Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-07-03
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Jstove with four or six covers and n good
baking oven. You may, with regular
| Western ingenuity, turn fivc-gallon
kerosene can into the incest kind of a
| little stove by cutting out the top for a
door, turning the can on one side and max
| ing II circular opening for the kettle or
| frying pan. and putting a slit in the end
| opposite the door for draft. When
wood is plentiful it is quite as easy to
MAKE A CAMP FIRE.
with tho materials at hand Arrange two
large green legs side by side but slightly
further apart at one end than the other.
| Put rock across the smaller opening for
a damper to increase or rctard combus-
ton. as desired; then arrange your cook
| ing utensils along the opening according to
| sizc. BY inverting one pan upon another
| an oven may be devised though in the
West every old camper carries his Dutch
| oven" along with him.
| In rocky localities fire may he built in
making perfect table for keeping dishes
| and food warm. The camp fire should be
: built Mt least an hour before meal time In
order to have a good bed Of Goals
The supply OF food materials to be laid
| in must depend upon the size of the party,
the facilities for CARRYING supplies and the
prospect of okeing them out by game.
| fish berries or Il descent upon some con-
vcnient ranch house or country store.
The usual necessities in camping are
salt, pepper, sugar, four in sack, oatmeal,
cornmcal. rice and lard crackers. beans.
tea. cocoa condensed milk cvaporatcd
cream. butter. pickles, dried fruit, pota-
toes, molasses, pork and always, always,
always, an abundance of bacon (prcfcr-
ably the boncless) and coffee.
You may add to these items az many
lluXuries your taste demands and your
baggage has room for. Lemons will keep
1,.,. MI fp,- lie
and add much to the taste and relish Of
soup ,and fish. Fruit syrups, combined
with good, cold spring water. make pie as
ant and healthtul drinks. A few cans cf
extract of beef, some packages of tho
Klondyke soups, which come in squares
and are put up in packages like yeast
cakes, a few ba1lings Of molasses and
sugar cookies put up in waterproof bags,
an assortment OF canned vegetables and
timed meats and FISH will also prove ac-
ccptable on days when fish decline to bite
and squirrels keep in hiding. or when you
get into camp after dark, tired and hun
cry and
4 WANT SOMETHING QUICK.
Still other concessions to the relnements
of civilized tables may he found in an Oc-
casonal finish to a meal of little crystal.
lied fruit. some Chinese ginger or a. bit OF
. Brie or Roquofurt cheese which may BE-
taken along in glass Of tin packages.
l And now some oft-rcpoatcd recipes for
camp cookery. and first, of course.
: CAMP COFFEE COLD WATER PRO
u CESS
Allow tablespoonful Of ground coffee
for each one in the camp and "onc for the
pot Put in a cheese cloth bag with a
draw string to tie about the mouth. lay in
he nd in
, closely. stopping up the spout with a twist
of paper. AS soon as IT hoils, il is ready
to serve. II you prefer to Use boiling
water. scald your coffee pot put in the
? coffee. add n cupful of cold water. let il
come to boil then pour on as many cups
OF hot water as there are campers. Push
4, back where it will keep hot but not boil
for ten minutes. Just before serving turn
. i'll half cup Of cold water and let it stand
mOmCnt or two to settlc