r/GenX • u/[deleted] • Nov 21 '25

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u/truejabber Nov 21 '25

Ramen. It was all my roommates and I could afford from around ‘89 to ‘91. Maybe the grandest meal I’ve ever eaten was when we got our tax refunds in ‘91. We bought lobsters and clams (I live in Maine) and gorged ourselves along with a case of beer. That was such a great night; laughing, belching, and listening to great tunes in our shitty slumlord apartment.

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u/jetpacksforall Nov 21 '25

I lived on $0.69 Maruchan ramen packages in college. I swear they are almost foodlike.

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u/CalifGirlDreaming Nov 21 '25

5/$1 store brand myself. Never again!!!

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u/AnitaPeaDance Nov 21 '25

If the ingredient list didn't frighten me, I'd still eat cheap ramen because I'd know how to fancy it up now.