Cheap Eats

Do you sometimes get a craving for a food you used to eat when you had less money than you do now?  Maybe it's a food you ate when you were a struggling college student, or when you got your first apartment.  It's a food you probably do not eat much of now, but back then, it helped you out because it was available and affordable.  For me and some of my friends on campus (long ago), one of these foods was a tomato-based canned product  that had little pasta circles.  It was easy because all you had to do was heat it; no refrigeration required.  Another favorite was canned sardines, in oil or mustard.  Eaten with saltine crackers, this was a gourmet campus meal!  Who can forget the little franks and beans?  Another cheap eat was the packaged wavy noodle product with the flavor packet.  All we had to do was add hot water, and we had a plate full of noodles that would fill stomachs for a long time.  I recently had a craving for these noodles, and they were tasty.  I purposely did not read the nutritional analysis on the package.  It would have spoiled my fun.  Besides, I probably won't have another craving for this food for another couple of years.
Smiles, and best wishes for a blessed New Year!
Sylvia