Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
THE JOYS or COOKING
ON MOTOR CAMPING TRIP
Man Who Has Tried 1t Has Good
Word to Say of Open
Wood Fire.
SOME PREFER GASOLINE STOVE
Man Who Has Never Had Experience
rs Chef Will Find Dependable
Cookbook Great Help i'm Time of
Trouble
HORACE I<EP1IiRT,
In Motor Life for June.

On camping trip by motor car.
whether IT be just for tho week end or
on IL tour. you Will seldom spend moro
than one night at the same place. AS
rule. then, you will have neither time
nor inclination to get up meals that
take much over half an hour to cook
Ihere Is much ia be said in favor Of
cooking ovor an open wood fire. The
knack of building and managing il is
quickly learned with the help of a
good book on camping. With an open
IRE you have as many burners" as
you want. and every dish can be acrved
piping hot whenever you are ready for
II. II a pot boils over when your back
Is turned no harm is done. Broiling
ana toasting are best done over naked
Goals Many canny tricks OF the Gull
mary art that are Impossible in the
Kitchen can be performed with such {,
fire, and some of them arc inmitably
good. The open fire is OF the woods
woodsy. and. as the darkcy says. mt
tenest" when you are living out Of
doors.
But for all that, many prefer. on
motor trips especially. a two-burner
gasoline stove Of u Find specially made
Tor campers. =, 1t gets. into action at
once saves trouble when the sup
ply Is poor and is q boon in we,
weather. Anyway. il you carry n stove.
there IL no ban on shav;nt. Kan open
fire too, whenever you wan. il: and
generally you viii want 1t mornings
and evenings, for cheers sake IL moth
ing else.
The best pots are OF aluminium. /
prefer steel for the frying pan. White
enamel ware is better than aluminium
FOR plates and cups. and so is plated
metal for forks and spoons. You will
need milk pan or similar vessel for
mixing batter. cleaning vegetables and
as a dish pan. For each member of
the party have small deep pan (pud-
ding PAM instead OF a bowl: these arc
uaefu! in various ways. \ wire broilcr
is handy for bro!iing and toas,ing over
an open fire. y butcher knife. cooking
spoon. can opener. tea ball and salt and
pepper shakers complete the list OF
utensils. Anything else Is a sl,per-
Nuity-somethin more 10 be washed
aud looked after when YOU might be
fishing.
For Carrying supplies the ready
made food bags and pry-up tins arc
convenient. Butter goes in a vacuum
,ar or in Mason jar that can he
screwed up tight and placed in the
SP''"b overnight An egg carrier OF
parcel post design, and a milk can may
be needed Parchment paper is good TO
wrap meat and cheese in. Cheese-cloth
Will be needed 70. straining and 10
keen hics of food in carop0 ponu ftI5
get the soap. dish cloths a-p!enty ana
towels.
with good cook book man who
never cooked anything can make de-
cen, coffee. II tho directors are Of Tho
ris"t sort II left 70 the light OF ma
lure ne Couldn't do II in 4 month. And
SO ne can learn, At tho first or second
trial, how 10 cook :; breakfast cereal
and turn on; good dish OF bacon and
eggs. Starting right. he can do the
whole trick in thirty minutes; starting
wrong. he VIII potter around for an
hour, scorch the oatmeal. set the bacon