Sometimes when my mom visits, she’ll pick up groceries for my grandparents from the local Korean market. Ama mentioned that my mom had gotten them a bunch of spicy ramen, and she doesn’t have much tolerance for heat in her late 80s, so she cooked them without the spice packets and seasoned with other stuff. I was curious to see what my mom had purchased, because we love Nongshim Shin Ramyun and I would totally just boil tofu or veg in those packets — why waste amazing MSG-loaded flavor? So my grandma gives me a bag (Asians don’t throw away packets–you have a drawer or you stick them in your…