{"id":60527,"date":"2021-11-19T08:14:59","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T13:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60527"},"modified":"2021-11-19T08:14:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T13:14:59","slug":"do-it-yourself-freeze-dried-mres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60527","title":{"rendered":"Do-It-Yourself Freeze-dried MREs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post__featured\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/youtube-thumbnail-city-prepping-2021-chili-mac-820x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/youtube-thumbnail-city-prepping-2021-chili-mac-820x461.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post__header post-header post-header--layout--classic\">\n<h3 class=\"post-header__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityprepping.com\/2021\/11\/19\/do-it-yourself-freeze-dried-mres\/\">Do-It-Yourself Freeze-dried MREs<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post__content typography \">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"_ytid_46689\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eLzpr-PmDbY?enablejsapi=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;cc_load_policy=0&amp;cc_lang_pref=&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;loop=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autohide=2&amp;theme=dark&amp;color=red&amp;controls=1&amp;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><b>Make Your Own MREs<\/b><b>:<\/b>\u00a0<b>Freeze-Dried Chili Mac<\/b><\/p>\n<p>While I like to have a range of freeze-dried foods on hand, I may not have time to prep a meal in an emergency.\u00a0 That may result in my having to chew on rehydrated carrot chips or crunchy corn washed down with swigs of water, but having my Meals Ready to Eat\u00a0(MREs)\u00a0can be a huge nutritionally complex advantage.\u00a0 First, I know what\u2019s in it, so I know it\u2019s good for me.\u00a0 Second, my body had already processed some of this same food when I first made it, so I\u2019m not shocking my system at a time when I need as stable of physiology as possible.\u00a0 Third, I have a meal ready to eat anytime I don\u2019t know what to have for dinner on a particular night.\u00a0 And, though there are many other reasons I could probably go into, like the fact that the food has a shelf-life of upwards of 25 years, a huge reason is its cost savings.\u00a0 Food prices aren\u2019t going down, so when I cook in bulk today and set it aside, I am essentially putting food in an interest-bearing savings account of sorts.\u00a0 The ten dollars I might spend today on food will be worth even more five years from now, and after a disaster, it will be priceless.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4157 alignleft lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/THUMBNAIL-300x169.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/THUMBNAIL-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/THUMBNAIL-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/THUMBNAIL-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/THUMBNAIL-820x461.jpg 820w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/THUMBNAIL-462x260.jpg 462w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/THUMBNAIL-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/THUMBNAIL.jpg 1280w\" alt=\"Portions of frozen chili mac\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/THUMBNAIL-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/THUMBNAIL-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/THUMBNAIL-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/THUMBNAIL-820x461.jpg 820w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/THUMBNAIL-462x260.jpg 462w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/THUMBNAIL-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/THUMBNAIL.jpg 1280w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/THUMBNAIL-300x169.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In this video, I\u2019ll make and freeze-dry classic Chili Mac.\u00a0 To rehydrate, just add hot water, and you\u2019re eating a home-cooked meal while the disaster rages outside.\u00a0 Throughout this series on the Harvest Right Freeze-Dryer, I\u2019ll give you a few pro-tips based on lessons I have learned and one technical fact per video&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do-It-Yourself Freeze-dried MREs Make Your Own MREs:\u00a0Freeze-Dried Chili Mac While I like to have a range of freeze-dried foods on hand, I may not have time to prep a meal in an emergency.\u00a0 That may result in my having to chew on rehydrated carrot chips or crunchy corn washed down with swigs of water, but 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