I've just got to know, have you tried this?

[debidoodle]

http://beprepared.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_FN%20I150_A_name_E_Freeze%20Dri ed%20Ice%20Cream%20Sandwiches

Seems kinda weird to me, and I've eaten some weird things. Is this a hard dry ice cream flavored thing? Do you rehydrate it? How?
I like ice cream cause it's cold, this is kept room temp, do you freeze them at any point?
get that treats are a good part of any prep pantry, I have plenty in mine, and plenty of things to make more. But, I'm sorry, but I just don't get this one..... anybody?

[NCLee]

My 2-cents...

I'd pass on these, until all the other things needed to be self-reliant are in place. Use those dollars for more rice, bandaids, sewing thread, spark plugs, or whatever else may still be on your GOT TO HAVE list.

Next, I'd consider flea market hunting for a manual ice cream freezer. Think about how many GALLONS of ice cream can be made with one of those. Put the dollars for freeze dried ice cream towards canned evaporated milk, coarse salt, and vanilla extract. Store home version dehydrated bananas that can be rehydrated for the best soft serve ice cream that you ever ate!

If nothing else, consider making snow cream for an "ice cream" treat. A little sugar, a little vanilla, and a little milk (fresh or canned). YUMMMMM! Ate my share of it as a child.

On another note: Use the same dollars for cocoa and the other ingredients to make chocolate cookies, syrup, milk, pancakes, brownies, and pie. Lots of different comfort foods compared to just a "dry" ice cream sandwich.

All that said, :) if you have plenty dried blackeyed peas on hand, they might be worth it to put a treat in a bug-out bag. But, even with that, I'm wondering if there are better "treats" for those, too.

Just my 2-cents, as YMMV.

Lee

[Rickhead]

The customer reviews say " less mess". Must be freeze dried to powder is my guess.
I agree that money is best spent elsewhere for emergency storage. Been making my own icecream for years. My 12 year old makes hers in ziploc bags.
Ingrdients in the inner bag, ice and salt in the outer bag. Then she squishes it around and a few minutes later she's eating.
Then I make her wash the bags for next time. I'm a meanie.

[debidoodle]

Oh no. Don't misunderstand, I have no intention of buying these, I honestly was very curious as to what the texture must be. I agree, it seems like a silly waste of money to me, real ice cream is too easy to make yourself. Just curious is all! LOL!!! :)

[NCLee]

OK! Gotcha. We're on the same page with things like this.

I wonder, too, but not to the point of spending money to find out, unless it was maybe a dollar for a sample. But, with today's shipping costs, I'd probably have to pay $10 to get that $1 sample to my house. Eleven bucks will buy a lot of beans. :wink:

Lee

[Todd Heyn]

I have tried these in the past when we were doing a bit of backpacking.

They are regular ice cream sandwiches that you would get in a freezer that are then put though the freeze drying process. You eat them just like a regular sandwich. They are hard and dry but as soon as you put them in your mouth they rehydrate and taste just like the original - only warm.

Nice sweet thing to have a few days on the trail but not an essential to stock up on.

[debidoodle]

That's exactly what I wanted to know! Thanks so much Todd.
For what they charge I can buy alot of rock salt and other things to make my own.
I can see maybe for a fun thing, but seriously? Not gonna happen. :)