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There may be situations where you find yourself having to move suddenly or evacuate because of a natural disaster. In these circumstances, you will want to have food with you to last you through the days you are away from your home. Naturally, you will not be in a position to carry cooked food with you and this is where the importance of storing food properly comes into play. People who live in disaster prone areas typically have food or food products that have a long shelf life and they buy these to keep them as emergency rations designer handbags discount.
One option for these kinds of food is freeze dried ones. These kinds of food go through a process to have the water contained in them removed very gently. This gentle elimination of the water content makes sure that the majority of the nutrients and vitamins are kept intact. The advantage of freeze dried foods is that they are prepared very easily that even a child should be able to do it. Most of the time all that is needed is to add some water and let handbags discount stand for around 10 minutes after giving it a good stir. This kind of food also last very long and some can keep up to 25 years or more. This of course means you don't have to replace them very often before their expiration dates and saves you money in the long run. Nowadays, the range of freeze dried foods is quite diverse from beef stew and lasagna to delicious desserts such as cheesecakes.
Other than freeze dried foods you can also find dehydrated foods. These foods are processed at high temperatures in a process that removes most of the water content. The disadvantage of this is that the texture and taste is not as good as freeze dried food after being reconstituted designer handbags. The other factor is that they don't last as long as the freeze dried kind and also much of the nutrition is lost through the process of dehydration. The advantage is that they are cheaper. Canned food is also another option and this is the simplest method. However, they don't contain much nutrition and they don't last very long and so it gets expensive when you have to replace them at their expiration dates.
Cans also get heavy and you can't possibly carry many cans with you in a backpack as you would be able to do with freeze dried or dehydrated foods. Another alternative is MRE's or Meals Ready to Eat. This was first introduced by the military during the 1970s and these are typically pre-packaged meals that have a high calorific content. Each packet can provide between 1200 - 2000 calories and the shelf life is about 3-5 years. Since these are pre-packaged, designer handbags cheap is not necessary to add water and these can be eaten straight from their packages. They don't have to be re-heated as they can be eaten either hot or cold.