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January 26, 2023
As The EU Hides 'Bug Additives' In Pizza, Pasta And Cereal, We Are Reminded Yet Again Why We Need To Create Our Own Survival Foods - Part 2: Freeze Drying And Dehydrating Long Term Storage
Did you know the people of the European Union are now being force-fed bugs and they don't even know it? Stefan Stanford sent me a link to that little tidbit of news this morning. "Crushed bugs" are being turned into a food additive, which is then being used in pizzas, pastas and cereals all across the EU.
Defatted house crickets are on the menu for Europeans across the continent, without the vast majority of them knowing it is now in their food.
“This comes thanks to a European Commission ruling passed earlier this month,” reports RT.
“As per the decision, which cited the scientific opinion of the European Food Safety Authority, the additive is safe to use in a whole range of products, including but not limited to cereal bars, biscuits, pizza, pasta-based products, and whey powder.”
But don’t worry, because the crickets first have to be checked to make sure they “discard their bowel content” before being frozen.
We have already discussed and collectively seen the unprecedented rise in food prices, and the reports of mad scientists experimenting with adding mRNA vaccines to our vegetables during the growing process, along with the continued food shortages, as seen in recent images sent to us by ANP readers since the last food news piece, so this "bug additive" in the EU isn't as surprising as it should be.
No doubt they will be trying that here in the U.S. is short order once they have attempted to normalize the practice.
All the aforementioned reasons above give us sufficient reason to learn to grow and store our own foods, as our ancestors did, and as the Amish still do today.
In out last "create your own survival foods" piece I promised to get into dehydrating or freeze-drying foods giving them a long shelf life. Since then we have received a few emails with other DYI topics, which we will also address in this article.
First, food news.
ANP Reader Image: Dollar General In Wilkes County NC
FOOD NEWS.......
As we have reported previously, along with other food shortages, canned goods have continued to be listed in the shortage category due to an issue obtaining aluminum. This is confirmed by a reader from North Carolina who sent over the image above.
The message with that email stated "Attached were taken today at Dollar General In Wilkes County NC. The manager said there was NO stock to add to the missing products. (So not an employee shortage issue) It has looked this way for 2 months or so. Slowly dwindling down.
Love your page ! Feel free to use the photos in upcoming articles. The Medicine Isle looks pretty bad and has for months. Canned food area too. No $5 coupons printing on receipts for 2 weeks."
Below is the image of the medicine aisle our reader sent over to us.
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ANP Reader Image: Dollar General In Wilkes County NC
These types of shortages are one of the reasons we covered the importance of learning to grow as much of our own foods as possible, while learning to can our foods to create our own stores of survival food.
The next bit of news comes via a Gateway Pundit link sent to us by a reader, which claims Tractor Supply “Producer’s Pride” chicken feed has been altered and those using it are seeing a reduction in egg production.
Hens do lay fewer eggs in the winter time due to reduced sunlight. Farmers have often used a light to expose hens to longer light so as to produce more egg-laying. Yet farmer sources report that they are seeing a much-greater-than-normal reduction in egg production, to the point where many report that hens are laying zero eggs instead of merely a reduced laying frequency. There is no word on whether this is a temporary or a permanent change among Tractor Supply feed.
Again, this is a claim, but with the prices of eggs seeing massive inflation, along with shortages due to the Avian flu, it is a claim worth noting and researching more.
An email in response to the growing and canning piece urging readers to start creating their own survival foods, offered us an absolutely wonderful addition to this short series of articles.
Create your own cultures.
The message stated "Hi Susan...great article today on creating your own emergency food! Here's another idea...make your own yogurt, sour dough bread, kiefer and cheeses! They sell on Amazon here: (Link to culture search page)
And to learn more from their website, here: https://culturesforhealth.com/. Videos and articles. I'm making my own kiefer milk, Kombucha, sour dough bread, cheeses, sour cream, feta and ricotta...you name it! Dairy is to expensive...just spent $40 on hot dog buns, bread, 2 cartons of milk, and 2 rolls (1 lb each) of Amish butter. Ouch!
An awesome idea. Our readers rock!
In hunting down food news I ran across an interesting website called "Hunger Tracker," which describes itself as being "dedicated to tracking these supply chain disruptions in real time. On the ground reports of food shortages from people like you will be vital in spotting patterns in the shortages, as well as helping others find food should we face a severe level of shortage in the future."
There is a link to report shortages, one to see the latest reports, another to find local food shortages, and a link to a food shortage blog.
The concept is good and if enough people become aware of the site and start using it, and making their own reports when they see an issue locally, it could turn into a very valuable resource nationally.
An example of just one report, comes from Texas, three different stores, and reported on January 9, 2023, states "Tom Thumb, Kroger, Walmart out of basics - Out of whole milk, 2% milk, low on 1% milk. Cheeses have shot up in price. Eggs, if available are over $5 a dozen. Half and half and cream are not on shelves. Meat shelves mostly had expired or close to expired meat in all three locations. Whole chickens scarce, butchers have stocked shelves, but prices are 50% higher than last quarter."
Under the What is running low category, it lists, milk, eggs, cream, butter, breads, bakery items and produce.
Bad potato and onion crops, coupled with cost and availability issues, may have consumers hearing, “You want zucchini sticks with that burger?”
Portillo’s CEO Michael Osanloo said supplies of onion rings and French fries have “turned into a real “nightmare” this year, telling Bloomberg recently that the problems are industrywide. And he’s even more nervous about onion rings since “[t]here’s a certain type of onion that makes onion rings really good and apparently 2022 was a really bad year for these crops.”
National Onion Association data show the 2022-23 crop was 5% below the 2021-22 level. U.S. farmers plant about 125,000 acres of onions annually, yielding about 6.75 billion pounds.
Each week we seem to be finding some new issue with the food supply chain, whether from plant viruses, megadroughts, sickness, or just bad crop seasons.
Yet another reason to grow and store your own foods.
FREEZE DRYING YOUR FOODS AT HOME
Freeze drying machines are expensive, no two ways about it. On Ebay I found a used one for $1,000, and new ones range from $2,000 to $4,000, so I decided to look up how to do it at home without an overly expensive machine.
Who better to go to for advice on freeze drying foods than a company that actually sells them!
Valley Food Storage has a page which teaches us two ways to freeze dry food at home, using your own freezer. Takes some time, but the results, according to them, are worth it.
1. Freeze Drying Food – The Home Freezer Method
One misconception about freeze-drying is that it’s a massively complex procedure, but in reality, you can do it in your home freezer. That said, the process takes an extended amount of time.
To freeze dry with your freezer at home you will need a few items.
A Quick Step-by-Step Summary of Freeze-Drying at Home with a Freezer:
1. Wash and cut up your chosen food into small slices or chunks.
2. Place your food on a tray in a single layer, avoiding stacking.
3. Place the tray in your freezer where it can be out of the way.
4. Wait 2-3 weeks, periodically checking the freeze-drying process.
5. When adequately freeze-dried, remove the food and store it in an airtight container or bag.
2. Freeze Drying Food – The Dry Ice Method
The next at-home freeze-drying process we want to discuss does not require special machinery either. Similar to the first method, you will only need a few important items:
Because dry ice lets all moisture from food evaporate very quickly, this method is much faster than the first one, unless it is incredibly humid where you live.
In an ideal scenario, we recommend starting the freeze-drying process on a day or time of year when the humidity level is low, if not zero. The reason is that the more moisture in the air, the longer the freeze-drying process will take.
A Quick Step-by-Step Summary of Freeze-Drying with Dry Ice:
1. Wash and slice your food into small pieces or chunks, placing them in airtight, freezer-safe but unsealed bags
2. Neatly place the freezer bags in a large Styrofoam cooler.
3. Cover the food with dry ice.
4. Wait a minimum of 24 hours, maybe longer.
5. When the food is adequately freeze-dried, remove the bags of dried food and store them properly.
I have hyperlinked the items needed to freeze dry your foods at home.
The Valley Food Storage page, offers helpful notes and safety tips when for each method, so head on over there and check it out if you intend to freeze dry your own foods.
DEHYDRATING AND FOOD STORAGE....
Dehydrators are much less expensive with a price range that can fit almost any budget. Nutrition-wise there is not a difference between dehydrated foods and freeze dried foods, so for many this may be the better option.
The best part of dehydrating versus freeze drying is the time consumption is nowhere near as long when you dehydrate.
Another point in favor of dehydrating your food is it can save from throwing out foods. Anything laying around that you are not going to get to before it goes bad, can be slapped in a dehydrator and used at a later date.
I am sure many of us remember our parents telling us to eat all our food because their are children starving in (insert country here), yet today, there are children going hungry right here in America, so anything to prevent wasting food is a good thing.
There are a couple of ways to store dehydrated food for long term storage.
For those of us keeping an eye on foods news, including shortages, massive food inflation, and multiple supply chain issues, we are seeing more problems occur before older problems are fixed, with many issues having no end date.
Eventually freeze dried foods from professional companies will catch up with the food inflation as well as start seeing the shortages of foods to freeze dry and sell, so doing freeze-drying or dehydrating your own foods, will keep you fed long term, will help prevent wasting of food and will be cheaper.
It is also noteworthy that when the Covid lockdowns occurred, many emergency food supply companies ran out of product and delivery dates became months rather than days or weeks. Depending on yourself is a far better bet than depending on a fickle food supply chain.
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