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Hamburger... I hate Ramen.

by critic 18y ago

kwamenum86 18y ago
Is this an allusion to the Ramen-profitable thread or just non-sense? I want to be in on the joke :)
- anatoli 18y ago
  As in, "No more Ramen, I can now afford a Hamburger." (Which totally makes it not funny... oh well.)
  - pg 18y ago
    Our ramen was rice and beans. In fact the rice and beans I used to make during Viaweb became the basis of the dishes we make for founders at YC dinners. (I say we because we now have a cook make the dinners, but I made them for the first 7 cycles.) Rice & Beans For 2n olive oil or butter n yellow onions 3n cloves garlic n 12-oz cans Goya white beans n cubes Knorr beef bouillon n teaspoons freshly ground black pepper 3n teaspoons cumin n cups rice, preferably sushi rice Put rice in rice cooker. Add water as specified on rice package. (Default: 2 cups water per cup of rice.) Turn on rice cooker and forget about it. Chop onions and fry in oil, over fairly low heat, till glassy. Put in chopped garlic, pepper, cumin, and a little more fat, and stir. Keep heat low. Cook another 2 or 3 minutes, then add beans (don't drain the beans), and stir. Throw in the bouillon cube(s), cover, and cook on lowish heat for at least 10 minutes more. Stir vigilantly to avoid sticking.
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    - aaronblohowiak 18y ago
      While not only delicious, one reason Rice & beans is preferable to Ramen is that it is a complete protein[1], "a source of protein that contains an adequate proportion of all of the essential amino acids for the dietary needs of humans" [2]. [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_protein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_protein [2] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_and_beans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_and_beans
      - defen 18y ago
        You probably want a little more fat than this diet provides alone. Also be sure to watch out for Vitamin B12 deficiency :-)
        gcheong 18y ago
        That's where the donuts come in: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=511085 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=511085
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    - dfranke 18y ago
      24 ounces of beans for one person? Do you mean for 2n, not for n/2?
      - pg 18y ago
        Oops! Fixed; thanks.
    - gord 18y ago
      for n/2 weeks, right? If you happen to be in Thailand, try the street food - satay skewers, spicy soup, deep fried fish cakes... [ The crispy grasshopper beer snacks are mainly there to shock ] geek culinary bliss on a budget
    - grinich 18y ago
      "How to eat like a startup: A Cookbook by Paul Graham" In the works?
      - gcheong 18y ago
        I remember reading about a startup that produced a cookbook for startups out of their experience. Unfortunately I couldn't find the reference, but I wouldn't mind hearing what others have come up with.
    - soundsop 18y ago
      Stir vigilantly to avoid sticking. Or allow a little bit of sticking at the end and add some white wine to unstick (deglaze) the sticky stuff. Cook away at least half of the wine you added. This little flourish always adds good flavors.
    - immad 18y ago
      Too many ingredients for Heyzap's taste. I am going to try that out without the garlic and bouillon. Though I did find a Chinese supermarket in Mission with cheap pre-chopped garlic.
      - rms 18y ago
        If you aren't going to use bullion, sprinkle some MSG on, umami is essential here.
    - mhb 18y ago
      Maybe consider cutting back on the bouillon cubes. Beef bouillon cube ingredients: Salt, Monosodium Glutamate, Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil, Beef Fat, Hydrolyzed Protein (Corn, Soy, Wheat), Caramel Color, Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Water, Beef Extract, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate, Spice and Coloring, Dried Carrots, Parsley. Per your serving size: 1340 mg sodium = 56% RDA The Knorr vegetable cube trades off MSG for partially hydrogenated oil so doesn't seem much more appealing.
- critic 18y ago
  also LOLcats and Homer Simpson. I usually go for 3 allusions per joke.
wheels 18y ago
At first when cutting over to The Cheap Founder Life I found that I ate worse -- cheap frozen stuff, canned stuff and so on. Now I'm pretty sure that I eat better than before since I've gotten even cheaper and started cooking everything. Fried rice (with veggies and egg), vegetarian jambalaya, pasta with a bunch of stuff added to generic sauce (beans, carrots, peppers), chicken noodle soup or gumbo (you can make enough to eat for 3 days in one go). It's seriously pretty easy to get your food costs south of $3 a day and to eat actual good food. You get fast at it too -- I can do most of the kitchen time on those things in about 20-ish minutes.
- gcheong 18y ago
  When both I and my wife were working full-time, we routinely ate frozen dinners not wanting to spend our precious free time cooking. Since I've been laid-off, I started cooking dinners for us soon afterward and haven't looked back. I don't know how much money we are saving, if any, but the quality is just so much better (at least I think so). This just feels closer to the way life ought to be.

Hamburger... I hate Ramen.

by critic 18y ago

Hamburger... I hate Ramen.

kwamenum86 18y ago

Is this an allusion to the Ramen-profitable thread or just non-sense? I want to be in on the joke :)

anatoli 18y ago
As in, "No more Ramen, I can now afford a Hamburger." (Which totally makes it not funny... oh well.)
- pg 18y ago
  Our ramen was rice and beans. In fact the rice and beans I used to make during Viaweb became the basis of the dishes we make for founders at YC dinners. (I say we because we now have a cook make the dinners, but I made them for the first 7 cycles.) Rice & Beans For 2n olive oil or butter n yellow onions 3n cloves garlic n 12-oz cans Goya white beans n cubes Knorr beef bouillon n teaspoons freshly ground black pepper 3n teaspoons cumin n cups rice, preferably sushi rice Put rice in rice cooker. Add water as specified on rice package. (Default: 2 cups water per cup of rice.) Turn on rice cooker and forget about it. Chop onions and fry in oil, over fairly low heat, till glassy. Put in chopped garlic, pepper, cumin, and a little more fat, and stir. Keep heat low. Cook another 2 or 3 minutes, then add beans (don't drain the beans), and stir. Throw in the bouillon cube(s), cover, and cook on lowish heat for at least 10 minutes more. Stir vigilantly to avoid sticking.
  - deleted 18y ago
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  - aaronblohowiak 18y ago
    While not only delicious, one reason Rice & beans is preferable to Ramen is that it is a complete protein[1], "a source of protein that contains an adequate proportion of all of the essential amino acids for the dietary needs of humans" [2]. [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_protein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_protein [2] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_and_beans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_and_beans
    - defen 18y ago
      You probably want a little more fat than this diet provides alone. Also be sure to watch out for Vitamin B12 deficiency :-)
      - gcheong 18y ago
        That's where the donuts come in: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=511085 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=511085
  - deleted 18y ago
    [deleted]
  - dfranke 18y ago
    24 ounces of beans for one person? Do you mean for 2n, not for n/2?
    - pg 18y ago
      Oops! Fixed; thanks.
  - gord 18y ago
    for n/2 weeks, right? If you happen to be in Thailand, try the street food - satay skewers, spicy soup, deep fried fish cakes... [ The crispy grasshopper beer snacks are mainly there to shock ] geek culinary bliss on a budget
  - grinich 18y ago
    "How to eat like a startup: A Cookbook by Paul Graham" In the works?
    - gcheong 18y ago
      I remember reading about a startup that produced a cookbook for startups out of their experience. Unfortunately I couldn't find the reference, but I wouldn't mind hearing what others have come up with.
  - soundsop 18y ago
    Stir vigilantly to avoid sticking. Or allow a little bit of sticking at the end and add some white wine to unstick (deglaze) the sticky stuff. Cook away at least half of the wine you added. This little flourish always adds good flavors.
  - immad 18y ago
    Too many ingredients for Heyzap's taste. I am going to try that out without the garlic and bouillon. Though I did find a Chinese supermarket in Mission with cheap pre-chopped garlic.
    - rms 18y ago
      If you aren't going to use bullion, sprinkle some MSG on, umami is essential here.
  - mhb 18y ago
    Maybe consider cutting back on the bouillon cubes. Beef bouillon cube ingredients: Salt, Monosodium Glutamate, Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil, Beef Fat, Hydrolyzed Protein (Corn, Soy, Wheat), Caramel Color, Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Water, Beef Extract, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate, Spice and Coloring, Dried Carrots, Parsley. Per your serving size: 1340 mg sodium = 56% RDA The Knorr vegetable cube trades off MSG for partially hydrogenated oil so doesn't seem much more appealing.
critic 18y ago
also LOLcats and Homer Simpson. I usually go for 3 allusions per joke.

wheels 18y ago

At first when cutting over to The Cheap Founder Life I found that I ate worse -- cheap frozen stuff, canned stuff and so on. Now I'm pretty sure that I eat better than before since I've gotten even cheaper and started cooking everything. Fried rice (with veggies and egg), vegetarian jambalaya, pasta with a bunch of stuff added to generic sauce (beans, carrots, peppers), chicken noodle soup or gumbo (you can make enough to eat for 3 days in one go). It's seriously pretty easy to get your food costs south of $3 a day and to eat actual good food. You get fast at it too -- I can do most of the kitchen time on those things in about 20-ish minutes.

gcheong 18y ago
When both I and my wife were working full-time, we routinely ate frozen dinners not wanting to spend our precious free time cooking. Since I've been laid-off, I started cooking dinners for us soon afterward and haven't looked back. I don't know how much money we are saving, if any, but the quality is just so much better (at least I think so). This just feels closer to the way life ought to be.