A reader from Autumn Heart writes:
I’m doing a painting of a Ramen package (I picked Maruchan chicken flavor.) It looks pretty lonely sitting all by itself, however, so I’d like to surround it with rays extending from it like a sun, some related imagery.
When I was a kid in the 80s, I remember that one of the readily-available ramen packages had small icon cartoons on the packaging, to go along with the flavor (a small hen for chicken flavor, and I can only assume there was a pig for pork, and a shrimp for shrimp. I was a big chicken nut, so that’s the one I remember.)
However, they’ve long since moved on from this packaging, and I cannot find a picture of ANYwhere.
You wouldn’t happen to have a photo of some vintage ramen packaging with the little chicken cartoon in place, would you?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
After some digging, we determined that it was not Nissin’s Chiken ramen, and she continues:
The image I’m thinking of is somewhat similar to this…
This is also going back to c.1983, so the possibility that it’s gone for good is quite real.
So can anyone out there help out? Show off your instant ramen knowledge! Leave your suggestions and/or questions in the comments below.