The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-26
IN EMERGENCY.
FOR Cooking in Camp When without
Utensils.

II Is only the unwise who take to
picnics stores Of sandwiches and cake,
pies and candies. Much the better way,
particularly If long tramp is to precede
the halt for dinner, Is to take brown
bread, cut and buttered, sliced bacon and
fruit. This gives, in the smallest pos
sible compass, satisfying and nourish-
ing dinner; and it calls for the trans
portation Of no cooking utensils. For
broiHng the bacon, all that is necessary
Is forked stick, on the end of which
the bacon may be impaled and held over
the glowing Goals. Placed, sizzling hot,
between two slices Of brown bread, it
is one Of the most delicious Of morsels.
II it is a fishing trip and the fishers
have met good fortune, there are three
ways Of treating their spoil, none Of
which calls for cooking implements. Ii
the fish is small enough it may be hroiled
like the bacon, on the end of a forked
stick. II larger, a smooth, thin, hot
stone, Just at the edge Of the camp
fire. may be used instead Of a skillet,
and the bacon may be added to give
taste to the fish II still larger. clean
the fish, wrap it in clay, and roast it
whole in the heart Of the Goals. This
is q mode Of cooking requiring time; but
when the clay wrapper, baked Ike the
unglazed dishes of the Indians, is broken
apart, the fish inside is sweeter than
any other process can make it.
Chicken may be prepared by the same
method, being cleaned. seasoned and
larded with strips Of bacon inside, but
not picked The feathers will come away
with the baked clay wrapping; and as all
the Juices Of the flesh are preserved, as
in the latest and most semitic roasteFs
lonly with more thoroughnessl, the re-
suit is perfection.
Anything requiring such length Of time
for preparation, however, savors Of the
settled camp with its sunny hours Of
leisure more than Of the slight and short
pause in tho middle Of days tramp
For the latter the food should be such
that the time of cooking viii not be
longer than half an hour Eggs are al
ways possible adiuncts, and If wrapped
carefully in many thicknesses Of vet pa
per, will roast without exploding Sweet
corn, roasted in the husk, by being buried
in the ashes, is excellent always And
potatoes may be roasted, either by sim
ply burying in the ashes or by encasing
iii covering Of the eyer.useful clay.
From this list an excellent picnic lunch
may be chosen, which Will be easy to
carry. easy to prepare and viii demand
no heavy paclSng Of skiilets. have
even seen bread made, Of flour and lard,
with bit Of baking powder this mixed
and carried dry, water being added at
the camp, and the dough baked in
little balls on the ends Of forked sticks.
1t made fairly presentable biscuits, but
bread ia less trouble, and generally more
palatable.
To some people no picnic Is complete
without coffee. This, Of course, demands
the packing of q pail or pot; the former
by preference; the spout is very likely
to melt from coffee pot IN the IN
fettered presence Of campfire, and that
j. very inconvenient. # you have cof
fee pail. by all means use the following
method, II you want the perfection Of
the beverage:
Take an even tablespoonful Of coffee, |
finely ground, for each cup, and one for
the pot. Beat up an entire egg, white
and yolk, with an equal amount Of water.
Add to the ground coffee one tablespoon
Of this mixture for each spoonful of cof
fee and let it stand one-half hour. Dust /
into It an almost infinitesimal quantity |
az salt-too much will make it undrink +
able. but Just the hint Of a hint viii |
give ii subtle perfection land, having I
added the water, let it boil up three /
times. At each boiling up, take it from
the fire, stir it down and put it back |
at once. After the third stirring add
lash of cold water and pour Immediately |
This is the only way to make coffee ont |
of doors or III; but the aroma Of the
woods makes it better than any you
will taste in a dining room.
For the steady camp. the frying pam
the coffee pot and the kettle are almost |
necessities, and the Dutch oven is a con
Fenience. But for the passing froughin
IT, Of days journey they are merely /
nuisance. City Star.