#Comfort Food

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Video thumbnail — Cup O' Noodles ad, 1990
Food 1971–present

Cup Noodles

Instant ramen in a foam cup—just add hot water and wait three minutes. Nissin's Cup Noodles became the ultimate latchkey-kid meal and dorm-room survival tool, affordable enough to buy by the case and fast enough to eat between homework and whatever came next.

Video thumbnail — 2006 KFC Famous Bowls Commercial
Food 2006–present

KFC Famous Bowls

Mashed potatoes, corn, popcorn chicken, gravy, cheese — the whole KFC menu stacked in one container, no apologies. It became a menu staple and an immortal punchline the moment Patton Oswalt called it "a failure pile in a sadness bowl."