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IDAHO FALLS — As an 11-year-old kid, I looked forward to camping trips with my local Boy Scout troop, mostly because I had my mother convinced that beef jerky was one of the required items.

Back then, beef jerky was pretty pricey and still is today.

My dad was a closet prepper — who regularly ate bread and milk for dinner — tried to convince the rest of the family that powdered milk had the same flavor as whole milk; it didn’t.

He had his own wheat grinder to grind whole flour, which he’d then use to bake his

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