Who on here is buying this stuff?

[Ricardo]

Mormons are encouraged to have a year of stored food.

Yep. Growing up I had friends who were Mormon and I don't know where they got their peanut butter but it was and still is the best I ever ate. Came in a metal can.

 

[TexasJerseyMilker]

So when TSHF there will be a whole lot of surviving Mormons

 

[Travlr]

So when TSHF there will be a whole lot of surviving Mormons

That's the plan.

 

[Nesikep]

I could see it handy for camping.. friend of mine gave me some freeze dried hashbrowns in a 1 pint paper cream box, he said fill with hot water and let it sit for 20 minutes, then fry like ordinary hashbrowns. He takes it on his pack horse trips into the bush.

 

[Travlr]

I could see it handy for camping.. friend of mine gave me some freeze dried hashbrowns in a 1 pint paper cream box, he said fill with hot water and let it sit for 20 minutes, then fry like ordinary hashbrowns. He takes it on his pack horse trips into the bush.

I had some of those and after trying the first one, the rest sat on the shelf for quite a while. Pretty sure the wife slipped them into the garbage can eventually.

 

[whisperingpinesnh]

One of the draws of the freeze dried food is that it will keep... and does not take up near as much space as canned goods. Most canned food will keep a couple years but the quality will decline some..same with food in the freezers... even vacuum packed like I do mine... the freeze dried stuff does not deteriorate. I have a couple friends that have a freeze drier and they love it.
They are expensive machines to buy for home use, but have been told that the food tastes as good as fresh from the garden. Waiting on some home dried food to try....

They are wickedly expensive, but I imagine freeze drying is far less time consuming than canning. I can only speak fir myself, but I spend 100's of hours canning in the summer. The freeze dryers are a few grand, but I'm thinking it would be worth it if you don't have to sit there and babysit it all day. I don't know. I don't actually know anyone who has one