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I bought celery the other day and I blinked when I saw the price. I am making stews and soups that freeze well right now so I can get the most out of it and to stretch it out. I made a pot of bacon lentil soup last night that will be several meals as it freezes well, but when I add up the cost of the ingredients, it is probably $25. It was $10 -$12 just 18 months ago. It is insane.
I'm sorry this is a thing. In April of 2020 I knew this was coming. Been scared to death. We spent February 2022 and forward on my income (SSDI) due to his cancer diagnosis. I have been prepping everything. Dehydration works well with celery. Cheese, carrots, onions, potatos and more can be dehydrated and reconstituted later in soups. They don't take up much space :Ie I store my items in those clear plastic containers you buy candy in at Sam's. Stick a food safe moisture pack at the bottom and they store dehydrated food well. I also froze and stored about 10 dozen eggs. I don't have an awful lot of bacon but I have both frozen and canned meat, fruit and veggies. I also have 50 lbs or rice, beans, sugar and flour, I also sat back 4-5 boxes of both canning and table salt. I'm guessing these meals would only cost us and store bought bread and what ever fat was added.
Btw I also harvested about 200lbs of potatoes to share if life takes us there. Nursing mothers and children first.
Don't let the prices scare you, trust in God. Start now. One thing a week will save you soon as it is us now. And keep a watch out for those being God's hands and feet.
Bless you
That is an excellent idea, to dehydrate. I hope you were able to do it back when prices were more reasonable. But seriously, who could imagine $7.70 for celery hearts? I just hope and pray we aren't sometime soon looking back at $7.70 as a 'good price.'
No I dd my dehydrating last summer. I by no means thing $7.50 is an appropriate price for celery! I'm just saying that dehydration can help going forward. Idk about you but inwated a bunch of celery prior to learning about dehydration. At $ 7.50 I'm not willing to have limp celery when incan dehydrate and save it. Of course I still have to buy celery for fresh when I don't have any in my garden. Dehydration is a good tool to combat high prices.
Thanks. That's what I thought. Do you have a particular dehydrator that you recommend? I know some are essentially just plastic trays with holes, stacked on top of each other. But I think there are also electric dehydrators that are probably far more expensive. Maybe you could give me some hints as to the best type?