For the little people at the bottom, instant noodles are the dual satisfaction of physical and psychological, which is the cheapest warmth they can buy.
[The Thief Family] is a movie that doesn't quite conform to mainstream values. At the beginning, Dad took Xiang Tai to steal things.
The two exchanged glances and cooperated well, and all the food items on the shelf went into Xiang Tai's schoolbag.
On the way home, Shota said, "Forgot to take the shampoo!" He didn't realize it was a crime, stealing was more natural than buying.
Against the biting cold wind, they pushed open the door with their sister they picked up.
Xiangtai's schoolbag was full of instant noodles, and hot water was poured into it, one bowl per person. The whole room was filled with the sound of noodles being sucked, and Xiangtai buried half of her face in the bowl.
From the beginning to the end, they stole the most instant noodles, and they ate the most instant noodles. The whole film was full of the taste of instant noodles.
This is a family of thieves and a family of instant noodles.
Almost forgot, they themselves live in a country of instant noodles - Japan .
The Japanese invented instant noodles, they also like to eat instant noodles, and they even developed instant noodles into a culture.
They designated 1958 as the Year of Instant Noodles, and August 25 as Instant Noodle Day .
An instant noodle museum was built in Ikeda, Osaka, and another taste museum was built in Yokohama. Both museums recorded the history of Japanese instant noodles.
It was more than 10 years after the end of World War II, and Japan was suffering from food shortages and had to live on bread handed out by the United States.
But for the Japanese, their stomachs prefer ramen to bread.
Unfortunately, at that time, the production of ramen was all small workshops, which closed down at any time, and the supply was unstable .
So Momofuku Ando, who is nearly 50 years old, will have the experience of queuing 30 meters long to buy a bowl of noodles.
The feeling of being hungry and suffering made him immediately decide to develop a ramen that can be enjoyed quickly.
Ando said:
Instant noodles are actually "inspiration born from hunger".
On August 25, 1958, he invented the world's first instant noodle - chicken soup ramen , which can be eaten by pouring it into boiling water for 2 minutes, also known as "magic ramen".
Because of this simple and quick 2 minutes, it has become a representative food to sweep away hunger and become the most familiar work meal.
In the film [Police Story] , Jackie Chan answers three phone calls at the police station. The phone lines are so messed up that he is so busy taking off that he doesn't have time to cook or go out to eat.
In the era before takeaway, instant noodles were the best choice for satiety, so Jackie Chan was anxious to grab a pencil and eat instant noodles.
It can be said that the invention of instant noodles rescued hunger, and at the same time liberated people's cooking time.
A meal that used to take 2 hours can now be solved in 2 minutes. Japanese men who are not good at cooking are very happy.
According to the survey, Japanese men are the main force in the consumption of instant noodles, eating more than once a week on average. Faced with the choice of more than 600 kinds of instant noodles in the Japanese market, they are more willing to spend their energy on work.
So in the eyes of the Japanese, instant noodles are their greatest invention of the twentieth century, even more important than karaoke.
They are keen on their own instant noodle culture, and created derivatives in chicken soup ramen - cartoon little yellow chickens , enjoyed the experience of homemade instant noodles in the "chicken soup ramen factory" of two instant noodle museums , and watched chicken soup in the cinema Ramen animation ...
Then pick up a chopstick to make instant noodles, and the louder you eat, the more fragrant it is.
When developing instant noodles, Ando believed that:
Peace comes to the world when people have enough to eat.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Japan's economic miraculous recovery, US support, economic strategy, and emphasis on education... are all reasons that experts and scholars have concluded. Now it seems that this must also have the role of instant noodles.
After all, it accompanied the Japanese through the last days of the food crisis.
What you eat when you are hungry is delicious, and what you eat when you are hungry is unforgettable. Japan's love for instant noodles does not stop there.
"Chicken soup ramen" has maintained its original appearance for half a century, but the Japanese have digged deeply into how to eat it.
There are "seafood chicken soup ramen" with seafood, "bacon egg pasta flavor chicken soup ramen" with European style, and "bacon egg chicken soup ramen" in [Goldfish on the Cliff ] .
In the film, Po Niu jumped up when she saw the instant noodle bowl opened. She couldn't wait to pick up a piece of bacon with her hands, and fell asleep while eating.
So what lies in their bowls is no longer simple instant noodles, but the pursuit of deliciousness, which is an edible art.
In the 1960s, South Koreans who had fought the Korean War were so hungry that they went to their neighbors in Japan to buy a few packs of instant noodles.
But Koreans who grew up eating kimchi always felt that the taste was not right, until Samyang instant noodles added enough chili powder, and Koreans' love for instant noodles was out of control.
Japanese instant noodles have changed the Korean food culture, allowing a country that was originally loyal to rice to eat instant noodles into a more profound art.
They created an exclusive small aluminum pot for instant noodles and developed an "instant instant noodle cooking machine"... At present, the average annual consumption of instant noodles per person in South Korea is 73.7 bags, and they are deep fans of instant noodles.
So you saw Qian Songyi in "My Love from the Stars" eating instant noodles late at night.
Yoo Si-jin and Seo Dar-young of "Descendants of the Sun" went abroad for a mission and brought a cabinet of instant noodles.
Korean movies and TV dramas always eat instant noodles. But different from Japan, their instant noodles are served with cheese and rice cakes. The most important thing is spicy cabbage, chili powder, and it is only enjoyable when a piece of red is bright.
However, it was not so easy for Japanese instant noodles to win the stomachs of Europeans and Americans. It was not until 1971 that Ando developed the world's first cup noodle "Taste" after returning from a field trip in Europe and America .
Europeans and Americans may prefer their fries and burgers, but Ando used his thoughtful consideration to quickly open up the European and American markets for Japanese instant noodles.
Today, China ranks first in global instant noodle consumption with an annual sales volume of 38.97 billion.
But unfortunately, we have never pursued the culture and art of instant noodles, and it appears more widely in green trucks and construction sites.
Pair it with beer, eat chicken feet, and take a closer look at the name "Kang Shuaifu".
In 2005, Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi wanted to eat instant noodles from his hometown in the vast universe.
The 98-year-old Ando developed a "Space Ram" instant noodles for him, and flew to outer space with Noguchi.
Speaking of which, sushi and sashimi in Japanese food culture are more refined and famous, why did Noguchi bring instant noodles?
The movie [Like You] says:
Instant noodles are lonely food and a good friend for insomniacs.
Except for instant noodles, it seems that there is no food that can so comfort the loneliness and helplessness of human beings, even if they fly into outer space.
In the Korean drama "The Heirs" , the rich boy Choi Young-do is tired of having a big meal with his father and stepmother.
He often likes to walk alone to the convenience store on the corner to buy a bowl of instant noodles. His father's reprimand and his mother's departure are temporarily eaten one by one.
There is also Ha Zhengyu in [ The Yellow Sea], in order to repay the debt and find his wife, he promised the creditor to smuggle to Seoul, South Korea to kill a person.
Unexpectedly, he became a suspect wanted by the police before he started, and at the same time, the creditors chased him everywhere for fear of being exposed.
When he was in a foreign country, hungry and cold, he walked into a convenience store, hunched his back, and gulps down instant noodles.
Any misfortune can't match the bowl of instant noodles in front of him, which is the straw for Ha Jung-woo to satisfy his hunger when he is alone.
For the little people at the bottom, instant noodles are the dual satisfaction of physical and psychological, which is the cheapest warmth they can buy.
Also as said in the Japanese drama "The Lonely Gourmet":
Not being bound by time and society, filling your stomach with happiness, becoming free in a short period of time, becoming 'free', not being disturbed by anyone, and eating without worry is the arrogant behavior of modern people all equally The highest cure ever.
Therefore, it is understandable why this family in the [thief family] steals the most and eats the most instant noodles.
Because the 6 people live off their grandma's meager pension, they are poor.
Because all 6 people have been abandoned and hurt by their close relatives, they are lonely and lack love.
The 6 bowls of instant noodles are filled with the past and present of 6 people.
They are the bottom without resistance in society. Their fictional family is a bowl of instant noodles, which gives them a lot of beauty and comfort, but it is destined to be short-lived.
After swallowing the last mouthful of noodles and drinking the last mouthful of soup, we still have to face the real world.
But not desperately, everyone in the family has stolen a piece of love from each other.
Grandma said thank you silently, and Xiang Tai silently called Dad.
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Author/Two years younger
The article was first published on the WeChat public account "Bao Ci Er"
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