The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-14
Strawberries and Cream, Chicken Fricas.
see, Fruit Salad, Beef Loaf, Shortcake,
Lemonade--HOW Do These Sound?

SCuIIeu AleiR SOiucWueTe Ill france anu
our boys from home are emptying
, their plates Of q generous helping OF
lei Rancho" stew. they may lift their
bullet proof helmets to the printed
CONSIDER, comforter. and friend which
has followed them to the trenches-the
Manual for Army Cooks, issue Of 1916.
AS matter of history. the present
volume Of official recipes is about n
dozen years old. 1t has been collected
from MANY sources by many wise men
adorned with uniforms and backed by
general orders; but it's choicest and
best originated in the instructive in
imitablc methods Of Aunt Diana, who
concocted her champion waffles by
"jes' tastin'.''
In fact, n large majority Of the good
and fine points in Uncle Sans daily
menu for his Sammces is due to an
old commissary sergeant OF Fort Riley.
His name was Dunno and he was one
of those born to the griddle," who
has the same advantage over the or
binary aspirant to kitchen honors that
kubclili had from birth over the little
girl next door.
lie was not a man of education in
the ordinary acceptance OF the word
but he was first-class army cook.
On scraps Of wrapping paper or OLD
bills he kept n copy of every recipe he
had ever tried. These were edited by
Col. ]Iolbrook, then in command at
Fort Riley, and published in little
book called Methods of Handling
Army Rations.' which has developed
Into the manual for Army Cooks" the
text book in the army schools for cooks
! and bakers started in 1900 by Com.
Gen. Sharpe. now quartermaster gen.
eral. And a pcrusal of it's contents,
after sampling the results of it's coun-
sci. leaves one little sympathy with the
words fitted years ago to the bugler's
regular mess call:
Sollpic. soupic soupic
Without Il single bean.
Coffee. coffee. coffee,
Without a drop of cream!
Pissie. piggie.. piggie.
Without a streak O lean!
New Men Don't Know Grub Songs.
There is a legend to the effect that
there are several amusing musical
diatribcs against the army food, but
questioning of officers and men at the
Washington Barracks school does not
reveal them. One sergeant-onc Of the
three "noncoms" in line for their COM
missions-said that when the food was
bad the. men got the grown and
wouldn't sing at all. and when II was
good they felt fine and sang the pref
test songs they knew
II is rather heartening to think that
the men can have the same food in
the field as they do in the barracks.
This is accomplished by the bakeries.
which are portable, easily taken down
and set up. and by the very remark
able rolling kitchens" which cook a
meal as the army marches having
lunch or supper ready when the order
comes to pitch camp. There arc sew
eral models Of this rolling kitchen.
some more intricate than others and
some very much more substantial
than, others. The government has
ordered a large number of a model
which weighs 5000 pounds All OF
these kitchens have stoves for burn
ing Oil and also arrangements for the
use of coal or wood. One model, of
which the government has ordered a
great many. has two double boilers
where oatmeal. for instance, may be-
cooked as the big stove on wheels
trails on supply wagon or truck. Also
| coffee may be made, or one of the
many delicious stcws, the familiar
Irish. the savory lei Rancho" (con-
/ tanning everything eatable ON
ranch). or the very delectable Ameri-