In Japan, the dish was embraced widely as a practical emergency food after a live television broadcast of a hostage standoff, seen by almost ninety per cent of television viewers, showed policemen eating cupped ramen in sub-zero temperatures as they waited for the hostage to be released.
A bit painful to read when so many in our region will eat cup ramen tonight, but an inspiration for the future.
True, genius is not really a word that one associates with a 40-year-old who has a penchant for boasting that she has "the butt of a 22-year-old stripper", or announcing "I would rather die than let my kids eat Cup-a-Soup".
And more than one parent has bristled when they hear Paltrow talk about her "no McDonald's" policy for her kids or say things such as "I'd rather smoke crack than eat cheese from a can," and "I would rather die than let my kid eat Cup-a-Soup".
You can get almost your full daily dose by eating 1 cup of an iron-fortified cereal; other great sources include white beans (4 milligrams per one-half cup) and sautéed fresh spinach (3 milligrams per one-half cup).
"He was just walking in, eating a cup of fruit," he said.
"If the package says your dog should be eating a cup a day, that's what they should get.
"A little warmth is always welcome," said Kenneth Nelson, who was spending his lunch hour eating a cup of chili on the steps of Borough Hall in Brooklyn, where the pink blossoms of three cherry trees were visible around the corner, about two months early.
It starts with John Stamos and an attractive woman playfully eating a cup of yogurt.
Jackie Chan ignores the Kid and, instead, picks up a dead fly with his chopsticks, chucks it on the ground, and keeps eating his cup o' noodles with the same chopsticks.
