The Great Ganesha

Alas, Momofuko Ando, inventor of Ramen Noodles passed away on January 5th at the ripe, old age of 96.

The NYT has a brilliant obit:

Ramen noodles…are a dish of effortless purity. Like the egg, or tea, they attain a state of grace through a marriage with nothing but hot water. After three minutes in a yellow bath, the noodles soften. The pebbly peas and carrot chips turn practically lifelike. A near-weightless assemblage of plastic and foam is transformed into something any college student will recognize as food, for as little as 20 cents a serving.

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Ramen noodles have earned Mr. Ando an eternal place in the pantheon of human progress. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. Give him ramen noodles, and you don?t have to teach him anything. [link]

The Beeb also mentioned it. Not half as entertaining, though.

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