
Autumn is finally here in America. On cold mornings or evenings, I often have a bowl of ramen. I have to save my money up for when we’re allowed into civilized countries again. Today I’m having chicken ramen and that’s a problem. Not that I don’t like chicken ramen. It’s just that I would love to have more choices. When I go into local stores to buy a package of ramen, they generally only have a few flavors. A couple flavors of chicken and a couple of beef. Some places will sell separate bowls of something more interesting. But they’re still in fairly limited supply.
I’ve asked store managers why they carry such a limited selection. I’m told that the cases of ramen take up a lot of shelf space and the profit margin is next to zero. So, they don’t dedicate very much space to it and have to go with the most popular flavors. Guess that makes sense. But I still want more choices.
When I make up my chicken ramen, I generally add a bit a spice to it in order to give it a little more kick. Today I’m using cayenne. Looking at the little bottle of spice gives me the answer. The ramen cartels could sell plain ramen in packages with no spice packet. So, less space required on the store shelf. They could then offer bottles of different spices instead. There could be regional, seasonal (just no pumpkin spice for heaven’s sake) and special edition spices.
The stores would certainly make much higher profits on the spices. The ramen companies would certainly make more money as well. And me, I could finally sit back and enjoy my tequila lime ramen. Everybody wins. Let’s make it happen people. You’re not doing anything else this year anyways.
Stay safe out there. We will be free to roam the world again someday. For now we have to settle for watching Itchy Boots do it for us on YouTube.