Catsup and hot water to make soup. Boiled potatoes and boiled eggs. Top Ramen. Hamburger Helper if we had a couple extra bucks. Oddly good times.
My boss, at a major aerospace company, told me about his college days when he would go to McDonalds and pick up as many free ketchup packages as he could. Then he used them to make "spaghetti sauce" for top ramen.
I must have been "rich" because I always saved enough from my summer job to get weekend meals, even if they were lean.
Somehow we made it through...
Oddly enough, IT WAS GOOD TIMES.
That era of suffering made us what we are now.
We are stronger now because we rose above adversity.
And since I went to SFSU, I also rose above diversity.