The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
CHICAGO
COUNSEL FOR CAMPERS @
cnvenlent and Indispensable Articles to
-I.5 Be Provided.
Good Housekeeping.


A. can filed with dried bread crumbs is
a wise addition to camp supplies. They
will come in handy for scalloped dishes
made from cold fish, canned corn, tomato
or cold meat. Use a layer of bread
crumbs in the bottom Of a baking dish,
then a layer of anything else, we'll sea-
soned with salt and pepper. Alternate in
this fashion, using crumbs at the top,
When thte dish is full, moisten with milk,
then bake till brown.
A little fire, both hot and compact, is
better than large, one, which covers a
yard Of estate. The cook who kneels by
a SMALL fire will not burn the skin oc her
face while tending to the food in a spider
or kettle.
It is seldom ice can be obtained while in
camp. When it can, contrive q home
made refrigerator from wooden box with
g. tin box inside, large enough to hold a
block of ice.9 Bore thru the tin and wood,
then attach bit. Of pipe for drainage.
Leave the tin uncoered, but have good
tight lid for the outer box. When ice is
impossibility, utilize a brook or the side
Of a stream for cooking food. Put any
thing which has to be chilled into a strong
basket, weighted with stones If necessary,
and set it in the water.
Oil will be found the best thing IN camp
for frying purposes. It comes in cans with
| secure screw tops It costs no more than
lard and it may be used over and over
again without burning. Fritters of corn,
clans or rice or French fried potatoes
are a frequent possibility with can Of oil
on hand for frying.
Do not use kerosene in camp. No mat
ter how well it Is corked it will leak and
faint everything within reach. Candles
| and few lanterns are far better for light
| ing purposes.
| If you have to rely on condensed milk
! for cooking, choose an unsWeetened brand
and dilute with water till you have fluid
resembling fresh milk. If it is not diluted
enough it will mean too much shortening
in biscuit, fapjacks or anything with
| which it Is mixed.
If potatoes are hard to obtain, nacaroni,
| spaghetti and rice, which are all easily
| prepared, will afford the starchy food re-
| quired in days menu.
When eggs cannot be obtained, self-rais-
ing -four is convenience for making flap
jacks or fritters. The addition Of half a,
can Of corn, cup of blueberries or a cup
Of chopped CLAIMS will give variety to the
plain fapjack.
Upon mosquito attack at camp, start
a smudge Of damp bark. The SIN lxe which
/ should blow toward camp, may be dis
4 agreeable, but 1t is better than the con-
slant irritation of bites. Before bedtime
let a smudge clear out tents or the shanty,
then hang at the doors and windows dou-
/ BILE weighted curtains of mosquito netting.
Sometimes a stove is not a possibility
In camp. then carry small stove top and
stovepipe along and under the shelter of
q tent or shack contruct a stove of brick
and clay. An oven may not be practical,
i but you will have an arrangement much
more convenient for cooking than the
4 open fire.
Aluminium is the very best material for
4 camp utensils. If 1t canRot be afforded
/ choose the slightly enamel ware, blue out
II al xxyhif "a olyne S1cl,r -
a pleasure, provided you have plenty of
soap, good clean dishcloths and towels. II
money is no consideration a. camp outfitter
will provide you with a kit Of everything
necessary, folding into neat package
4 weighing twenty-four pounds.