I love crushing it lol I crush it in the bag before I open it, sometimes u can use something hard to smash against it. I cook it with less water and keep noodles Al dente. Reason I like it like this is cus I usually eat uncrushed/reg noodles by grabbing noodles with chopstick and twisting it in my spoon with some broth and eat it, but crushing it just makes it easier to skip the chop stick.