Has Slurping Finally Gone Mainstream?

As America's ramen boom continues unabated, even mainstream news outlets are gradually warming up to the Asian virtue of slurping. Loudly. As we've told you before, it's cool to slurp now, despite the old-school etiquette hawks who might say otherwise. In the following clip, reporter Cristal Young of New York City's Fox 5-TV gets a rudimentary education in all things ramen, including the proper way to hoover these increasingly popular alkaline noodles. Watch her improve her slurping game over the course of the segment and do it with pride.