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hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper reusing glass and plastic containers for your long-term food
storage is a great way to repurpose items that you have that might end up in the recycling or the
garbage and it's also a cost-effective way to have the containers that you need for long-term food
storage how do you clean the bottles and jars for long-term food storage if you can't get them clean
enough then they aren't going to be safe to store your food well the first thing you want to do is
wash glass and plastic jars bottles containers as clean as possible I start with dawn dish soap and
a set of dish brushes you can get a set of brushes that come in different sizes that can fit down
long bottles jars short bottles jars narrow neck bottles jars we might want to use jars
everything from a narrow neck avocado oil all the way up to a gallon mason jar
so one scrub brush isn't going to be suitable for all of those choices if your bottle brush
can't reach into some little nook and cranny on your glass plastic bottle jar give the wire
a little bend until it adjusts to the area you're trying to reach on your jar or bottle
scrub away and allow the containers to sit in soapy water to help remove the labels
I read that you could easily remove the label by pouring boiling water into the jar
and allowing the heat from inside to remove the label on the outside
does it work not for me the label is still on there as tight as ever
you can place all of your jars and lids into your dishwasher put it on the hottest cycle and that
will help clean and sterilize your jars if you want to make sure that they're really sterilized
or you don't have a dishwasher fill a basin with two teaspoons of bleach to every gallon of water
submerge your jars and lids completely and allow them to soak for at least two minutes if you have
problems removing the labels you can try scrubbing it with some adhesive remover or make a paste out
of dr bronner's castile soap and baking soda if you still have some residue that's stubborn and
stuck in the bottom of a jar try filling it up with some hot soapy water put in a few grains
of dried rice and shake it around and see if the rice will help be abrasive and help scrub it off
for you while you're at it you can sanitize your flower vases fill them up with hot soapy water
add a few drops of bleach and allow the vase to stand overnight and they should be fresh and clean
again in the morning make sure any jars bottles that you want to reuse long term food storage have
a screw on lid that's tight fitting it can be difficult to get strong odors out of the lid so
pay extra attention to jar bottle lids that you get them as clean as possible because if
the lid still smells of the sauce or pickles that were in it that's going to leach into
you the food that you put in the jar or bottle if you're not sure if it's completely cleaned
put it on tight on the jar set it aside for a few days then open the jar and see does the jar
still smell fresh if not you need to clean that lid again what are some foods that you can store
in clean glass containers rice beans oats sugar salt corn lentils split peas flour pancake mix
packaged mixes I like to take package mixes put the contents of a box into a ziploc bag and
store those together in a clean mason canning jar spices dried fruits dried mushrooms potato flakes
grits cornmeal can all be stored glass plastic jars bottles long term food storage to last long
term food needs to be dried foods like oatmeal rice and beans things like fruit leather beef
jerky dried fruits nuts they have moisture in them so you can store them in the jars
but they aren't going to last long term those would be stored for short-term food storage
if you want to use the plastic containers first of all make sure they have a screw on lid that
they've only ever held food and look on the bottom for the p-e-t or p-e-t-e recycling label those are
the types of containers that are safe for storing food what happens if you have extra containers and
no more food fill them up with water we know as preppers that water is the most important prepping
supply we can have and we're going to need water long term food storage emergencies stockpile to
go with all of this food don't store your empty jars with air fill them with water
so that they're taking up useful space food storage doesn't have to be complicated it just
takes a little effort to make sure that we're putting aside the things that we know we need
so we'll always be able to make the best of whatever comes our way if you liked my video I
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