Prepper SHTF food is all gone is food safe to eat after a fire hi it's
AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper have you thought about what you would do if all of your food storage was
destroyed it was no longer fit or safe to eat all of it food was gone that's something that
happened in my family I was flying to visit my son and his house burned down and the firemen said
consider no food in your home safe to eat you need to throw away everything because the house is a
total loss fires are a serious threat to life and property due to smoke extreme heat and chemicals
fire indirectly and directly affects the foods in your food storage and the food in your home
is food safe to eat after being in a fire and the answer is no foods may appear fine after
being in a fire but they could be compromised the heat can cause jars and cans to split crack allow
germs to enter cans and jars may seem undamaged but the heat can cause the food to spoil
smoke and chemicals from the fire can poison foods firefighting chemicals also taint and poison foods
so what should you do with food that was in or near a fire all foods need to be thrown away
fresh fruits and vegetables that are exposed to smoke and fumes need to be thrown away food
in your refrigerator and freezer is probably also not good because of the fumes refrigerators aren't
airtight and you don't know firefighting chemicals smoke from things like insulation and sheetrock
are not safe to eat you need to throw away any food that was touched by firefighting chemicals
because the chemicals are very poisonous and you can't wash them off if you're not sure
if your food was touched or affected you still need to throw it away guess what you
also need to throw away your disposable food utensils your plastic plates your plastic cups
because they've been exposed it seems so wasteful and heartbreaking that none of your food can be
safe to eat you cannot risk the health of yourself and your family with food that's no longer safe
and fit to eat you can always get more food yes it's heartbreaking but that's one of the reasons
why it's a good idea to store your prepping supplies in more than one location if possible
and it's also a very important reason to have insurance and keep track of the contents in your
home we never know when an emergency will come upon us no one knows so you have to be open-minded
when you make your emergency prepping survival plan about what are the disasters that could
happen to me what would I do SHTF so yes it seems like a devastating experience to lose your home
all of your contents and even all of your prepping supplies but guess what if you still have your
life you still have your health you still have the people that you love and the things that you know
you can use what you know to rebuild with what you have left it's never too late to
start over or just to start there's all kinds of reasons why you should have extra food on hand
you want to have food prepper pantry so that you can provide for your family no matter what the day
brings so here are easy foods that you can add to your prepper stockpile so that you can make
quick and easy meals no matter what the day brings the first food is rice choose white rice because
it's the longest lasting then pick up some broth or bullion cubes you can get the chicken beef
vegetable you can use the broth to rehydrate rice beans and pasta to make more tasty meals if you
don't have lentils add them to your prepper pantry food stockpile lentils are very nutritious they're
easy to make and they are very versatile do you have balsamic vinegar that adds a lot of flavor
that you can't get from just the regular types of vinegars that most of us have in our stockpile
add some healthy oils like canola and olive oil don't stock more oil than you can use in a year
or two because oils do go rancid so you want to have enough for a year or two but not for
any longer amount of time than that have some shelf stable milk you can buy milk in cartons
that is the uht that can last for a year in your pantry you can also buy powdered milk
or even cans of evaporated milk so that you have some milk options in your prepper pantry cans of
tomatoes can go a long way towards making foods taste better meals more interesting choose canned
fruits and vegetables but look for fruits that are not in heavy syrup choose fruits that are packed
in juice or in water and if you look for canned vegetables try to find canned vegetables with
low sodium those not only taste a little better but it's better for you if you aren't getting
too much sugar or sodium remember dried fruit is a great way to have extra varieties of fruit on hand
so look through all of the different varieties of dry fruits that are available in your local market
canned beans are great get all different types they're already prepared you just
need to open canned beans and dump them into a casserole a soup or a stew and you can make your
meals have variety and help you avoid food fatigue hot cereals like grits oatmeal are great they last
practically forever you don't even have to cook them in an emergency you can soak oatmeal in
liquid and then overnight they call it overnight oats and overnight you'll be able to eat them
and you can add some of the dried fruit that you have or even some of the cans of fruit to
make a variety then make sure you're stocking up on herbs and spices get a variety because
your family wants to have interesting meals just like you don't want to eat the same thing
day after day neither does your family we try to always do the best with what we have to make our
lives interesting and fulfilling so add some of these foods to your prepper pantry your long-term
food storage prepping supplies if you don't have them and if you can think of any other tips and
tricks that we might like to know about foods that you find that are easy to store prepper pantry
help make foods interesting leave it in the comment below so we can learn from each other
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