The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-20
CAMP COOKERY.
s.us Delights Experienced by the
Fisherman.

10 cT.HTr at Ul-Al TINT
IL opsn at season when TO be out
4,,-. fe % delight. From the middle
r..r. TO the middle OF October the
.,--seu Iau-udos of the United States
80 climate of unequaled attractive
r.,r daylight until dark the sunbath
INK and the man who likes 10 lie in the
80 p..th I'd book are equally suited. and
=, general thing there is a just enough
~ M make "a needed variety.
try party OF four stopping at motel
".ts t.r. o. a lake in the woods. where
~ has and the Cropple fishing are all
T7- they should be, VIII nave only us
srbsrs 10 blame If II fails TO see as
..,s of the hotel as may be. II is well
eel 5raa kfast in the big bare dining
- and perhaps well TO take supper
Gsrs uut The midday meal should be
-.ts5 in the open. So viii IT get spice
s-E7oVu To food eaten between four
' n takes little for an open air dining Of
.ls kind and one such dinner IS worth
49, eaten amid civilized surroundings
i3-rs basket containing knives, forks
- mates and condiments may De put
~. ~ boat between the rear thwart and
~ stern seat and will take up little
's-sad Of course. viii be carried, bacon
a. i-5fspensahe TO camp cookery, and the
5ss- basket should be filled with bottles,
- and fee and tepOse in the bow. That
T. .sout an that will be needed. The meat
be ASH and The fish must be caught
bF.-s eaten. which in itself lends in
.s-sst to the proceedings
So sumner hotel cooks know how 10
~ Gsh or If they know they decline TO
rss their knowledge, whereas any man OF
Indulgence and experience working in
fSs open viii serve you up trout, bass,
,r6ppies pike. pickeTel or perch which
have nothing to be desired.
mil HFHN a
m his gas or coal range. bake pickerel
mi nv the perch but they win have a
s-uentss of taste that IS insepafable from
i.faI foods The amateur cook in the
oran air has the advantage in the dry
Vaod that he uses and the advantage or
open air methods.
Take for instance. a bass of two pounds
caught not an hour before. That is a
FOOD fish scaled. dressed. saiteq and
b-oiled on red hickory or oak Goals: 1t Is
good fish skinned, split in half length
wise and fried In a thin pan, with nothing
10 dress il save bacon fat; IL Is a good
fish to cut, rolled in corn meal ana Irle leo
tl a rich crisp brown, but II is best OF all
when wrapped i'm a thick coating OF clay
srl thrust under the Goals to bake.
When wrapped thus ii does not need
sniy sealing or skinning.. The clay bakes
as hard as pottery and when broken
akes off the scales clearly.
There is revealed a mass of snow white
flesh we'll done to its uttermost fiber,
With an its natural juices preserved IN
tha hermetic case in which II WithStoOG
me fire. A hundred thousand years ago
our hairy. g-toothed and detailed an
rrstors caught bass with bone hooks and
cooked them In that fashion, and in lVo,0o0
years We have been unable to improve on
What is true Of the bass is not true of
me trout The salmOn-like flesh OF the
brook trout does not lend itself reaGily
o this treatment. II IS, IN 1aeL W ~
strong to be cooked in Shroud which re
tains an Of its juices.
me trout should be 'broiled on the Goals
and should be turned every minute A
dash Of salt and white pepper is all that
q needs. Butter is out OF place, as the
neat is rich enough.
Pike and pickerel of from six TO fifteen
pounds weight may be baked IN clay, bu'
he best thing to do with them is TO put
them into a hole two feet deep and two
feet long by a foot wide, In which lot OF
dried wood has been burned, making the
walls red-hot.
Tvansfixed on a stick and put into a re,
ceptacle Of this kind, with roof ol
branches and dirt built over II, the list
viii cook TO perfection in three hours, OF
L may be left for six hours. The beauty
o. the grave method of cookery Is that II
Is impossible to get anything overdone.
Crop1ies and perch should be fried aitel
being rolled i'm COrnmeal, and there Is bul
one way In which TO do II properly; Al
iron pot Of a gallon capacity should D'
h2f filled with lard and set on the fire
When the lard begins to boil, the fist
should ba dropped in.
The lard Immediately browns the meal
md the fish so protected does not tak'
up any OF the grease. Behind its maj
nutbrowu meal the flesh viii be found
2 be white and dry and deliciousE
favored
The smaller i'm size the perch and crop
PES are the better they will be. as. Whei
ley are not more than two inches long
Uty may be- eaten bones and all.
70 is surprising how much a good CAM
eoS Is able 90 do with "a few materials
ne needs only a pot. a broiler and pan
" two. With a can of tomatoes, som
lons and head of garlic he IS able y
Eoauce as good q court bouillon as an.
uet IN New York City.
me results Of skillful cookery IN IN
woods 60 60 prove that the simplest cook
Jag Is fht best cooking. There IL not
Iens OF dyspepsia i'm five pounds of FOO
Ftpared where the leaves rustic
feopie In q lake hotel, VINO are out 70
as ana nothing but bass, viii arise q
.atlgnL drink stale milk set cut 10
men tle night before and take TO thei
N-S out they are not sensible people
me folks with brains arise at an hou
~. -lnoiy. eat a square meal, smoke
sa- On the Veranda- gather their ro0s
-,Ae boxes, food and cooking utensils
en- a. OUT no leisure. They VIII not Sc
- many fish, but they viii get enough
.e city. The man az the oars rows
s-'at Of fifteen 20 the minute The boa
- slowly to a spot on the oppoSlt
l.t where The lly-pads run out 10
E[T yards. and on their outer edge
Perhaps somebody viii have energ
-l-sA 20 Troll on the way over. and pei
- ho- Arrived at the fishing GROUND
eS,S are made.
The striking is not fast enough to eS
80 any body. il il last enough 10 insur
2lsh On eat Now and then sOmebOo
-e oo1r hooks two-pOunder ana IN
'vsss an y.0l in and watch the fight,
Wv and trFu everybody quits and pipe
81 -ll-e1 The boat rocks gently on ~
s-t swell a small bttern. slate blu
,-v back and sides. rich brown aoot
ri neck. being disturbed in its anglin:
- pack and forth. calling hcarsely-
ge-lS1er with mucous cry fits past.
"sl o. gray and blue.
- u clock iu the forenoon the sun
e-a hot and the lake has pee
.Lel 90 "a Furnished cleaning mirro
'asS have quit striking a dozen
49, SEuns on stout string are fioa
rom the boats stern
Use urcIptUred have retired dee
49, NE moss and weeds. lying Ia Y
go" Invisible but watching sleepl
men above them The men feel Il
--s-- shafts of heat. and persplratlC
,-15j.ns under the brims of the VIZ
s--.-.f reaches Denlnu MN ana q q
A~t lae box or basket containing u
Nothing tastes so good as co
~ drunk from bottle. Glasses are .
eeled refinement
,EtS are rgflled. Nothing tastes De
t-dl good rOboCCO after cold beer
A.neo2ty dropping a line over 4
$50 edge. brings in a slender perch. /
60 SHINING green. its venJral and re-
-~ nearly scarlet. It is killed by inser
IL sle little blade Of a pOcketknife
49, .ll~iou Of the head with the bod
e. -.- flesh upon its sides and back
INTO small strips.
So eroppies like this and bite rapid
an e.-leS one of them of pound welg
slender rod tip nearly double a.
Ts t7enziedly 10 escape.
E1IS -Cone up. some of them a beautif
Of fhsp3n The bellies and the lower par