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"American wheat" is inconsequential. Ramen is the Japanese word for la mian which means pulled noodles.

So your history lesson isn't uncomfortable but wrong.

Ramen (and Japanese-style breads, among other dishes) were popularized during and after the American occupation, in which American wheat flooded the Japanese market in unprecedented quantities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_in_the_Occupation_of_Japa...

The parent says that "ramen" would not have existed if it was not for America. That is wrong, it already existed.

He is referring to the term "Sh*** Soba", which is impolite to utter in modern Japanese (chuka soba is fine).

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