“What do ramen noodles and ketchup taste like together?”/“Poverty.”

Ramen noodles are a low-budget meal. “Eating Chicken flavored Top Ramen with a glass of Strawberry Kool Aid. It taste like..like..wait..yep..it tastes like poverty” was cited on Twitter on May 9, 2008. “Mmmm, Ramen Noodle. Tastes like poverty” was cited on Twitter on June 30, 2008.
 
“If you mix Taco Bell hot sauce into your ramen, it tastes exactly like poverty” was tweeted on August 27, 2011 and quickly went viral. The ramen noodle expression has been printed on many images. “What does Ramen and Ketchup taste like together? Poverty” was posted on Reddit on May 29, 2016.
   
 
Twitter
Rick XX6
‏@RickXX6
Eating Chicken flavored Top Ramen with a glass of Strawberry Kool Aid. It taste like..like..wait..yep..it tastes like poverty..
9:20 PM - 9 May 2008
 
Twitter
Dan Ray
‏@danray0424
Mmmm, Ramen Noodle. Tastes like poverty.
12:41 PM - 30 Jun 2008
 
Twitter
alina smith
‏@alinasmith
It doesn’t matter which flavor of ramen I buy; they all taste like poverty.
3:41 PM - 25 Jun 2009
 
Twitter
Travis The Terrible
‏@Somethingesque
These ramen noodles taste like poverty.
3:21 PM - 2 Oct 2009
 
Google Books
Adventures In A Midwest Purgatory
By Michael Oellig
Xlibris Corporation (Xlibris.com)
2011
Pg. 148:
He has a diet high in Ramen noodles and Spam, which causes his shit to smell like poverty.
 
Twitter
Bill Mc7
‏@BillMc7
If you mix Taco Bell hot sauce into your ramen, it tastes exactly like poverty.
7:15 PM - 27 Aug 2011
 
Twitter
No Fucking Chill
‏@Alwaysand4Never
If you mix Popeyes packets of hotsauce in your Top Ramen breakfast meal, it taste just like poverty should. YUM!!!
8:44 PM - 28 Aug 2011
 
Twitter
Natasha
‏@tashamacntease
If you mix Taco Bell hot sauce into your ramen, it taste exactly like poverty
10:17 AM - 29 Aug 2011
 
reddit
What does Ramen and Ketchup taste like together?
submitted May 29, 2016 by Cut_Penis_or_Nah
Poverty.