Picking up food at food drops is intimidating at first. The food drops are generally once a month, so you tend to get large numbers of items. At first, it's easy to think that a case of vegetable soup is a lot until you do the math. You need 30 or 31 lunches and while a case might seem like a lot, it is still 6 or 7 days short for lunches. 

It was fun to find recipes that use up 24 cans of pumpkin, applesauce, and evaporated milk. Luckily, there are lots of ways to cook or bake with each of these items. My husband is working his way through 144 frozen pancakes.