So you are a lone programmer who can't cook and you buy something frozen or freeze-dried and warm it up, may it be a frozen or canned chicken soup or a pack of ramen noodles. And that taste, it's there... but... somehow it just is a bit "boring", the necessary "kick" is missing to unfold it's full potential (as full as you can go with canned food anyway)

The solution?

Add half to 3/4 of a tablespoon of vinegar (normal, plain vinegar, no fancy stuff) and a fingerpinch of sugar, et voilá! The flavors start to unfold and suddenly it tastes 5x better!