Yeah, happened to me back in about November. I got lucky and am unscathed. I treat ramen with due respect these days. Was it the semi-fancy Nongshim stuff that got you, too?
FTR, I'm not riffing or joking, I'm glad you're mostly okay because I have genuinely seen this happen firsthand (at a fair distance).
Naw, I'm fine with it.
I mean, okay, I tried something new and it WORKED but then it exploded. This is better than when I cut off a chunk of my ear prepping burgers, because I was at least successful.
Well, after a fashion. I have no idea where the ramen wound up.
Tried something.
What did you try?
I figured you could sparge noodles.
Put it in a Pyrex sphere with water and no remaining air space, superheat the sphere with ether, and the water can't boil because of the pressure, so it just migrates into the ramen. It worked, too. 15 second ramen.
Then the Pyrex went bang at about 15 atmospheres of pressure, squashed my face shield up against my googles, causing me to swallow most of my left front tooth. Also some mild flash burns & concert ears.
I call it a partial success. It would have been a complete success if I knew where the ramen wound up. Not in my yard, anyway.
I am reasonably sure that the chlorine in the water came unglued into O2, adding vapor, which could expand and you'd only need the Pyrex to have uneven pressure for a fraction of a second.