In every town along the Pacific Crest Trail and the Appalachian Trail there is a hiker box. It’s where hikers put food and items they no longer want to carry so they can share them with other hikers. Most hiker boxes will have ramen noodles in them.
Even though I don’t carry a stove anymore, I often nab a package of noodles. I crumble them up into a baggie and sprinkle the flavor packet over them and eat them as a cold trail snack, like chips.
We used to eat these while camping, too. My friend referred to them as “hippie chips.”