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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?
No, I'm sorry I can't. My ancient dehydrator is a Ronco or something. I don't even know the brand. It was a garage sale special I bought probably 25 years ago. Now that's old! Oh and yes, mine is electric. I can't image what features you might need to spend a great deal of money on. Basic entry level should be fine. I would make sure to get a solid tray that holds liquid so you can make things like fruit leather, or powders if you want. I make a tomato powder that I use like tomato paste by just dehydrating tomatoe slices then grinding them in my food processor. Works great! One irritating thing with mine is that I have to manually rotate my trays bottom to top about once an hour or so because otherwise the bottom tray finishes before those above it, the second from the bottom finishes next and so on. I would also get a tight screen because things tend to fall through the grid on mine. Sometimes I wish my trays were square but that honestly doesn't matter. I do occasionally use my oven on the lowest possible settings though so you have that option anytime too. I like doing that for jerky. The trick isn't just the dehydrating but also rehydrating them. It takes some practice. I find boiling water works better than say room temp or cold. Check out videos on food preservation and I'm sure you'll be able to find a reasonable priced machine that fits your needs.
Best wishes fren!