Ready for Life

http://nysun.com/news/food-rationing-confronts-breadbasket-world
I really don’t like posting things like this. It seems to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Even if it is not true, media attention can make people believe there is a food shortage and cause panic buying. Self-fulfilling.
I will admit my first reaction was to rush to Costco’s and see prices and availability [...]

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How, in the digital age do we simplify? Janet Luhrs wrote a book years ago… LOTS of years ago and I have my copy that I still tote out once a year. It is called, The Simple Living Guide by Janet Luhrs. Hmmm. Easy read? It really is, except for the fact it challenges most [...]

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This probably goes under the cateogry of “I’m Just Sayin.” Most of us are pretty comfortable for food. We want something, we go to the store, offer a debit card and walk out of the store with usually more than we went in to purchase. Easy.
Most of us are aware that the economy is [...]

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Every culture has valued salt for preparing and preserving food. We too often hear about how salt is bad for your diet. Let’s consider some of the reasons the Roman soldiers were partially paid in salt. For them, it had a very measurable and real value. Not to be worth one’s salt was also an [...]

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Freeze Dried foods are produced in a process where moisture is removed from the frozen product using a very low temperature and a vacuum. If it’s done correctly, only about 3% moisture remains in the product at the time of packaging. The end product weight is reduced by over 90%, while the volume stays the [...]

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