Ponyo Ramen Adventure 2

Kat Massey

Last week after I got home from school I was feeling very worried and mentally exhausted. I was cramming and had to work on an AP Art project that was due the next day before the deadline. I painted, shaded, and highlighted for hours to get it to look its best. Around dinner time, I was getting very hungry. Earlier that day, while painting, I was watching the Food Network channel. I was feeling inspired and my mouth was watering. By the time I was almost done, I needed a boost to help me work my fastest. At first I was just going to pop a Chicken Ramen in the microwave. Then I remembered after watching Ponyo a couple of years ago, I looked up to make that delicious Ramen that Sosuke’s (character from the movie, Ponyo), mother made them. It was Ramen topped with half of a hard-boiled egg, ham slices, and green onion.  So I looked in the fridge hoping to find at least two of those ingredients, since I knew I had no time to boil eggs. All I found was a pack of smoked ham from Costco. Now it was time to improvise, how could I make my ramen less American?  Here are the steps I took;

·Ingredients needed:

• ·         Chicken Top Ramen
• ·         Soy Sauce
• ·         Eggs
• ·         Cherry tomatoes
• ·         Ham slices

·   My instructions:

·         ·Put your bowl of raw ramen noodles and water into the microwave for 3 to 4 minutes.

·         ·While its cooking, get out your ingredients

·         ·When done take out your ramen bowl from the microwave, use heat protective mitten J

·         ·Open ramen flavoring packet and dump it all in, stir

·        ·Cover your bowl with the top to a pot or a plate and wait about 5 to 10 mins.

·        ·Measure out a cap size of soy sauce and pour in. Then stir

·        ·Crack an egg into a custard bowl and measure out half of a cap size of soy sauce to put in.

·         ·Whisk together with a fork

·       ·  Put it into the microwave for 30 seconds, scramble it around, then for another 15 seconds

·        ·Get your ham slices, rap them into a paper towel and microwave for 30 secs.

·        ·Place your scrambled egg and ham slices to your choosing over your noodles.

·         ·Now your soup has probably gotten a little cold, so pop back into the microwave for about 10 to 15 secs.

·         ·Then grab 3 to 4 cherry tomatoes, don’t forget to wash them

·         ·Slice them into halves

·         ·Place your tomato halves to your choosing over your noodles

·       ·  Eat it like that, or mix it together!  And enjoy!

If this sounds good to you, please try it out! I ate it so fast and it definitely gave me a boost to finish my project. And I will definitely make it again! Thanks!

Kat's Attempt at Ponyo Ramen!