The convenience and cost-mindedness of Cup Noodles has allured me for years. Considering it routinely costs a dollar, the flavor can't be beat. You get a hearty amount of those delicious noodles, but they really get their flavor from the sprinkles of spices and the broth created by the contents of a simple whistling kettle.

Though hard to characterize as "cheap," the Fall of Troy's earlier material was very much like that food product. [more]