On Sat, 3 Sep 2016 09:33:56 -0700 (PDT), "
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>On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 7:08:14 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
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>It's an irradiated food product. I wish more foods came like this. Being able to keep food without refrigeration or dehydration is very convenient.
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>I meant to reply to you Friday but got busy doing something else.
>I've been seeing some commercials on late night tv that I cannot
>remember the name of. Anyway, they offer shelf stable products
>that are guaranteed to be good for 25 years. All you do is add
>hot water if I recall correctly.

There are many dehydrated and freeze dried ingredients that are quite
good... however I'd stay clear of those fully prepared dehydrated
foods/meals, most are awful. Did you know that 90% of the US
strawberry harvest is freeze dried?