How to Cook Ramen and only get a Fork Dirty

It is kind of sad that, as soon as you make an effort to network with people more, you're weeknights fill up immediately.  Band practice on tuesdays, private salsa lesson on wednesdays, salsa dancing at a mediocre club on thursdays.  Friday is the weekend, and money was previously the day i used for practicing the guitar but now we're just going to have band practice then too.

So.  Not much time for cooking real meals, and even less time for running dishes through the dishwasher 3 times in a vain attempt to get the machine to wash them.  The next time you rent an apartment because it has a dishwasher, learn from my mistake and make sure the dishwasher wasn't made in the 70's.

Anyway.

This is how you do it:

1.  Boil water in a pot like usual.  Maybe use the microwave trick to add heat to the water faster.

2.  Add Top Ramen, using your fork to stir.  This is the reason, sadly, that we still need a real metal fork and not a disposable one.

3.  Cook for 3 minutes.

4.  Remove from heat to add the seasoning.  Let it sit to absorb the seasoning.

5.  Slowly pull the noodles out with a fork in long strokes that pull them high into the air, so the heat escapes the noodles before you drop them into a disposable bowl.

6.  Dump out the water and let the pot sit for 1 minute (use the microwave timer)

7.  Put a paper tower on the floor of your fridge (assuming it is disgusting like mine) and then put the pot in your fridge for 1 minute.

8.  When you take it out, it is cool enough to rinse immediately without damaging the metal (I think), and you can just rinse it immediately instead of having to wash it later.