The last time I spoke with CPT Patti I wanted to know if the dining facilities were serving hot meals.
I asked her "So, what are you eating these days?"
She said, "The packages of Ramen you send me."
Yes, she gets to the dining facility, but I guess her upbringing and heritage make the Asian noodles a taste of home for her - and a priority.
However, I haven't found any such as this story describes - the kimchee flavored ramen (ramyun).
So, if you are in my family of friends and relatives, please look around to see if you can find kimchee flavored ramyun...the brand cited here is "Shin Ramyun" but I'm sure any brand will do...as long as the flavor is kimchee (we can get beef, shrimp, chicken and "oriental" flavored ramen at the commissary). You might need to check an Asian specialty store.
CPT Patti will love you for it.
Of course, CPT Patti loves you anyway. Its just the way she is.
You’d probably be hard pressed to get kimchee-flavored noodles on the streets of Baghdad these days.
Unless your caring mother is sending them from South Korea.
Over the last few months, Meacha Sullivan has sent several cases of the spicy hot noodles to her son, 1st Lt. Patrick Sullivan. The 26-year-old officer, who has been in the Army about three years, is stationed somewhere in Baghdad with the 596th Signal Company, his mother said.
Sullivan’s pasta pipeline started with a few packages tucked in a care package for Patrick — but the noodles caught on. Other soldiers in his unit began slurping them despite Iraq’s searing heat. The attraction may be in the meal’s simplicity: Only hot water and a few minutes waiting are required and the noodles are ready to eat.
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