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Ramen Hacks: 30+ Easy Ways to Upgrade Your Instant Noodles

As a half-Japanese kid in the '80s, I grew up eating instant ramen at least once a week, and it still holds a special place in my gut. That said, my tastes have changed and expanded considerably over the years, and sometimes that little flavoring packet just isn't enough. As such, I've spent a lot of time devising ways to upgrade my ramen in cheap, easy ways. Ghetto gourmet, if you will.

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139 Comments | Posted by J. Kenji López-Alt, March 21, 2011 at 6:00 PM
Tagged: hacks, Japanese, Japanese food, noodles, ramen

Use a $3 Plate Hanger to Turn Your iPad into a Cabinet-Mounted Cookbook

Tumbleweed Labs shows how to use a $3 plate hanger to turn your iPad into a wall- or cabinet-mounted cookbook.

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9 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, September 15, 2010 at 4:45 PM
Tagged: hacks, iPad

Kitchen Hack: Use Your Toaster to Heat Taco Shells

Another one for the "Hey! Why Didn't I Think of That?!?" file. Bike Hugger's DL Byron shares this tip for using your toaster to warm hard taco shells. "Pop them up when they start to sizzle," he says on the site. This would be a great idea for make-your-own taco nights. Simply prep all possible taco fixin's, line them up in serving dishes, and place the toaster at the start of the assembly line. ... Now I wish I would have bought that four-slot toaster I had my eye on.

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18 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, March 30, 2010 at 10:30 AM
Tagged: hacks, tacos, tips, toasters

Video: How to Make Brownies in a Waffle Iron

I'm going to use this recipe for making brownies in a waffle iron as an excuse to eat brownies for breakfast. "They're shaped like waffles! It's OK!" Watch the video after the jump....

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11 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, July 26, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Tagged: brownies, hacks, videos, waffle irons, waffles

Bacon from Whole Foods for about 2 Cents a Strip

A blogger figures out how to scam Whole Foods. Go to the salad bar early in the morning, fill your cardboard container with bacon strips, close container, and pay. 16¢ for about 8 strips....

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7 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, December 11, 2008 at 5:39 PM
Tagged: bacon, hacks, Whole Foods

Learn Secret Product Codes, Avoid Stale Candy

Photograph from SpooSpa on Flickr From Consumerist: M&Ms and Mars candy: There's usually a 10-digit code of numbers and letters, but you only need to worry about the first three. The first number is the last number in the year ... and the next two numbers stand for the week of the year (... 804 would be the fourth week of 2008: February 2008). Hershey's: There's a 2-character code for the month and year. The year is like the other code, with the number being the last number in the year, the second character is a letter that represents the month. A = January, B = February, and so on. So a code like 9A would mean ... January...

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6 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, April 10, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Tagged: candy, hacks