Week 26 Deep Pantry / Food Storage Challenge “2021”

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A prudent person foresees the danger ahead and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. Proverbs 27:12

Deep Pantry

 
Remember having a deep pantry isn’t just about having extra food on hand. It is also about having the means to survive in an emergency situation, having all the extra food isn’t going to do you much good if you can’t cook it when the power is out.

Don’t forget to share what you were able to do this past week to have a deep pantry/food storage. Let’s encourage each other. And if you have a question feel free to ask or if you have the answer to a question feel free to answer. If you have a tip or idea you can share that also. As I said let’s make this a place where we can share and encourage others to get that deep pantry.

 

8 Bars of soap/ Vinegar

8 Bars of soap, if you make your own stock up on lye (or learn to make your own) and fats (lard, tallow, or shortening). If you plan on making your own learn now if you don’t already know how, so you know what you are doing when you have to make it. During a crisis is not the time to be trying to learn how to make and do things.

If you buy your soap get the kind you like. Bar soap will store for a very long time, it will get harder and dried out but it is still usable and it actually will last longer.

Vinegar, White for cleaning and canning. Cider vinegar for cooking. You can also make your own for cleaning. Remember though you have to have at least 5% acidic for canning.  You can go here to see how to make your own vinegar.

 

The extra item for this month is Kids Clothes. If you have small kids look at second-hand stores and yard sales for clothes that are larger sizes than what they are in now. If your kids are grown still get children’s clothes when you find a good buy on them, this way you have some put back for grandkids or someone who may need them. I look for baby clothes and things now even though neither of my girls have kids yet. I know how hard it is for young families, so I want to be able to help them out when the time comes for that. I also put back kid’s clothes just to have on hand.

 

The Action item this month is to get all your information off the computer. If you are like me you find things on the internet then save them on your computer. It is a good idea to get in the habit of printing or at least putting on a flash drive (if on a flash drive be sure to have a protected computer) all that information just in case your computer crashes or you have no power at least you will have all the information that you need (when my computer got a virus a few years back I had a ton of stuff on it that I couldn’t get off). Get some notebooks and store the information by subject then when you need it you will be able to find it. eg. all cooking in one notebook all medical in another.

Put back some more water. Store-bought or containers that you fill yourself.

Put back some more money in your stash. Try to set a weekly or monthly goal of how much you want to try and put back. You might even have a goal for every six months of how much you would like to have set back.

 

 

 

 
 

3 Replies to “Week 26 Deep Pantry / Food Storage Challenge “2021””

  1. NRP & Blue

    While you’re at it, grab an extra bottle of Dawn Dish Soap, good stuff to have on hand.
    And remember that Vinegar will lose its potency after some time, Rotate your stock and supplies.

    As far as the Monthly Challenge…
    The, your, computer is the very LAST place you really want to keep anything important; Especially Personal and Legal Documents and non-replaceable Photos.
    Why you ask? Two major reasons;
    Computer Crash, in a millisecond all of your Docs can be literally gone, period: Electrical Surge, HD crashing, Power loss, Kids playing, how many reasons do you need to hear?
    Second; Fraud, yeppers good old Hackers that find it fun to attack your computer and destroy people’s lives AND/OR hold them for Ransom…. Think it can’t happen to you? Why would you think that? They just took out a MAJOR Pipeline and a HUGE Food Processing Conglomerate.
    Y’all can do as you wish, BUT, you sure as heck ain’t going to find ‘scans’/records of all my Personal or Legal Docs on ANY computer that’s hooked to the Internet.
    A suggestion, get an inexpensive Laptop computer that’s separate from the “Fun Computer” that you do all your Internet stuff on….. Also make backups in Flash Drives and stick them in a Safe, also if you really want to be safe, wrap them in Cardboard at least 1/4 inch thick than Aluminum Foil. Yes, just like the stuff my Hat is made from HAHAHA
    Next, once you have your Info off the Main Computer take it to a professional Computer Dude and have him scrub it clean of ALL your important info, get it CLEAN.
    Folks, I did Professional Computer Programing for 5 years, there are ways into your computer that you have NO idea. You really think that Microsoft (The Operating System) can’t crack into your computer OR the .gov?
    If so, I have some swamp land for sale in Arizona if that’s what you believe.

  2. watkinsranches@yahoo.com Post author

    NRP is so correct on having a separate commuter for important stuff and one for games and such. We have one for our quick books and taxes and the only time it is on the net is when we download taxes and send them off. But no matter if on the net or not ALWAYS do a back up, I learned this the hard way.

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