Gefen makes nice instant ramen noodles without MSG. And I love a nice, warm bowl of homemade chicken-noodle soup.
But those noodle soup cups are kind of gross. Not because they taste bad – heavens, no! (I’m rather partial to the piquant flavored ones from Osem, I think is the brand.) It’s just that if you bring a cup of them to school, everybody feels the need to ask you if they can reach their grubby hands into your cup and take some of your noodles. And if you consent to this indignity, your noodle soup cup becomes gross.