Quick Post: Preparing for an uncertain future, a tutorial!

I have a tip that I think is so good, I just had to pop in here, not on a Saturday, to tell you about it! I’ll try to have my normal bits & pieces post tomorrow, don’t worry.

I had done my first podcast on the subject of approaching possible shortages with a sense of peace and calm preparedness: The Reasonably Stocked Life. I can see, on social media, that this is a hot topic; but I haven’t seen this one particular strategy and I am really excited about it and excited to share a simple tutorial with you.

Many people are aware that you can stock up on a lot of things by canning, freezing, smoking, salting, liming, freeze-drying, or dehydrating them, but there is one big obstacle to the essential item, the must have, the “that without which, nothing” of the well prepared pantry, and that is water.

Because of course, up until my discovery — more on that below — water is just water and does take up a lot of room. People put a lot of effort into its storage — keeping it sanitary and so on.

But I suddenly realized that with my little yard-sale dehydrator, I can overcome this problem!

I can dehydrate water and store it in jars that don’t even have to be sealed (this is like maple syrup or honey — it just keeps on its own).

I have done a lot of experimentation, and I have found that if you start with ice, it can sit on the dehydrator’s racks — unlike liquid water, which obviously would run right through them and probably damage your little machine, maybe even causing a short or something.

So my method is to place the ice on the racks, fire my trusty little dehydrator up (I did it at 130℉), and then, after about 18 hours (your time may vary, I find that these appliances work differently and even the different racks take various times), you can jar up your product and — yay! — put it right on your shelf in the pantry.

Then, when you need water in an emergency, there it is!

Isn’t that a beautiful sight, all those jars there? Gives me a warm sense of preparedness and of security! I plan to do more this weekend! Do you think you would try this?

Just add water the way you would with any dehydrated product (try it with your fruits and veggies — they are like just-picked, really!) and voilà! It rehydrates beautifully and you are good to go with fresh H₂O!

I hope this tutorial has helped you, and I wish you a very fun April Fool Day!! MWAH!

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