Her daily diet consisted of a watermelon Gatorade, a packet of soup, and a section of Vegemite toast she'd cut into quarters every morning.
We liked to turn it into pilaf, which required adding two foil packets of dehydrated soup: French onion and chicken noodle.
Thus during the earthquake, the first response in one supermarket of neatly uniformed staff was to use their hands, arms and bodies to prevent bottles of soy sauce and packets of miso soup from toppling to the floor.
But we were also both amateurs, infinitely amused by the directions on a can of bear spray ("In some cases, you may have to wait until the bear is quite close") and gleefully picking packets of miso soup and cans of cumin-flavored black beans from supermarket shelves, but unsure of just how far we could hike over four days and three nights in the backcountry.
Flight 001 has everything you didn't know you had to have: nasal-sanitizing swabs that reduce the risk of infection for up to eight hours ($10), a survival kit packed with necessities like waterproof matches and a packet of dried soup ($12.50), and an ivory satin receptacle that attaches to the inside of a bra so that jewelry and money can be stashed securely and discreetly ($10).
For extra flavor, add a packet of onion soup mix to the pot.
Yes, this means that at lunch today you can go and buy your crayfish & rocket sandwich, cauliflower/sweet potato quinoa hot pot, roasted beet and feta salad, two packets of popcorn, hot soup, coffee, mineral water, carrot cake and yogurt all in a single Apple Pay transaction.
We had a very nice evening, but next time I might add a packet of onion-soup mix.
We've all tried following recipes to the letter, only to find the resulting meal has all the flavour of packet soup until you double the amount of herbs or frantically reach for the Knorr Stock Pot.
Inside are all manner of edible-looking goodies: sacks of bread, packets of bagels and chocolate doughnuts, endless yoghurts, cartons of soup, individually wrapped pizzas and packets of pre-sliced ham.
