Coolbeano
Level 13.5 BF2S Ninja Penguin Sensei
+378|6950

Momofuku Ando, inventor of instant ramen and founder and chairman of Nissin Food Products Co. in Osaka, died of a heart attack Friday. He was 96.

Ando, also chairman of the Japan Convenience Foods Industry Association, is widely regarded as having affected the nation's food culture.

On Thursday, Ando made a speech at a ceremony marking the company's first workday of the year. He then went home to rest, as he had a high fever. He was taken to a hospital in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, on Friday afternoon, but at that point, he was already in cardiorespiratory arrest.

Born in Taiwan, Ando established a seafood company in 1948. Ten years later, Ando invented the world's first instant ramen product that could be prepared just by adding hot water, in a workshop at his home in Ikeda. At the end of 1958, he changed the company's name to its current moniker. Before long, Nissin's Chicken Ramen had become a great success.

In 1971, the company began selling Cup Noodle. Ando made Cup Noodle a worldwide hit by exporting to the United States, European and other Asian nations.

Ando also established the association and became its director in 1964 to maintain order in the industry, as many other companies had violated Nissin's patents after the success of Chicken Ramen.

In 1981, Ando became chairman of Nissin and in 1989 he also became chairman of the association. In 2005, he took the title of founder and chairman.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20 … Y01004.htm
deathhaven
Member
+4|6875
he just might be missed
_j5689_
Dreads & Bergers
+364|6904|Riva, MD
Thought this was gonna be about Gerald Ford.
Coolbeano
Level 13.5 BF2S Ninja Penguin Sensei
+378|6950

Gerald Ford is old news.

COME ON WHERES THE R4M3N FANS?!
Mogura
Member
+17|6550|EUROPE
What Is Ramen ?
Cybargs
Moderated
+2,285|6903

Mogura wrote:

What Is Ramen ?
A Japanese noodle shop which just pwns.

Last edited by cyborg_ninja-117 (2007-01-07 07:00:39)

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seymorebutts443
Ready for combat
+211|6782|Belchertown Massachusetts, USA
ramen is the essence of life.
jermyang
I've Seen the Saucers.
+38|6927|Norcal, usa

_j5689_ wrote:

Thought this was gonna be about Gerald Ford.
seriously, gerald ford was basically a huge douche.
like an accidental child, ruins families.
Trigger_Happy_92
Uses the TV missle too much
+394|6837
the man made it to 96 on raumen?

and my mom always said theyre not nutritious. pah.

Last edited by Trigger_Happy_92 (2007-01-07 12:32:47)

Sinn_Ah_Taggh
Member
+15|6608|Norway
wtf is this,some jap who made food? whats so great about him? i dind get the point...
Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6788|132 and Bush

If it weren't for him a I never would have made it through my early 20's.
Xbone Stormsurgezz
SysTray
"Generous mods" < Thats right Systray !
+180|7008|Delaware
R.I.P. Ramen Noodle man.
Reciprocity
Member
+721|6768|the dank(super) side of Oregon

Sinn_Ah_Taggh wrote:

wtf is this,some jap who made food? whats so great about him? i dind get the point...
someone please cut this guys throat and bleed him out.
Lasdferret
Member
+16|6671

Reciprocity wrote:

Sinn_Ah_Taggh wrote:

wtf is this,some jap who made food? whats so great about him? i dind get the point...
someone please cut this guys throat and bleed him out.
Ramen noodles aren't everywhere you know. Though I still dont know how someone couldn't know about them...
jermyang
I've Seen the Saucers.
+38|6927|Norcal, usa

Lasdferret wrote:

Reciprocity wrote:

Sinn_Ah_Taggh wrote:

wtf is this,some jap who made food? whats so great about him? i dind get the point...
someone please cut this guys throat and bleed him out.
Ramen noodles aren't everywhere you know. Though I still dont know how someone couldn't know about them...
i think the point is that he said "jap who made food."

not actually about the ramen noodles.
Stingray24
Proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy
+1,060|6632|The Land of Scott Walker

SysTray wrote:

R.I.P. Ramen Noodle man.
Yes, he helped sustain me through college.
fadedsteve
GOP Sympathizer
+266|6678|Menlo Park, CA
OH NO THAT GUY DIED!!

What a fucking stud he is!!! Ramen noodles are BIGTIME!!!

https://i1.tinypic.com/3z67bs7.jpg

One of the greatest foods of all time!

Last edited by fadedsteve (2007-01-07 15:47:24)

Krappyappy
'twice cooked beef!'
+111|7007
curse the day ramen was invented.

because i wouldn't be eating this crap if it was never made.
commandochristian
Honda - The Power of Dreams
+293|6600|Michigan, USA

Trigger_Happy_92 wrote:

the man made it to 96 on raumen?

and my mom always said theyre not nutritious. pah.
lol
'Tis a shame for the world to lose such a great mind... this inventor will be missed!
Home
Section.80
+447|7035|Seattle, Washington, USA

RIP. You blessed the world with your invention.
Chief_(OwNaGe)
Member
+46|6631
No idea who he is, but rest in peace. From the other posts it sounds like he did something important. RIP
Snipedya14
Dont tread on me
+77|6882|Mountains of West Virginia
RIP! I am going to make some right now in his honor
nonexistentusmc
Member
+26|6632|Queens, NYC
Man I just had some ramen for breakfast this morning. Thanks to him, I've sustained myself breakfast-wise in the military. Oorah Ramen Man!
Kung Jew
That one mod
+331|6932|Houston, TX
This man made/created something that sustains college aged folk through a very transitional point in their lives.  With out Ramen, many a pre-adult would have perished at the mercy of college food. 

KJ
{KHI}Cerberus
Member
+5|6507|Colorado
I shall celebrate his death by knocking back a bowl of classic chicken flavour, all hail the father of gaming sustenance, as for you who keep asking "wtf is ramen?"... there's two things i suggest you do, 1. go ask someone who's older than 13 and 2. google it, then kill yourself knowing you've been enlightened outside of MTV and it's lousy pepsi/pizza hut ads.

EDIT: http://mattfischer.com/ramen/ the official ramen home page, just in case google evades you, or you're just too damn lazy.

Last edited by {KHI}Cerberus (2007-01-08 03:53:53)

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