[Patty55]

IMO in addition to food pantries and soup kitchens these groups should teach people how to cook.

When they are collecting in front of Publix look at the list.. fruit rollups (Really?) jar sauce, and all sorts of prepared foods.

I think that most of our parents and grandparents lived through the depression. They could turn out nutritious meals from nothing. Oatmeal is a lot less money than boxed cereal, you can make a giant pot of pasta fazool for less than that jar of sauce. How about home made soup instead of canned?

Maybe somebody (more ambitious than me) could make make up a booklet of recipes. I'd happily contribute my grandmother's secret recipe for what we jokingly called spaghetti and "depression balls" (a lot of day old bread and not-so-much meat).