Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-10-07
BREAD MAKING AMONG
MINERS.

DAkluR DIchu. III tuoAI S"ciio
they generally use a large bake
kettle or "Dutch oven" for large
loaves. The oven is placed on a
ped of hot embers and Goals and
live Goals are then heaped upon
the lid, which has turned up rim
to hold them. Pies and biscuits
are baked in the same oven and in
it meats are also finely roasted.
When in haste, however, the
miner does not undertake the
baking of large loaf of bread.
He then turns to his frying pan
and sets to work at "lubricating"
slap-jacks. Both IN his cabin and
when out prospecting in the
mountains he sees a good deal OF
the nimble slap-jack, To be able
to toss slap-jack up into the air
and 50 turn it, catching 1T IN the
frying pan as it comes down, is the
ambition of every man who cells
himself miner. The efforts OF a
new beginner to acquire this art
are always the cause OF much
merriment in the cabin and at the
campfire. The novice is sure to
imagine tie feat one requiring the
exercise of all his strength and
tosses bis slap jack treetop high.
In the cabin he is likely to land his
cake with the soft side against the
ceiling, where it sticks while he is
holding up his pan and wondering
what has become OF it.
When in haste or out on a scout
the miner otter makes another
kind Of bread which can be baked
quickly, as during short halt.
fbis is fiat loaf in shape like a
shortcake. 1t is placed in the
frying pan and set upon bed OF
| GOALS, As soon as the bottom has
been partly baked the pan is
| prnpped on edge before the fire
till the top has been. baked
sufficiently to form a stiffen'na
crust the pan cannot be set upon
edge without the dough rolling
out. The bread is very palatablt
when hot, but cold is not so good az
the large Dutch-oven loaf. In al
these kinds of brea |, when travel
ing. miners use the "self-rising'
flour flour charged with baking
powder at the mills where it ii
manufactured.
When one has no pan very goot
kind of bread may be baked on th'
end of a stick or the ramrod of
gun. In making this kind th'
dough Is spun out in the shape Of
small rope. 1t is then woun:
round the end of the stick ant
baked by holding it before the fire
This makes a kind of pretzel
This stick bread is very qaickl,
baked.
A GOLDEN LOAF.
In the early days a very valuabl
| loaf OF bread was baked in tn
cabin of L. P. Wardell, in Ell Dor
ado county, California. On clean
| ing up the sluice toxes in tn
evening Mr.. Wardell had carries
up to his cabin about five ounce
OF gold, all in fine dust. He Sc
the pan containing the gold dow
upon a bench and went ont. In
few minutes his partner, who's
week it was to do the cooking
came in. The -four sack stood o
the bench on which was the pa
and gold. Without looking int
the pan the partner drew it U
alongside the sack and thre'
into it enough -four to make
small loaf OF bread. The brea
was baked and placed on the tabl'
when the first man who took
bite of it found some hard sui
stance between his teeth. II
sung out to the man who had cor
structed the loaf: ''Sam, what i
thunder have you put into ths
bread?" :.
"Me; put nothin' into it." sal
Sam.
Rv this time Mr.. Wardell ha
bitten upon something and takin
look at the bite of bread he ha
: begun to masticate saw in IT b
the light OF the candle the glittt
Of gold. He saw it all and turne
to his partner and asked; ;"What di
YOU do with the gold ! left in th
nan on the bench?"
"Wall, | swar," drawled Sam,
guess Bill there has some OF 1T
his MOUTH :,
Sam had not seen the gold
tre dim light within the cabin an
4 the whole five ounces had gof
into the loaf. Supper was pos
noned until a new loaf was hake'
The first loaf was broken up an
mt TO soak in a pail of waite
The next morning it was panne