Freeze Dried Cheese is by far my favorite choice when it comes to adding cheese to my family meals. This particular can cost me $25.00 when I purchased it during a group sale at Emergency Essentials. It had a measured 13 1/2 cups of freeze dried cheese inside. Since freeze dried cheese substitutes in any recipe cup for cup with fresh, this can will make 13 1/2 cups recipe-ready shredded cheese once it is reconstituted.Now let’s talk fresh for a minute. The local grocery store I shop at periodically has 8 oz. bags of shredded cheese or 8 oz. bricks of cheese on sale for $1.99. When it goes to this price I stock up my refrigerator, and usually don’t have to buy again until I find it on sale again. 8 oz. of fresh cheese is approximately 2 cups shredded. That makes fresh shredded cheese $1.00 a cup.
Now back to our freeze dried can.  At $25.00 a can, and 13 1/2 cups per can, I am paying a little less than twice as much as I pay for fresh. Why am I willing to pay that much for freeze dried? If I keep it stored in a cool dry place I can store it for up to 25 years. I can move it from house to house and I get by far the best results from freeze dried cheese. After it hydrates, it will melt and act very similar to fresh shredded cheese. It is easy to substitute in a recipe, and my family doesn’t ever notice I used “food storage.” So I buy once and store it away for that rainy day I pray will never really come. With this in mind $25.00 a can is not that outrageous. Remember, if you can buy it in a group during a group sale you only need to buy a can or two at a time until you have enough for your year supply.

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