Freeze-Dried Ice Cream

Last month I bought some freeze-dried ice cream (fdic). I bought it at the the Learning is Fun store in the space section. I thought it would be fun to try some and put some in our 72-hour kits. I bought three and opened the one. It was the one that had the best if used by date as the previous month. It was very different. I thought I was being very creative in adding these things to my food storage. A few weeks later I received my new catalog from Emergency Essentials. In it they had fdic by Mountain House. I couldn't believe, now everyone was going to have my idea. The feeling of being really cool and having thought of something awesome dissipated quite quickly. I was no longer the only one with the idea. Of course, I'm sure others had the idea too, but now I knew they did. Oh well, I thought, the prices were cheaper. So, I bought some yesterday from Wal-Mart. Did you know they sell some Mountain House products in the camping section? Yup, they do. They had the fdic and for less than a dollar. So, I bought two and as soon as I get the house clean I will try and review them on the Chocolate Parlor.

In the mean time I am still working on food storage. It is kind of difficult with the increasing food prices and the fact that we are getting paid any extra. Something has to give somewhere in our budget and so I must be careful just how much I purchase. I do not intend to stop buying food storage all-together. If I stop I may never get going again.

My goal is to get something each month from supplier of freeze-dried foods. I will also keep getting little extras as often as I can when I go shopping. For instance, yesterday I bought some more shampoo to restock what I had taken last week to use. My big goal is to replenish what I take, with the exception of freezer food. With a move coming up, date yet unknown, I don't want to have any food go to waste, so I will use it up as much as possible and hopefully we will have used all the food in our tiny freezer by the time we do move.