Granny's gone and done it again

[ValerieJ]

Interesting! Then how do you reconstitute the meals?

By adding the water back in. I weigh the food before I freeze dry it, then I weigh it after it is freeze dried. The difference should be about the amount of water to add back in. It would be different with different types of food. For example, if I were to freeze dry bread, I wouldn't then submerge it in water, I would wrap it in a wet paper towel until it was reconstituted. I have ordered a stove top steamer because I think that would be the right way to reconstitute some things, like perhaps vegetables, although they could certainly be emersed in water.

 

[ValerieJ]

Also how do you store the meals? Do they have to be kept frozen?

Once you freeze dry a meal, it is shelf stable for up to 25 years. It is stored in mylar bags with moisture absorbers. I have bins to put the filled mylar bags in.

Essentially, a freeze dryer takes all the moisture out of the food item. Eggs become powder, for instance.

 

[Cynthia12]

They don’t give anyone checks though. They do pay peoples rent.

And heat if needed.

 

[Cynthia12]

Now for some good news! SD was at church yesterday when the treasurer called her to the office. She wanted to know why she hadn't cashed the check they gave her for Christmas. She knew nothing about it. She couldn't sleep last night and went looking for the Christmas card they gave them. She found it. $1,600.00 She said God didn't let her see it til now when they needed it the worst.

Glad she found it! Timing. God's timing.

 

[Cynthia12]

My goodness. The warranty we got on closing for this house has paid for itself twice over if not tree times. And it's good for a year!
Just had the garage door taken care of. Could open it by the door to the garage. Didn't have the code for the panel. Bronwyn was smart enough to get part of it done, then thought hey, let's use the warranty again. Guy came out and got everything working great. Put a better bar against a part of the door. Lubed it..it was kind of noisy, checked the springs, they were good, got the panel working along with clicker I get to use in my car. Yaay.
The sky is blue.
It's cold!
Expecting snow tomorrow and Saturday.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

That's great, Cynthia!

 

[Cynthia12]

That's great, Cynthia!

Blessings for sure.
Hope you're feeling well Blue?
We keep plugging along dont we?

 

[ShrekDawg]

I had a chocolate chip muffin for brunch today and then a chicken patty and broccoli cheddar soup for lunch. Main meal today was a BLT but I don’t like BLTs that much unless it’s really good fresh garden tomatoes and extra crispy bacon and lots of mayo LOL so I didn’t want to waste it and toss half of it or more out. So I just opted for a chicken patty instead. And got the soup with it. There were actually 3 choices for soup. Broccoli cheddar, chicken, and tomato which was actually like a tomato basil type thing. So yeah. They all sounded good but I LOVE broccoli cheddar especially since I’m pretty sure it was the Panera broccoli cheddar.

 

[h2oratt]

Also how do you store the meals? Do they have to be kept frozen?

No, they are freeze dried

 

[h2oratt]

And heat if needed.

Yes. I am glad they don’t give out cash but pay people bills if needed