Canoe and Camp Cookery A Practical Cook Book for Canoeists, Corinthian Sailors and Outers

FOR the benefit of Corinthian yachtsmen, recipes are here given for some dishes which are rather too elaborate in preparation for camp purposes, but which can be cooked readily...

OUTFIT.--GO LIGHT AS POSSIBLE.--CARRIAGE OF PROVISIONS AND UTENSILS.--CAMP STOVES, ICE-BOXES AND HAIR MATTRESSES.--THE BED OF "BROWSE."--HOW TO MAKE A COOKING RANGE OUT-OF-DOORS...

OUTFIT FOR COOKING ON A CRUISE.--VALUE OF A SINGLE RECEPTACLE FOR EVERYTHING NECESSARY TO PREPARE A MEAL.--THE CANOEIST'S "GRUB BOX."--THE SAME AS A SEAT.--WATER-TIGHT TINS.--NE...

Cut dried beef into very thin shavings, and put into a frying pan nearly half full of cold water. Set over the fire and let it come to a boil, then stir in a large lump of butte...

ALL vegetables must be carefully looked over. Remove the unripe or decayed parts, and then wash in cold water. When to be boiled they should be put in boiling salted water, and...

FISH should naturally have a prominent place in the canoeist's larder. Few streams that he will navigate are entirely destitute of edible fish, and a few minutes spent in anglin...

PICK one pound of rice over carefully and wash it clean in one or two cold waters, then drain and put it into a pot containing four quarts of boiling water, and add four teaspoo...

in one, cover over with the other, and bury the oven amongst the hot coals and ashes of the camp-fire, heaping the coals around it so as to have an equal heat on all portions of...

SOUPS should be made in camp as often as the materials are at hand. They are wholesome and invigorating, and not difficult to prepare; and so many different kinds can be made th...

Dig a hole in the ground eighteen inches deep and large enough to contain the fish; build a fire in it and let it burn to coals. Remove the coals, leaving the hot ashes in the b...

IN selecting salt pork pick out that which is smooth and dry. Damp, clammy pork is unwholesome. Canned corn beef is palatable, and useful in making hash, but is sometimes poison...

THE canoeist, whose stowage room is limited, will not carry with him a variety of vegetables, therefore completer directions for cooking these edibles will be left for Part II....

THE simplest way to make good coffee is to put into the pot two tablespoonfuls of the ground and browned berry to each cupful of the beverage. Pour on cold water to the required...

CANOEISTS will hardly take the time and trouble to make soups out of meats and vegetables, unless they are in a permanent camping place for some length of time. Nearly all soups...

The writer of the above is a good housewife. She cannot conceive that anybody will attempt to boil green corn who does not know such rudiments of the culinary art as the proper...

After skinning and cleaning the rabbit cut it into pieces, and wash again in cold water. Mince an onion, cleanse and cut into small pieces one-half pound of fat salt pork, and p...

THE subject of fish cookery belongs more to the canoeist than to the general camper, for the reason that the former is so constantly among them in their fluid home that he can r...

Outfit.--Go Light as Possible.--Carriage of Provisions and Utensils.--Camp Stoves, Ice-Boxes and Hair Mattresses.--The Bed of "Browse."--How to Make a Cooking Range Out-of-doors...

Page. Outfit for Cooking on a Cruise.--Value of a Single Receptacle for Everything Necessary to Prepare a Meal.--The Canoeist's "Grub Box."--The Same as a Seat.--Water-tight Tin...