People can only be content....

People can only be content when there is enough food....Momofuku Ando

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Momofuku Ando, born Go Pek-Hok, was an inventor and businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. He is famous in inventing Nissin Chikin Ramen, also known as instant noodles, and the creator of the brands, Top Ramen and Cup Noodles. Ando was convicted of tax evasion in 1948 and served 2 years in jail. In his biography, Ando said he had offered scholarships for students, which at the time was a form of tax evasion. After he lost his company due to a chain-reaction bankruptcy, Ando founded what was to become Nissin in Ikeda, Osaka, Japan, embarking off as a small family-run company producing salt.

  With Japan still suffering from a shortage of food in the post-war era, the Ministry of Health attempted to encourage people to consume bread made from wheat flour that was supplied by the United States. Ando wondered why bread was suggested instead of noodles, which were more familiar to the Japanese. The Ministry's response was that noodle companies were too minuscule and unstable to satisfy supply needs, so Ando decided to develop the production of noodles by himself. The experience convinced him that "Peace will come to the world when the people have sufficient to eat." On August 25, 1958, at the age of 48, and after months of trial and error experimentation to perfect his flash-frying method, Ando marketed the first package of precooked instant noodles. The original chicken flavor is called Chikin Ramen. It was originally considered an exorbitant item, with its price of ¥35 around 6 times that of traditional udon and soba noodles at the time. As of the year 2025, now, Chikin Ramen is still sold in Japan, and now retails for around ¥120 (US$1.12), or approximately one-third the price of the cheapest bowl of noodles in a Japanese restaurant. 

  According to The Financial Times, Ando's invention of Cup Noodles in the year 1971, at the age of 61, helped spark the fame of instant noodles overseas. He had observed that Americans ate noodles by breaking the noodles in half, putting them into a paper cup, and pouring hot water over the noodles. They also ate them with a fork instead of chopsticks. Ando was inspired, and felt that a styrofoam cup—with a narrower bottom than the top—would be the ideal vessel for holding noodles and keeping them warm. Eating the noodles would then be as simple as opening the lid, adding hot water and waiting. This simplicity, efficiency and low price of Cup Noodles went on to transform Nissin's fortunes. Ando began the sales of his most famous product, Cup Noodle on September 18, 1971, with the idea of giving a waterproof polystyrene container. As prices dropped, instant ramen soon became a booming business. Worldwide demand reached 98 billion servings in the year 2009.

  In the year 1972, the Asama-Sansō hostage standoff took place in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Widespread coverage of the event, which included repeated images of the prefectural Riot Police Unit eating the noodles on national television, have been conjectured as boosting awareness of the brand. In the year 1964, seeking a method to promote the instant noodle industry, Ando founded the Instant Food Industry Association, which set guidelines for fair competition and product quality, introducing several industry standards such as the inclusion of production dates on packaging and the "fill to" line. Ando also founded and became chairman of the International Ramen Manufacturers Association (IRMA) in the year 1997, later renamed to the World Instant Noodles Association (WINA), after seeing the need for greater oversight on instant noodles through a regulatory body.

  This is what I know about his quote. I am very grateful to have enough food and drinks here. I can eat, sleep, play happily, no apprehension, no pain. It was sad to look at other countries, especially African countries like South Sudan, do not have enough cuisines and beverages. This teaches me to appreciate the food and drinks I have. This comic is funny, come and take a look....