Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-08-06
Advice For Campers.

A can filed with dried bread crumbs
is 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 lay
er of bread crumbs in the bottom of a
baking dish, then layer of anything
else, well seasoned with salt and pep
| per. Alternate in this fashion, using
crumbs at the top. When the dish is
| full, moisten with milk. then bake till
| brown.
A little fire. both hot and compact,
is better than a large one, which COW
ers yard or so of estate The cook
who kneels by small fire will not
burn the skin off her face while tend
ling to the food in a spider or kettle.
| 1t is seldom ice can be obtained
while in camp When it can, contrive
a homemade refrigerator from a
wooden box with "a tin box inside, large
enough to hold block of ice. Bore a
hole through the tin and wood, then
attach a bit of pipe for drainage
good tight lid fit the outer box. When
ice is an impossibility, utilize a brook
or the side of a stream for cooking
food Put anything which has to be
chilled into strong basket, weighted
with stones If necessary, and set 1t in
the water.
| Oil will be found the best thing in
in camp for frying purposes. 1t comes
in cans with secure screw tops. 1t
costs no more than lard and it may be
usei over and over again without
burning. Fritters of corn, clans or
rice or French fried potatoes are a
frequent possibility with a can of oil
on hand for frying.
Do not use kerosene in camp. Nc
matter how well it is corked it will
leak and faint everything within
reach. Candles and few lanterns are
far better for lighting purposes
II you have to rely on condensed
milk for cooking, choose an unsweet-
ened brand, and dilute with water till
you have fluid resembling fresh milk.
|
too much shortening in biscuit, flap
Jacks or anything with which it is
mixed.
| If potatoes are hard to obtain, maca-
roni, spaghetti and rice, which are all
easily prepared, will afford the starchy
| food required in days menu.
When eggs cannot be obtained, self
raising -four is a convenience for max
ing fiapjacks or fritters. The addition
of half can of corn, cup of blue
berries or a cup Of chopped CLAIMS will
give give variety to the plain flapjack.
Upon mosquito attack at camp,
start smudge of damp bark. The
smoke, which should blow toward
camp, may be disagreeable, but it is
better than the constant irritation OF
bites. Before bedtime let a smudge
clear out tents or the shanty, then
hang at the doors and windows double
weighted curtains of mosquito netting
Sometimes stove is not a POSSIBLE
ity in camp, then carry a small stave
top and stovepipe along and under the
shelter OF a tent or shack construct a
stove OF brick and clay. An oven may
not be practical, but you will have an
arrangement much more convenient
for cooking than the open fire.
Aluminium is the very best material
for camp utensils. II it cannot be af-
forded choose the slightly enamel ware,
blue outside, white inside II makes
dish-washing pleasure, provided you
have plenty Of soap, good clean dish
cloths and towels. If money is no
consideration, a camp outfitter will
provide you with a kit of everything
necessary, folding into a neat package
weighing "a pounds.
Mrs Ii. wife of Ii Hung Hhanp,s