As I talk to people about freeze dried food
one of the things I hear over and over again is that it is too expensive.
It is an interesting statement. I think some of it is about perspective. I
used to think the Freeze Dried raspberries were super expensive, $29.99 for a can of
raspberries. That is highway robbery right?
Turns out I was wrong. I spoke with my friend
Amber, a friend who is also into storing freeze dried foods.
Amber told me that her family commercially
raises and sells fresh raspberries in my local community, mostly at roadside
stands and farmers markets. Her family
business is well known to me and I have purchased raspberries from them several
times over the past few years.
She sells fresh raspberries for the family business at the local farmers
market. Where I live it gets cold in
the winter (It was -18 degrees last night) so the market only runs during the
warm summer month. During the summer
Amber sells a flat of raspberries for $30.00 each flat has approximately 12
cups of raspberries in it.
Okay now think about the last time you
purchased fresh raspberries. What did you have to do? You had to use them
fast. Like right now today or they go moldy. The last time I bought raspberries I ended
up throwing away several cups worth because I did not use them fast enough. I was so sad but what do you do?
Well you can buy freeze dried. I can buy a number 10 Can of THRIVE
raspberries for $29.99 and they will be good for 25 years unopened and once I
open them I have 18 months to use them. Not one of the raspberries in that can is
going to go bad. I can use them every
morning on my cereal and they will not go moldy in the fridge. And guess what. There are approximately 12 cups of raspberries
in each can. I am saving money by buying FD instead of fresh because I'm not throwing
them away.
Do freeze dried foods seem too expensive to
you?