Beginning prepper here. This week I learned how to make a solar oven and ways to dispose of waste if the sewage system goes down. Also bought supplies of, baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, rubbing alcohol, clothes pins,matches, salt and sugar. Also bought a lot of wrapped hard candy and popping corn that I will store in Mylar bags with absorbers. Planning to go to the Mormon Food Pantry after the first of the year.
Salt and Sugar was part of my first long term preps. Double down on them. They will be good long term not just for eating, but also to barter, and help preserve foods.
Besides the liberal loonies like Mayor Bloomberg are probably going to try to outlaw them sooner or later.
Just in case, I also found directions on the internet for how to make your own sugar at home out of beets. Haven’t tried it yet to see if it really works, but at least it is stashed in the old timey cook book methods section of my collection. LOL.
I also keep several containers of bleach and lots of vinegar on hand. Vinegar also helps with food preservation, and makes a very good cleaner/mild degreaser mixed with some water and a dash of dishwasher detergent-cheap too. I have a book that has about 100 things that vinegar is good for, but I can’t begin to remember all that stuff like I used to.