Hi Twin66,
They sure will help lots of people, I bet you're a twin? LOL I was thinking about the Ramen noodles and that's one of the things "everyone" wants at the Food Pantry, when I thought about it, I picked up a package (chicken), and stir-fried some veggies, added my herbs/spices, and some leftover chicken, then added the Ramen and it was inexpensive and really good! I'd forgotten about it till you mentioned it.
Also, I don't know about Kentucky, but in Connecticut here, we've got many, many Farmers Markets where you can get your produce very cheap - local growers, and they're all on Saturday mornings for some reason. If you don't use all the produce, you can freeze some, or can some (freezing's easier!), and you appreciate it lots in the winter when the only place you can even hope to get the produce is in the grocery store at a very high price. Thanks for the input, good thoughts and ideas!
Kat