I've heard this, and even then I couldn't believe I was hearing it. Sure, the barrels are overflowing, but all that stuff gets divvied up among hundreds of boxes. And when it comes out of a single box, the daily menu is as narrow and pinched as an empty change purse. Dry pinto beans.
Some food is better than nothing.
All I know is, disentangling privilege from provisions is difficult, more difficult than one might think. I haven't even gotten to the cheddar cheese on top, and already the recipe contains at least five different ways to knock a completely underequipped pantry out of the loop. Shelter or group-home cooks have a little more leeway, with such extravagant ingredients as sugar, dried eggs, frozen vegetables, potatoes, limited seasonal produce, and a sprinkling of basic seasonings. Complete rules are on the Web, but basically you need to be thinking inside the box. Put the soup and water in a pot and bring to a boil.