The Coming Starvation In America

[Kimmie]

Waterman-My kids and I have been making Beef Jerky with a dehydrater for years. Whenever one of us is doing any traveling we pull out the dehydrator and fix up a "Travel Pac". We have been putting it in Ziploc Bags since it is gone in just a few days-yet I'm wondering if I should invest in one of those "Seal-a meal" type machines to Vacumn Pac the dehydrated food.

I've been trying to cut back on the amount of meat we eat, and am buying more fish, how well does it process? I know PorK doesn't come out very well-so now I'm wondering about the fish!!

Are there some foods better than others to dehydrate? I've tried doing fruits, and have to admit, I need to spend more time with the process since the results weren't the greatest in the past. Now instead of "doing it for the fun of it"...I'll be taking a more serious approach to it.

Has anyone got any advice for me-on what foods and any tricks to successful methods for working with a dehydrater?

BarryC, thanks for the Link to Provident Living, I'll check it out. When you talk about "wheat" in what form are you buying it? How are you storing it?

I'm still buying at the local grocery stores, and I think I need to switch to the Health Food Stores for better quality. If we're going to be faced with eating less- I've decided it would be benificial to increase the quality It's probably a good habit to develop anyways. I think the food from health Food Stores will be less likely to be tampered with, as times get 'crazier'.

The other day I came upon a website that offered directions to build a Solar Stove...not full grill top...a simple stand on to which you could boil water or set up a frying pan to fix a campstyle breakfast. I'll look through my notes and post it for you. It looks like it would be a fun weekend project to make it- for when there is no more electric,propane or charcoal around to cook with.

Bye for now, Kimmie