Instant Noodles for Birthday Celebration and Long Life (according to the oldies.)

Noodles are my least favorite when it comes to food. I crave it sometimes, but it's not the food that I will eat every day. And when I eat noodles, I love to pair them with a fried egg or a boiled egg. I'm not sure about you, but noodles taste better when they are paired with eggs. Am I the only one who feels that way? And, oh, it will taste even better if you have a bun or hot pandesal to eat with it. I love to put my noodles in my bun, you know, like a noodle spread, lol.

I also love to eat noodles with rice, but as I've said, we only eat them sometimes, like when there's an occasion or when we don't have any prepared dishes for the day. Filipino-style pancit or this instant pancit canton are both good to pair with rice. We have two types of instant noodles in the Philippines, one like ramen style with soup and one like a dry one, like a stir-fried style. Both are good, but if I had to choose between the two, I would love the one with the soup. How about you?

So I mentioned that we eat this occasionally, yes, we do, especially during birthdays. We have this belief that when you eat pancit or noodles, (as long as it's a noodles) you'll have the chance to live longer. And that's what Mom will always tell me. You know that noodles are long, right? Almost like no end to it. So they are connecting it with that, and my reaction every time they tell me that is "how and why?". I think noodles can make our lives shorter rather than longer because they're processed food diba? Lol.

So anyway, we don't really prepare anything for birthdays. It's actually better to order outside rather than tire ourselves with the preparation. At least, when you order, you'll just have to spend money and wait. Although cooking it personally is more meaningful, we are just practical. And we actually love pizza over pancit or pasta, lol. But, still, in recent years, during birthdays and every morning, we've had noodles even though the celebrant doesn't like them. Lol.

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But of course, we can still choose to eat it and get whatever we want for breakfast. But if we do that, Mom will eat it all, and it's bad for her, so there are times that even though we don't feel like eating it, we will still eat it rather than let it get wasted or eaten all by Mommy F. Actually, she's really just being generous to us. And she believes that we will live longer by doing it. Mom just wants us to live longer, so there's no harm in doing it. And it's not like we eat it every day, so it's okay, lol. I just nod to whatever she say even though I doubt them most of the time, lol.

And another thing, I can't really eat a whole pack of instant noodles. To be honest, this 80G pancit canton is just enough for the three of us. There are times that there is still some leftover, but that leftover is actually from me. So what I did every time I prepared it was put more servings for my oldies and just get enough for me. Just a spoonful is already enough. Some people can eat two packs of this, and with rice too. But I just can't, and that's because it's not my favorite. Lol. How about you? Do you eat instant ramen or noodles?

If it's a pasta with a meaty sauce, specifically spaghetti, I can eat two servings of that, but not this instant noodles, lol.