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>if product has long shelf life and does not require refrigeration - it is probably unhealthy. Beef Jerky, dried chiles beans and legumes, as well as canned ve
by nimbius 7y ago
>if product has long shelf life and does not require refrigeration - it is probably unhealthy.
Beef Jerky, dried chiles beans and legumes, as well as canned vegetables would beg to differ. steel cut Oats, carefully stored, will easily survive close to a decade. naturally fermented pickles can last months on end as well.
In the US, canned beans and frozen vegetables are among the most opulent excesses of the boomer era that ushered in among other things, the tv dinner and immortal confection we know to be a twinkie. Most of a grocery store is structured to completely disregard seasonal produce and function on an almost comical dependence on low diesel prices in order to truck fruits, vegetables, and meats thousands of miles cross country.
- hansthehorse 7y agoThe trucking industry depends on comically low driver wages not low fuel prices, although fuel costs are a factor. An over the road trucker used to be able to support a family easily, making 80k in todays money in the 70s and 80s. Today they can expect to make an average of 40k working for a trucking company. There is a severe shortage of over the road drivers and I believe this is the major reason. It's a tough and unhealthy life and the money incentive is gone.
- Simon_says 7y agoGood. It's a terrible job.
- ip26 7y agoFrozen vegetables are no heavier than fresh vegetables, and there is far less spoilage. They are, IMO, to be celebrated. Especially frozen peas & blueberries.