CHAPTER 25 - SPACE DESIGNATED USAGE

For example, say your space is limited and you have room for one more 5-gallon container full of your food choice and sealed.  Which would be more helpful, a bucket of popcorn kernels delicious and harmless to eat or a bucket of pinto beans that are not only tasty when cooked, but dense with nutrition at the same time? 

Perhaps you have space left for a flat of canned goods…is it better to choose canned corned beef hash or equal amounts of canned tuna?  In terms of nutrition, what protein offers more nutrients? 

Even choices for storing drinkable food items should be considered in this fashion as well.  Take coffee and tea.  Would it be better to store a container of coffee grounds, or an equally sized container of teas? 

If thinking in terms of caffeine consumption, you can find teas that have close to the same amount of caffeine, but you won’t find coffees that can offer some of the same health benefits that various teas can provide. 

Of course that won’t solve the need for coffee when you desire the flavor of coffee that teas cannot provide, but it does address the nutritional and health benefits of your choice when space and money are limited.