welcome back to the homestead these are
the bare essential items that i want you
to stock up on
right now for your household preparation
pantry
let's talk about exactly what they are
these are the 14 bare essentials that
are the first
buys that you should have for any
prepared household
i'm gonna take out one special thing out
of this video because
it is a whole another video in itself
and that is
water now you're going to say well water
belongs in any prepared pantry any
prepper pantry
it does but i think it's separate
because
for this simple reason you can survive
without
food for at least 40 days
yeah your kids will be crying and you're
not gonna feel too good
but you can go that long without food
water on the other hand you're gonna die
in a few days without
water so water is a whole separate issue
that you need to tackle in itself we
have this berkey we have several ways to
get water on our property
and this is pretty much the best filter
out there arguably and this
is what we will be talking about in the
future in our water video but right now
today
it's different it's about food so we
lived in a hurricane zone for several
years in houston
and everybody was encouraged to be
prepared
now we're out in the countryside and
there's many other different reasons
in today's world crazy 2020 to be
prepared so preparedness is just a way
of life if you want to provide
for yourself and your family not rely on
other things
other people other services to take care
of you
preparedness is really important and we
think
that these are the best things to have
on hand right away
so if you don't have a lot of means then
there are two ways that you can easily
start to stock this type of pantry one
is to can things yourselves grow them
and can them yourselves
that is a very cost effective way of
doing it and two is
every time you're at the grocery store
if you can do it
just buy one or two extra items of
something on this list
and you will quickly build up if you go
grocery shopping weekly you will quickly
build up
this type of pantry now of course you
always want to rotate and date
everything that's a totally different
video there's some great videos out
there
that do that people have systems of
rotating
show you how to do those systems show
you how to organize it that's not what
we're talking about today
even though we have everything dated
and of oh that one doesn't have it on it
okay
it's next to the pairs these are all the
pairs i did at the same time so that
one's dated right there
but everything is dated here so we know
how old it is that's really important to
do so let's talk about the four
really basic stocks that you absolutely
have to have
in your pantry and that it starts with
one and two ubiquitous rice and beans
these two will last for an incredibly
long time you're going to get
great nutrition out of both proteins
here
carbs here you have to have these too
beside that they are incredibly
versatile you can do a lot of different
dishes
and keep things interesting for your
family
with just rice and beans and they span
cultures around the world so there's a
lot you can do with them
so don't worry about getting bored rice
and beans will keep you fed for a very
long time and they're very filling
the other two are oats and flour
oats are very versatile they will cover
a lot of bases in baking and cooking
they
thicken up which is very nice they have
some properties to them that help them
thicken things
and oats are really great to have around
and they're also incredibly
inexpensive they're also very low in fat
and cholesterol as well
and then of course flour everybody needs
flour
it is used to bake everything bake a
loaf of bread on the most basic level
and you can do that in a campfire we'll
probably be doing a video
on bannock which is a native american
bread that you can bake in the campfire
we'll do a video on that
hopefully in the near future here my
daughter's begging me to go camping
on our property and continue with our
outdoors series here on the channel and
obviously
this is a great source of carbohydrates
also so i just wanted to talk about
pasta really quick this one isn't very
good
but i wanted to encourage you to have
that in
your prepared pantry because it's a
great source of carbs
it fills you up quick and it goes a long
way
so sweeteners are really important to
have on hand why because in
a situation where you're not going to be
able to go to the store for a long
period of time
sweetness on your tongue actually
uplifts your spirits
and it's a great thing to have around
most especially
honey why because honey has
a lot of medicinal purposes honey is a
natural antibiotic it re
reduces inflammation it soothes and
reduces
coughing and it's a great energy booster
also honey doesn't go bad it might
crystallize
but it will not go bad over time
we usually do keep around a couple of
other sweeteners just because
we like them and that's agave and maple
syrup
both great especially maple syrup maple
syrup has
i think it's 94 trace vitamins and
minerals
within it coming sap coming out of the
tree
this is actually incredibly healthy in
small doses of course
the next item is a absolute must-have
it is a must-have not only for food
purposes
but for a lot of other purposes and that
is salt
salt is unbelievably one of the most
important
things that you can have in your house
why not only is salt a flavor enhancer
and it tastes good right
but salt is and can be used as an
antiseptic
it has anti-inflammatory properties it
can be used to clean
wounds out in fact in the past it was
used
to clean wounds because of those
properties it contains it can be used as
a household cleaner
and it can be used as a preservative
for food so if you're trying to preserve
food to keep
stored use salt extremely important
so when you're cooking obviously you
need something that is
lubricating and fats are also good for
your body so
if you don't have access to fresh
food fats like avocados and things like
that
natural disaster type of situation
you're not going
to then i highly recommend coconut oil
coconut oil is probably the best fat for
you
next to olive oil both of those are
really
highly touted as being really good for
your body
so oil can be used for a lot of things
especially cooking
have a decent amount of it on hand so
i'm going to talk about the two liquids
that i have on the shelf
one is the essential in the list of 14
that i recommend
the other one is a great added plus but
it's not necessary
the one that's not really necessary is a
broth of some sort for us we're
vegetarian so
we have vegetable broth up here it's
great for cooking adding
extra flavor for soups things like that
so
have some vegetable broth but it's not
100 necessary
the one that is necessary is pineapple
juice why
because it's got those medicinal
purposes like i
said it's high in antioxidants
and it's classified as a bromelain what
do bromelains do they reduce
mucus in your body they soothe coughs
they help digestion it is incredible an
incredible liquid
and an incredible fruit and it also has
a lot of anti-inflammatory properties
within it so get pineapple juice in your
prepper pantry
so we also keep on hand at all times tea
medicinal teas to be specific if you
need the energy and need the coffee or
not coffee drinkers but if you need that
you can do that but in my opinion these
are better because they have medicinal
properties
dandelion tea my wife drinks all the
time because
it helps in digestion it helps build
digestive enzymes it helps with
clearing out your gallbladder and
detoxifying your
your digestive system it's really
fantastic for that and i like this
throat coat
because if i get a scratchy throat if i
get a cough if i get a sore throat
this does an incredible job i think
there's a lot of licorice actually in
this one product
it helps coat your throat and really
soothes it so having these
warm drinks these medicinal teas i think
is really essential
so come with me down here we have got a
lot of
peanut butter and actually we do have
some almond butter as well why
because there is a ton of energy
that can be gained from these items from
peanut butter itself
it's a great energy booster it's good
for you it's filling
and you don't have to eat a lot of it to
actually
feel that energy it's high in protein
it's
absolutely a must to have in your
essential prepper pantry and if you can
find them in the glass jars
like i've talked about earlier even
better now you can see next to it we
have some olives now these aren't on the
official list but i recommend having
them because they are incredibly
good for your health you wouldn't think
it because you think they're really
really high in salt and they are they're
in a brine
but they're really good for you in
moderation so always have some olives
too but they're not on the list
so what are these things hanging up here
these are dried cayenne pepper from our
garden
and why do i have these up here well
cayenne pepper
and cayenne pepper alone have some
incredible
health benefits to them more than any
other
hot pepper out there the cayenne is the
absolute best
and here's what it will do for you so
cayenne pepper
has properties within it that help
actually
reduce pain now putting one in your
mouth you wouldn't think that
but drinking cayenne pepper ground
cayenne pepper in some water
will help reduce pain within your body
it
is a great anti-inflammatory it actually
causes blood
to rush to an area say if you've got a
stomach ache
and blood rushing to an area blood is
healing it helps to heal that area
also you can use it topically we've used
it topically to help relieve pain and it
works really well
you get a little bit of a burning
sensation but the pain
other than that other than the burning
sensation take
will go away really quickly so it
doesn't take very long because it also
topically
helps the blood to rush to an area which
helps the healing process go way faster
if i didn't mention it it also reduces
your blood pressure overall
and it increases your metabolism so
having cayenne pepper on
hand is incredibly important okay i'm
gonna sneak one into the list here that
i
didn't actually put on it but i think
it's really important
it doesn't keep super long term so we're
talking about a
pantry here that will keep for years
this one you have to continue to grow it
in the garden but i think it's so
important i want to mention it all right
and that's garlic so just like the
cayenne pepper garlic is really
important
for your health it's obviously great to
have when you're cooking too
but garlic is a natural antibiotic
it's a strong natural antibiotic so if
you can have
this around in your pantry do it
it's not officially on the list like i
said but do it and if you like this
braid hey go check out the video where
we show you
how to do these garlic braids so last
but not least
we have got our canned fruits and
vegetables now
whatever your taste is is whatever
you're going to have
on the shelf right so in our case we
have got
a lot of tomato sauce yes canned
vegetable
actually a fruit but it's always on the
shelf because not only is it really good
for you
it's really versatile so if you're
trying to think of things
in a situation uh where you've got no
power for weeks and you're trying to
cook for your family trying to keep it
interesting
trying to keep spirits up having tomato
sauce around
is incredibly important it is so
versatile in many many dishes
and of course earlier you saw that we've
got our canned pears from
our tree we've also got in terms of
fruit kind of
is our muscadine jelly that we did make
from all of our grapes out in
the are on our grape vines and also we
had a ton
of peppers this year and we roasted and
canned those
if you want to see any of those videos
they are
in our archives so learn how to roast
and canned peppers learn how to make
grape jelly etc etc canned pears
whatever you need we're trying to
provide it here for you
on the homestead so those are the 14
essential items that i think
every one of you need in your household
homestead preparedness pantry
and yes we gave you a few other bonuses
and you might modify things per your
taste
but in our opinion those are the ones to
have
we hope this video was helpful for you
in building your preparedness pantry
now go check out this video right here
which shows you some common methods of
food
preservation that we use all the time
have a great day
we love you and we'll see you in the
next video bye
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