Since you live in a small community there may be a chance that the food stores of your neighbors will be greater then those of people in large cities. I would suggest that if you take stuff over to feed others you package it in such a way that it seems "normal". Like emptying a Mylar bag into a zip lock bag first.

I started giving a few people that I know an "emergency" soup jar. Basically I have taken a bag of soup mix, a box of oxo cubes, instructions and sealed the whole thing in a large mason jar. I tell them it is incase we have another blackout. It costs me a little more now but at least I know it will cost me less in supplies later. I have also done a few "jar recipes" up as well.

Oldschool, I am liking that idea with the jars!

Homemade Peanut Butter... YUM! (I do not buy it unless it is like $2 a jar... and then I buy 10 lol)
http://www.diynatural.com/homemade-peanut-butter/

Oldschool, I am liking that idea with the jars!

There are some really great recipes for jar gifts but most of them require something to add with the jar such as milk. Not something that you can include when giving. I am now slowly working towards creating stuff that only requires a bottle of water which can be included with the jar.

I have also been working towards using some of the backpackingchef recipes to create additional jar gifts.

Campfire Bannock

4 cups flour
8 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
about 3 cups cold water

Mix dry ingredients thoroughly and stir in enough water to make a thick batter that will pour out level. Mix rapidly with spoon until smooth. Pour into large greased frying pan and set on hot coals. Turn when bottom is brown. Cook until no dough sticks to a sliver of wood poked into the middle.

I asked around for a recipe for this and 4 people sent me this same recipe so hopefully it is good and not just the first one they all caught on google lol

Thank you, Thats cool idea! Thanks for the bannock recipe to!

One thing I think are pretty cool, i wanna try once i find a jar vacuuming sealing attachment for my vacuum sealer is meals in a jar. Might make neat little meals to add to food storage when used with freeze dried ingredients. http://pinterest.com/search/?q=meals+in++jar

Wow thanks for that! I never even thought about Pintrest for prepper food ideas! 🙂

no problem! i have a few boards for it! one for food storage, gardening, exercise and one for more emergency preparedness stuff. Its a good site! modern day prepper planning at pinterest lol =P http://pinterest.com/dandyprat/

you have got some really cool pins there!

Awesome! I went and bought a lot of Mountain House meals through Mountain equipment coop for homemade mres for my 72 hr kits...this is a great limo, cheaper to do yourself!

Absolutely!
Don't get me wrong, I prep some MRE's and dried goods of course but, I really want to use those as an absolute LAST resort.
I have a few dozen meals in bags ready to go now and it wasn't expensive at all. I cook from scratch most of the time so I had the stuff already for the most part.
AND the cheese powder from Bulk Barn... it is just like KD sauce. Alot cheaper to make kraft dinner that way then having to cook 3 or 4 boxes lol
Oh and check out dandyprat's pins... she has some awesome ideas there!

Homemade cheese crackers 😀 😀 😀

http://kathdedon.wordpress.com/2010/09/10/melt-in-your-mouth-homemade-cheese-crackers/

Your "bannock" is pretty close to our "damper"
http://www.albanyaustralia.com/damperrecipe.htm (recipe variations - damper)

Soda Bread

Here's the basic recipe for white soda bread. All these measures are approximate. The flour's volume and liquid-absorptive capabilities, in particular, will vary depending on the local humidity.
450 g / 1 lb / 3 1/2 cups flour (either cake flour or all-purpose)
1 teaspoon sugar (optional: you can absolutely omit this if you prefer sugar free soda bread)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
Between 200-300 ml / 8-10 fluid ounces buttermilk, sour / soured milk, or plain ("sweet") milk, to mix
If buttermilk not available add ½ teaspoon of baking powder

Preheat your oven to its highest possible temperature (usually around 250° C or 475-500° F). At the same time, also preheat a cast-iron casserole with a tight-fitting cover. (Cast iron works best for this. However, beware of using your pots for this unless they have metal handles / knobs, or are guaranteed by the manufacturer to be able to handle such temperatures.) Allow at least half an hour of preheating time. When twenty-five minutes of this time has gone by, prepare the basic soda bread recipe as above. Mix it very well in the bowl, but after that leave the dough in the bowl and do not turn it out for kneading. Remove the preheated pot from the oven. Scoop or dump the soda bread dough into it. Put the preheated lid on the pot and put the whole business back in the oven. Bake at the highest heat for 10 minutes: then reduce the heat to about 375° F / 275° C. At the twenty-minute point, remove the pot lid only and continue to bake. At the forty-minute point, remove the pot from the oven. Allow to stand for a couple of minutes, then tip the bread out and allow to cool on a rack.

You can pre-mix this using powdered milk, but leave out the baking soda and baking powder until ready to make.

Lactose free bread and "goodies"
http://dairyfreecooking.about.com/od/breadsbakery/Bread_Bakery_Recipes.htm