4 most useful foods to store stockpile foods that clean first aid heal last forever essential foods
hi it's Alaskagranny Alaska Prepper I'm out at my Granny Camp my Alaska Off Grid cabin and it's really windy so I
hope that this video turns out okay and the wind doesn't disturb your ability to
hear what I have to say what I wanted to discuss today was the foods that are
most useful to store and stockpile essential foods for a prepper food pantry because they're not only great for food
uses they're also good foods for natural cleaning and for first aid and health benefits the first most
useful food is salt salt is inexpensive it has lots of uses in cooking you can even
buy different kinds of salt depending on the types of cooking that you do because
if you're doing curing canning pickling you may want different salts than just
table salt salt has all kinds of great uses for cleaning it removes odors use
it to clean cutting boards garbage disposals and rub it on your hands and
get rid of odors salt is also great to make ice cream melt ice from sidewalks put out grease fires and you can use salt
to clean your cast-iron pans salt removes all the grit and stuck-on food from your
cast iron salt is also great for first-aid healing situations because you
can use salt to gargle if you have a sore throat or you have mouth sores you can
make a little paste of it rub it on a bee sting rub it on an insect bite rub
it on a rash use a little salt water to dab onto poison ivy poison oak rashes
and irritations that you might have your on your skin salt and water can
sometimes soothe those itchy places the next most important food to stockpile
would be vinegar vinegar has all kinds of uses in cooking and adds tart flavors
apple cider vinegar even has extra health benefits all on its own
if you only stockpile one vinegar make it white vinegar because it's so useful
for cleaning you can use the white vinegar to clean bathrooms kitchens
drains showers windows you can use white vinegar to soften laundry to kill mold
and get rid of mildew and even spray it on weeds
to get rid of weeds in your driveway and patio white vinegar can be added to your
shampoo to help get rid of the buildup of other products and additives it can
help treat dandruff and it also can be put on a cotton ball and used to soothe
a bug bite there are lots of uses for a white vinegar even if you have a sticky
spot on your carpet you can pour a little white vinegar blot it up with a
clean cloth and remove things you didn't think would ever come out again a big
jug of white vinegar should be an essential item in your prepper pantry food stockpile next
you want to have baking soda baking soda is useful when you're baking things
hence the name baking soda it's also useful for cleaning you can use baking
soda to clean burned on foods it's mildly abrasive you can remove spots off
your dishes you can use it to freshen stinky drains use baking soda as a non
abrasive scrub on your bathtub and shower
you can also pour some baking soda down the drain add some white vinegar and you can help
clear any clogs from your drains that way baking soda also helps remove odors you can sprinkle
it over your carpet and vacuum it up you can sprinkle some down smelly drains
into garbage cans sprinkle it over your cat box stick a box of baking soda in
your refrigerator to help eliminate odors you can use baking soda to freshen
your breath you can use it to polish your teeth make a paste of baking soda and apply it to
a bug bite or skin irritation dissolve some baking soda and water and drink it
to calm upset stomach honey is another food that should be in your prepper food pantry stockpile long term food storage
be sure that you get raw unpasteurized honey and as natural honey as
you can possibly find in its original state honey can last nearly forever it
may get hard in the package but you can heat it slowly and the honey will regain its
runny consistency so don't think honey that's hard is no longer good it is it
needs to be liquefied softened decrystallized a little bit with some warm water never boil honey though
because then you'll destroy the antibacterial properties because honey
is antibacterial you can dab some on a wound or a sore and the antibacterial
can help your wound or sore to heal salve for burns and just a teaspoon of
honey can help boost your immune system make sure to stockpile these four
versatile foods in your prepping stockpile your long-term food storage
for the multi-purpose uses of food cleaning and healing make sure that you
have a stockpile of salt vinegar baking soda and honey
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