they don't like it they can starve.

But that is just me...


83 posted on 01/06/2007 5:49:30 PM PST by null and void (Propaganda doesn't have to make sense. Hell, it often works better if it doesn't.)
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To: csvset

His premature death should serve as an example to all youg people: You eat instant noodles, and you're bound to die young!


84 posted on 01/06/2007 5:57:08 PM PST by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: rogue yam

LOLOLOLOLOL - best comment of the day.


85 posted on 01/06/2007 5:59:05 PM PST by patton (Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
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To: Vaquero

Thai is better.


86 posted on 01/06/2007 6:09:50 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: csvset
A propos. (Don't wanna start another vanity thread.) Who was the inventor of instant doodles?


87 posted on 01/06/2007 6:12:49 PM PST by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: agrarianlady

That is one good recipe. Around here we call it Cabbage Crunch Salad.


88 posted on 01/06/2007 6:14:40 PM PST by varina davis
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To: null and void
We've do our part, if they don't like it they can starve.

You, sir, are a cruel, insensitive, bigot, and I am deeply offended by your insensitive cruelty, which is unfair, cruel, and deeply insensitive. I am hurt. Deeply hurt. I will inform CAIR and the six Flying Imams about your deeply insensitive, hurtful remarks. I am infinitely offended. How dare you.

:P

89 posted on 01/06/2007 7:28:33 PM PST by FlyVet
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To: FlyVet
You are correct. It should have read:

We'll do our part, if they don't like it they can starve.

90 posted on 01/06/2007 7:31:30 PM PST by null and void (Propaganda doesn't have to make sense. Hell, it often works better if it doesn't.)
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To: null and void
Now I am doubly infinitely hurt and offended. I demand that fifteen extra Mosques and Madrassas be planted in your homeland, 50-50 funding by Wahabi Saudis and your Dhimmi Government. I want them filled with brainwashed mini-Jihadis for the future, along with an extra $15 Million in Peace Aid for Hamas and the PLO for destruction of the Jooooooos!

Got a problem with that?

What am I saying....$15 Million? Silly me, let's go for 15 $Billion!

(Not that I'm cynical about this whole sick mess, or anything like that)

91 posted on 01/06/2007 7:47:24 PM PST by FlyVet
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To: FlyVet

Already done.


92 posted on 01/06/2007 8:01:52 PM PST by null and void (Propaganda doesn't have to make sense. Hell, it often works better if it doesn't.)
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To: csvset

I looooooove just the raman noodles, slightly cooked, with no seasoning. MMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Fat.


93 posted on 01/06/2007 8:04:19 PM PST by arizonarachel (Lord, thank you for this miracle!)
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To: Kimmers

You aint kidding those things kept me alive.


94 posted on 01/06/2007 8:06:45 PM PST by lndrvr1972
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To: paltz

Capitalism works.


95 posted on 01/06/2007 8:15:29 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (Tell Tom Vilsack to WEAR THE BEAR!)
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To: csvset; glock rocks; WestCoastGal
Gourmet Ping...
96 posted on 01/06/2007 8:35:46 PM PST by tubebender ( Everything east of the San Andreas fault will eventually plunge into the Atlantic Ocean...)
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To: Kimmers

My grandkids love those things...


97 posted on 01/06/2007 8:45:43 PM PST by GOPJ
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To: GreyFriar

Thanks for the ping. His instant noodles are good, and they are quick. A good invention. May he rest in peace.


98 posted on 01/06/2007 9:29:58 PM PST by zot (GWB -- the most slandered man of this decade)
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To: tubebender

thanks for the gourmet ping.


99 posted on 01/06/2007 10:11:54 PM PST by glock rocks (shoot fast. shoot straight. shoot safe. practice. carry.)
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To: tubebender

100


100 posted on 01/06/2007 10:12:06 PM PST by glock rocks (shoot fast. shoot straight. shoot safe. practice. carry.)
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