When I was 18 and my parents moved away, I only had $30 for food that first month. I was able to get ramen for 10/$1 and it got me through. It took me many years to be able to enjoy ramen after I was able to afford not being forced to eat it.
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doingthestuff@lemy.lol 2 days agoI could get ramen for $0.11 each if I bought a pack. I lived on that for months. A hotdog without bread or condiments cost more. A hotdog was fucking luxury.
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Gork@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
When I was in college I lived off the really cheap ramen… until it literally made me sick.
I can afford the higher quality ramen now (air fried, actual vegetable packets) which is a little more expensive (but still comparatively cheap). Still a great go-to day snack to keep me going.
doingthestuff@lemy.lol 1 day ago
The really cheap stuff is NOT good. I still buy occasionally unfortunately. What brands have actual real vegetables packets? I have a great international market near me but they have like 600 kinds of ramen. I’d like to outsource filtering through them for the good ones.
Gork@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
The Nongshim Shin Black ramen has a good veggie packet, has relatively large mushrooms, a bone broth packet, and the spicy seasoning packet. It’s about $2 a pack where I live (US). It’s great though, my favorite ramen so far.
doingthestuff@lemy.lol 1 day ago
Thank you Gork! I’ll be looking soon.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 days ago
shiiiiittttt…they didn’t even have ramen when I was a kid. know what we had? spam and beatings. don’t eat your spam? ass beat and go to bed hungry and crying. and you were LUCKY to get government cheese on that fried spam.
damn…I really want some spam now. 🥹
doingthestuff@lemy.lol 2 days ago
I got spam and beatings as a kid. The ramen was when I moved out at 17. It got better by the time I was 20.
sundray@lemmus.org 2 days ago
RAMEN, you say?
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doingthestuff@lemy.lol 2 days ago
Something something rolled up newspaper.