312 COOKERY FOR SPORTSMEN, 



COOKERY FOR SPORTSMEN". 



THE simplicity of some of the directions given in 

 the " Game Fish of the North," for the preparation 

 of food in the woods seem almost childish. To 

 the educated cook they are so, but yet how many 

 thousands of our people know less of the simplest 

 rules of cookery than they do of the Iliad, and could 

 hardly keep themselves alive if they had to do their 

 own cooking, no matter how abundant the materials 

 might be. It is a knowledge which comes, but like 

 all other knowledge if left to itself is sure to come 

 wrong end foremost. For example, what discussion 

 we hear and articles we read, about the proper way 

 to make coffee, and yet there is nothing so simple, 

 in fact there is only one secret about it, which is, 

 that it can be made in any way provided the cook 

 does not seek to ruin it, and find out how with that 

 diligence of wrong doing which is the sad crown of 

 most cooks. The French tell you that the only 

 true method is with the percolator, others \ull say 

 that coffee ought to be boiled, some will assure yon 

 that the grains must be put into boiling water, 

 while again still others will insist that it is undrink- 

 able unless an egg is compounded with the grains. 

 Those eminent authorities will probably be offended 

 to be told that these directions are pure nonsense, 

 and that coffee is good whether percolated or cooked, 



