The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-01
COOKING WITHOUT FIRE
castrononIcai Wonders Produced
With Aid Of the HAY BOX.

castronoalcal Wonders Produced
With Aid Of the HAY BOX.
- the matter Of cooking. the world
has bad the wood age. the coal age the
gas ag". and is ntering the electric
age. perhaps But in the near future
there may come The hreless sge. TOR
meals are n " be.ag p,ep.red cor
American soldiers in which nre plays
q very srnall part
II Is a fact tha- The areless cook
ttove as It IS called. has &C me into ser
vice in the West and that meat, vegc-
tables and other fods are actuSly
cooked ~ it sul cooked 10 thor, gh.
and palatable that the soldiers enjoy
meal 80 cooked better than one pre-
pared in the usual way.
ort west they call .bo hreless stove
the hay box Here's the formula fo-
making one OF these stoves.
You first ge. wooden box. tho
boards Of which are tightly joined. Any
old tox will do, provlaed its tight
erough and large enough.
Next you line # with two or three
thicknesses of felt. or what is better,
asbestos paper The lining can be fas.
tened to the wood with glue, $50 that
/, is not necessary to make any holes
Next you get few armsful Of thor
with nails or tacks
oughly dry hay. stun II into the box.
then get a piece of cotton batting Of
the oct enPth and "llth o; tn, iu
side, and your freless cookstove is
ready for business.
There are no matches, no gas jet, no
coal blaze, no flaming fagots. You could
set the stove in the middle Of pile
Of gunpowder and cook the meal with
out the slightest danger, for the out
side is no warmer than the ordinary
air
Yet, the term fireless stove is ap-
prr pirate, but a little heat is required
Just enough to get the thing started
properly, just as you use kindiing to
light the fire for breakfast in the
morning. This kndling can be done
over a gas stove, an oil stove or bon.
FIRE ii you wish.
Suppose for instance, you want to
maze an Irish stew. The potatoes, on
ions and other vegetables are chopped
up with the meat and put into the
kcttle, and enough water is added. The
cook places the kettle over the fre
just long enough for the water TO be
gin to bubble, showing that 1t has
reached the boiling point.
Taking the kettle of the FIRE, he
siipc it into a little hole in the hay
lay box. tucks the hay snugly around
he sides and TOP. puts the cotton bat
ting or other cover over all, then
down the covering and latches or locks
Il. That's all. The box does the reFt
and ne can turn of the gas or cash 4
pail of water over the embers. lie has
nc further use for the fire.
Suppose the stew is being made for
the room dinner The cook puts II in
to the box anywhere between 8 ard 10
o'clock. Just before he announces that
dinner is served he takes the kettle
out of the box, pours the stew into the
tureen. and when the head of the fam
ily ladies' It out the odor which arises
from It is as apoetizing as that OF any
Irish stew ever made on the most mod
ern hotel range The meat and vege-
tables are thoroughly done, steaming
hot, and OF the genuine flavor,
They are not only cooking Irish
siews for the soldiers out West, but
boiling pork and ham. roasting ali
kinds Of meat provided by the commits
sary, turning out B0ston baked beans;
in short, providing menu which is as
varied as the fare furnished from the
post kitchen yet it is all done with the
hav box. SO successful has been the
cooking that the War department has
ordered a thorough investigation Of the
syctem with the idea Of adopting It for
general use and equipping field en-
campments. as well as posts, with the
hay box. OF some variation Of IT,
A dinner which any healthy man will
enjoy can be prepared in two hours, at
tho st Of a cupful OF coal oil, few
cubic feet Of gas. or two OF three
siovelfuls Of coal, just enough faei
to generate heat The hay box can be
called a nreless ccokstove, since Il viii
do its work without any other aid.
The secret OF II is that the heat gen
Grated inside the vessel, is enough
70 cook the food II prevented from es-
Gaping. While the process is slower,
II Is much more thorough than the us
nal mode. The heat units have time
10 20 through the substance.
Nest of the staple yiands are ready
20, the table after being placed from