I'm not buying freeze-dried foods because they're extremely expensive (on my budget). This spring I hope to have several raised beds installed and maybe an aquaponic setup. Several fruit and nut tress plus berry bushes too. By the time I'm ready to harvest, I'll have learned to can.
BUT... my situation may be different than most. I have no family here and my health is failing. I have no inclination to try and survive an 'apocalyptic event' and the insanity that follows. But maybe this is just the depressed cynic in me talking.
EDIT: Then again, after all that expense, I could probably buy enough freeze-dried foods to survive the rest of my feeble life AND it would be much easier.
Mountain House freeze dried foods now come in single serving packages. About $5 bucks each.
The bigger problem is: Do you have enough water and a heat source to boil that water to rehydrate and cook those freeze dried foods?
Be well.
I'm not buying freeze-dried foods because they're extremely expensive (on my budget). This spring I hope to have several raised beds installed and maybe an aquaponic setup. Several fruit and nut tress plus berry bushes too. By the time I'm ready to harvest, I'll have learned to can.
BUT... my situation may be different than most. I have no family here and my health is failing. I have no inclination to try and survive an 'apocalyptic event' and the insanity that follows. But maybe this is just the depressed cynic in me talking.
EDIT: Then again, after all that expense, I could probably buy enough freeze-dried foods to survive the rest of my feeble life AND it would be much easier.
I was listening to am 870 & heard an ad for a freeze-drying setup you can purchase & use at home. I wonder if it would be able to pay for itself in a reasonable amount of time?
Some of what you might normally can, freeze-dry instead?