The National tribune., 1909-07-15
By sENoRA SARA.

Camping out Is favorite pastime nov
and dishes that can be prepared over I'll
campfire are the fayorites. Of course,
you 60 for a day or two only, it is bes
to have all your viands prepared ready
eat, but if you are going a long way frol
the base of supplies with only the crud
materials, then camping recipes will
valued. How TO make bread and bake
without a stove is one of the problems
love corn bread. or ought to, and here
an excellent recipe for raised" corr
bread:
NJ tx thoroughly three cupfuls of cor
meal, one cupful flour, three teaspoonful
baking powder and a saltspoonful sal
Add enough cold water to make a sti
dough, then roll into balls about the siz
of an egg or a little larger, then fatteI
Roll in dry flour and bake in the hot ashes
Bake about twenty minutes.
The real sweet old corn pone," how
ever, is made of corn meal, yellow pre-
ferably, because it seems to be the rich
est. Mix in a stiff dough with salt!
water. OF course you will have an iror
frying pan. Put the pone of raw dougl
in the iron pan, which has been pre-
viously creased with a bacon rind. Hav'
the skillet or pan smoking hot. Set tn,
pan on bed of not Goals over which yor
have put a layer of ashes. Cover the
pone pan with & sheet of zinc or bis
tin lid, and put hot Goals on the lid. o.
course you must have a care not to burr
your pone. Ii will take quite 20 minute.
to cook a two-inch thick pone done, anC
it will be sweet, oh my!
To roast prairie chicken, quails or othel
large birds or fowl, draw, but do not re
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clean wet clay six inches thick, until il
looks like big foot ball. Lay in the bee
of Goals and bake until the clay cracks
Take out, release the hard casing, which
should bring with ii both skin and feathers
This leaves the meat within deliciously
white and tender. Season with salt anc
pepper. The meat will be delicious.
To roast fish or meat: Make a hol'
in the ground about foot and a hal
deep and large enough to contain the ar
ticle to be roasted. Build fire in it AM
let it burn to Goals. Lift out the Goals
leaving the hot ashes at the bottom. Upol
this place thick layer of grass and oil
the grass lay the well cleaned fish. Cove
with another layer of grass and this il
turn with the hot Goals and loose earth
then build little fire on top. In three
quarters of an hour uncover and the fsf
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Another way to "roast" all sorts o.
things in camp is to string the things or
heavy wire or very light iron rod and turr
like a spit on two notched sticks. An
other way is TO sharpen a small straight
stick and on it string or skewer small
trout or other pan fish, alternating with
slices of beef or por:. Build the camp fire
an hour before meal time, to get a good
had of lie rlynJ
on each side Of the Goals, and between
these lay the prepared spit. Turn con
stantly, but not too rapidly, until crisp
brown. This is the old Homeric method
and there is none better. Lamb or beet
cut in inch pieces, alternating with sliced
onions or egg plant well seasoned with
salt and pepper, may be cooked in the
same way; also liver and onions or young
chicken slit and spitted whole. The thin
iron rod is better than the stick, for some
times ii burns in two. Have one end of
the iron rod sharpened so it will run
through the meats and other things you
want to cook.
Green corn on the cob may be cooked
this way on the rod, and is delicious.
Another way is to dig hole in the ground
and line it with thick stones. Build a
fire in the hole aud get the stone red hot.
Then put in layer of wet corn leaves, a
layer of green corn with the husks on
leave the husks undisturbed, a layer OF
beets with tops on, carrots with tops on,
cover with thick layer of corn husks, a1d
I!le hot Goals on top. In 20 minutes or
half an hour you will have steamed din
ner fit for the gods.
Of course you have small iron kettle
along, so you can make a camp Dot pie.
Take equal quantities fresh beef and
pork that has been freshened in cold wa
ter and cut in pieces. Cut potatoes the
same size and enough onions to agreeably
flavor the pie. Season with red and black
pepper and a sprinkling of any preferred
sweet herbs, cover with cold water and
simmer gently for two hours, adding boil
ing water occasionally as the water boils
AWAY. The meat must be kept covered.
Make a good baking powder pie crust in
this fashion: Sift together four cupfuls
Hour, three teaspoonfuls baking powder
and a teaspoonful salt. Rub in lightly
with cold water. Roll out, drejge with
-four, fold and roll again. Make about an
inch thick and of size to fit the pot.
Cover the meat with this and boil without
stopping for half an hour or longer When
ready to serve cut into sections and give
one to each diner, with its accompanying
meat and gravy. If you have no fresh
Btituted.
There IS no more pronounced mark of 4
lady than Ecrupulous neatness. l don't
mean cleanliness by this statement, for
it is taken for granted that every girl Is
clean, but / mean an added touch which
comes from innate refinement.
II is an astonishing fact that neatness
in details of dressing is a rarity. There
may not be holes or tears, but a pin
taking the place OF a stitch will destroy
every atom Of smartness and make the
wearer appear slovenly.
Persons who are obliged to count the
cost of living closely know that perfect
cleanliness, in the extreme sense of the
word, Is an expensive luxury. Either
money or time must be consumed in
achieving it, and the pursuit is endless
No sooner Is some article of wearing ap-
parel in condition than another requires
attention, or else the first needs renovat-
Ing at the end of the day. When laundry
bills are to be considered it is only by
washing many little pieces that a girl
ran keep her accessories in condition,
and, as many can tell, 1t cannot be