So, if you’re out of dish soap and have a greasy pan to wash you’ll need to make your own soap by adding an alkali like baking soda (yes, that stuff in the yellow box) or ashes from, say, your fireplace, wood-burning stove or outdoor fire pit to steaming hot water and scrub your pan clean. While wood ashes and an improvised grass or shrub scrubber may not win the good housekeeping seal of approval, they’ll clean your pan and get it ready for rinsing and sanitizing in boiling water and, finally, air drying. Thermal sanitizing using hot water is an effective and time-tested method to remove debris and kill a broad range of dangerous bacteria. Fill a gallon, or 3.785 liter, bucket with COOL water (hot water will inhibit bleach from sanitizing effectively) and add 1 tablespoon of unscented chlorine bleach. Add 1 tablespoon of baking soda to a gallon (3.785 liters) of very hot water.

And in a separate container add 1 tablespoon of white vinegar to a gallon of very hot water. You should never use straight water on wood floors. Do not use baking soda on any fire involving combustibles, such as wood or paper. Cover the bottom of the pan with a thin layer of baking soda. The dip tube acts like a straw, with one end attached to the valve and the other end near the bottom of the can. Carbohydrates like sugars and starches are water-soluble, and all that’s required to clean them off dishes is hot water. Slowly pour hot water over the ashes, just enough to make a paste and stir thoroughly. Keep a box of baking soda within reach of the stove, but far enough away to be out of range of a fire. The acid in the white vinegar will disinfect the dishes and the rinsing aid will keep them from spotting. Wash dishes in baking soda water and rinse in the vinegar water. It is lustrous but easily tarnishes; it is an excellent conductor of electricity and is commonly used for electrical wires; and it is readily formed into products of various shapes, such as pipes for water systems.

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