Evening star., 1927-07-17
FOOD AND REST EQUIPMENT
MOST IMPORTANT TO CAMPER
Articles Concerning Eating and Sleeping
Should Be Given First Thoug hit
by Gasoline Tramper.

| Experience will teach the motor
camper what things he needs on his
annual outing trip, but q little advice
from those who for the past number
| of years have taken their annual va
| cations in this manner will ease the
way for the neophyte in this field.
Once the novice at the game has hit
the open road. he usually discovers
| that he has forgotten practically
everything but himself and the car,
and he makes expenditures here and
| there, often buying many things he
| has left behind and which will be Of
| no further service to him once he
gets back home.
The articles which are Of the utmost
| Importance in a motor camping trip
are first of all those which concern
eating and sleeping. OF course, much
of the food supply may be bought
along the road but, even so, 1t is es-
sential to know the proper type Of
| food, that which will be the most
wholesome and yet take up the least
space in the car. Utensils for prepar-
ing and serving the food also are de-
serving of careful consideration, and
the motor camper who neglects this
end of his planning will come home a
'Sadder but wiser man."
Food Supply Varies.
The food supply of camping party
necessarily will vary according to the
tastes of the members of the party, as
Well as according to the amount of
money to be expended. 1t is not neces-
sary to carry a great quantity of gro
ceries and canned goods, but it is well
to take alohg rations for two or three
, days in case of an emergency. OF
course, if the plan Is to establish a
permanent camp, considerable plan.
| ming must be done to measure the
quantity Of food to be taken along.
Items of food which may be selected
for the campers larder include salt
pork, bacon. smoked ham, canned
meats and fish, concentrated soups,
butter or lard, evaporated milk. pan.
cake -four, cereals, fresh bread, vege-
tables and fruit, canned baked beans,
coffee. tea or unsweetened chocolate,
sugar, preserves or jellies, lemons.
salt, pepper, desiccated eggs, peanut
butter. crackers and many other food
stuffs which might more nearly tempt
the appetite of the camper. 1t should
he remembered that dehydrated vege-
tables create a considerable saving in
the weight and bulk Of the articles to
be taken along. They will represent
an article of food seven or eight times
greater than their original bulk.
After the food for the camp Is de-
cided upon, utensils for it's prepara-
ton and serving should be given some
thought. Many campers prefer a SIM
pie camp grid and depend on what
fuel they may find along the trail. A
better substitute for the hit-or-miss
cooking equipment is a gasoline or
kerosene stove, as compact as possi-
BILE. A small camp stove can be placed
under shelter on rainy days and with
an ample supply of fuel, will place the
camper beyond the necessity of build
ing fire, perhaps with chance twigs
| that may have to be dried out before
using.
Camps Not Always Available. =.
OF course, the camper will be able
| to pitch his camp quite. often at the
many tourist camps, some of which
| are surprisingly well equipped with
running water, cook stoves, tent floors
and even bathing facilities. 1t is we'll,
| however, to make ones plans indie.
| pendent OF these attempts to carry
some of the comforts of home into the
open.
to begin to lay his plans far in ad-
| vance of his trip to make certain that
| nothing essential will be overlooked,
| it is advisable for the motor traveller,
| for several weeks beforehand, to carry
a notebook with him and, as he thinks
| of articles he will want to take to jOt
them down, so that he will have a
really complete list of his needs.
While deciding on the kind of stove
| he will take the camper should think,
| too. of that apparently unimportant
but really all-important item OF his
culinary equipment--a frying pan. It's
| type will be determined largely by the
| kind Of fire to be used. A short.
| handled pan will be suitable for an
oil stove, but If the camper intends to
| use a wood fire long-handled pan
will be found not only helpful, but
| necessary.
The nested cooking outfit, which can
| be procured easily at stores dealing in
| outing equipment, will be found most
satisfactory. The cooking equipment
should include pots, frying pan, coffee
| pot, plates. cups, knives, forks and
| spoons.
Table Should BE Taken.
Then there is a table; assuming, of
course, that the camper is going 10
satisfy his prodigious appetite, height
ened by life in the open, from table.
1t should be a good assumption, for
| the camper will find that eating on
| the ground is no more pleaSurable
than sleeping on the ground. A ta'
blecloth spread on the greensward
may have it's poetic basis for pas
| toral setting, but insects are not ex'
actly pleasant table companions.
A compact camping table, made pri
marily for the camper, may be had
| There are various kinds, of which a
serViceable one it table made of two
leaves Of durable wood hinged togeth
err and collapsible to fit beneath ar
automobile seat cushion. Folding
chairs are not among the necessary
things TO be carried, but they will be
found an added comfort, IL room car
be spared them in the car.
With the cooking and eating uten
sils and the table decided upon, the