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.
Glad you mentioned vinegar and bleach. Just finished reading that vinegar can be kept indefinitely and bleach for about 4 years though it gets weaker and finally turns to salt water.
Vinegar as preservative. I had not thought of that aspect. I’m going to stock up on it now.