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things prepping supplies food water storage containers don't have to cost a lot of money you can look into your recycling bin and
there are probably food storage water storage containers that are safe for you to use to store
extra food and water for emergency survival long term food storage first of all you want to look through the plastic
containers and you want to look for plastic containers with twist
tops you don't want pop tops you want twist off lids you want your
container to be food grade something that's held food anything
that's held chemicals cleaners is not good for your food or
your water and that should be recycled the one soap container
bottle that I do use and I make an exception for is
the very large detergent containers that have a spout
if you ever go camping or like I go out to my Granny Camp where it's off grid remote Alaska cabin
there's no running water these laundry detergent containers with a spout are great to use as a hand washing
or dishwashing station you fill it up with water set the spout
over the sink press the button to release the water
it's nice because you have to press it and so if you're out there where water
is very limited or you're with kids who maybe not as
careful you can't just turn it on and let all the water run
out you have to actually press the spigot you also need to remember to
loosen the cap to allow a little air in so that the water can flow from your water storage container when you
press the button a look on the bottom of the plastic
container for a triangle with a 1 in it and then
it'll say p-e-t or p-e-t-e
that stands for polyethylene temphilate and it's a food grade safe plastic
storage container these plastic containers are harder sided
they're sturdier and they're going to be safe
to reuse to store your food storage and emergency water storage look on the bottom
of your pop bottles soda bottles gatorade
sports drinks bottles and you should be able to find
the p-e-t-e symbol the recycling symbol that's on the bottom
I steer clear of juice bottles simply because
it's almost impossible to remove all of the residue of the juice
you can't get all the scent out of it you don't want bacteria
from the original contents to contaminate your stored food
once you've gathered your containers it's easy to put them in the dishwasher
and run them through get them nice and clean and I like to
sterilize them I fill my sink basin with hot water
add two tablespoons of bleach and then turn them spin them allow them to soak
for five minutes drain them don't rinse them because
you've just sterilized them and set them aside to dry
if you're going to fill them with water you can go ahead without drying them but
if you're going to store food make sure that you allow them
to dry thoroughly before you fill them up
having extra water on hand is important and it's a great idea to store some of
your water in places that you would need it such as
under the kitchen sink the bathroom sink in the laundry room places where you
would want water are great places to stash a few of your
extra bottles it isn't always necessary to remove all
of the labels from your food water storage containers but if you don't warn the family
this is no longer sparkling water it is extra water for emergencies so they
don't think they found a stash of delicious flavored waters I like to
use the containers that have a wider mouth like a sports drink
to store food it's simply too hard to get it in and out of a small
pop bottle size but if you have a larger opening
you can use your beans rice oatmeal all kinds of dried foods can go
into the bottles I don't recommend that you store anything like flour or
sugar salt anything powdery because it can be extremely hard to get it back
out of a narrow opening on a bottle I like to store those items in a wide
mouth mason glass canning jar another great find that I
like to use for my food storage is the Classico pasta sauces you can see
the lid is the same size as a regular mouth
canning jar because they come in a GLASS mason canning jar
but you need to look carefully because the smaller bottles of sauce come with a
narrow lid which is not the same and those don't work with this tip use
the sauce out of the jar you can clean it in the
dishwasher and it's ready to go it's an empty mason glass canning jar
jar you can use it to store foods for long term food storage things like rice
beans oatmeal sugar pasta noodles
any of the foods that are great for long-term food storage stockpile can be stored
in these empty canning jars add a lid and a ring
screw it down if you have an oxygen absorber
it's great to add that too or you can use a food saver and vacuum out the
extra air if you don't have oxygen absorbers
or a foodsaver vacuum system you're still
just putting on the lid screwing it down you're preserving your food for
many extra years to come you don't have to have
fancy gadgets and gizmos and extra things that sometimes we either can't
find or can't afford but you can still store the food that
you have in an airtight container if you can find canning lids but not any
of the rings put a clean canning lid inside
your pasta lid and screw it onto the bottle glass mason canning jar
I have a hard time removing all of the odors and
aromas from those lids one tip that I try to clean the lids the best I can
is I rub them very well with toothpaste and then rinse them well that can help
remove the aromas but if you're storing foods something like
pasta maybe it doesn't matter but there are a lot of other foods and I wouldn't
want to use them and find out they had the aroma of
pasta so you want to be careful about what types of bottles you use
it's the same thing if you use strong flavored sodas
like dr pepper root beer those flavors are very hard to remove from the
container doesn't mean you can't use them you just
need to be aware of that maybe you want to use those to store the
extra water in your bathroom so that you have some
for hand washing and flushing it's always a great time to be adding to your
food storage a little at a time then look over the containers that you
have on hand you want to make sure that you stockpile your food but you
store it safely so it lasts a long time
foods that come in bags and boxes are not going to last
you want to protect your food storage investment from the food storage
enemies which are air infestation and light cool dry place
in a container that keeps everything out except for you
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