Elize
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Freeze dried
Shelf Life of Ingredients:
Why Are Freeze Dried Meals So Expensive? I Trail Cooking
Making your own meals is a good thing,
no doubt about it. But there is planning you must do. If you are buying base ingredients (dried meat, vegetables, etc) the clock starts ticking once you open the master package, especially if you are using freeze-dried meat, the longer it is out of its original packaging, the limper it gets. It starts absorbing moisture from the air. If you go out often, and are using up the ingredients quickly, then it isn’t an issue. But if you go on one trip a year and figure your $50 #10 can of dried meat will be good the next year, no, it won’t.
Shelf Life of Ingredients:
Why Are Freeze Dried Meals So Expensive? I Trail Cooking
Making your own meals is a good thing,
no doubt about it. But there is planning you must do. If you are buying base ingredients (dried meat, vegetables, etc) the clock starts ticking once you open the master package, especially if you are using freeze-dried meat, the longer it is out of its original packaging, the limper it gets. It starts absorbing moisture from the air. If you go out often, and are using up the ingredients quickly, then it isn’t an issue. But if you go on one trip a year and figure your $50 #10 can of dried meat will be good the next year, no, it won’t.
