iv AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS April, 1912 
SIMPLIFIED CAMP COOKING 
By E. I. FARRINGTON 
AMPING out sometimes proves less 
enjoyable than expected because of 
difficulty in getting palatable food. Poorly 
cooked rations may be overlooked for 
a few days in the excitement and fun 
of being in the woods, but the desire for 
well-prepared meals soon returns. Cook- 
ing in camp entails many difficulties at the 
best, but may be made comparatively easy 
by taking along some of the prepared 
foods now sold. 
Erbswurst is a standard ration with ex- 
perienced campers and is sold by sporting 
goods stores. It is a powder occupying but 
little space, from which an appetizing and 
very nourishing pea soup may be made in 
a few minutes by mixing it with boiling 
water. Many people like erbswurst so well 
a, ee that they use it in their homes regularly, as 
Poultry Department it costs but little. It has long been in- 
YA M A B LA C K M I N 0 R C A S coe the “regular anny =a 
Condensed milk will be taken as a matter 
The Aristocrats of the Poultry World of course. It is better than evaporated 
Trehould b 1 q fi i milk in camp, because it is sweetened, so 
tt snou e a pleasure and profit to raise such that less sugar need be included in the lug- 
birds and such eggs on your own farm. gage. Also, it requires less space. Coffee 
They lay the largest hen’s eggs known and many | | made over a camp fire may be satisfactory 
of them. Big bodied birds with long plump breasts to the pO ee ee tlevened wit) a 
2 : : mance and sentiment. Some camp cooks are 
ee an extra quantity of white meat for the | able to make good coffee, but the safest 
; ’ aoe: plan is to carry powdered coffee, which is 
Four years ago we began breeding for superior quality and ready to drink as soon as boiling water has 
spared neither time or expense. To-day we have for show | been poured over it. Cold coffee is made 
guality and fine points the ten finest breeding pens in the U. S. by mixing the powder with cold water. The 
Eggs from these $10 a setting. powder is put in the cup, and each camper 
From our thousand females we also selected five pens—not may have it strong or weak, as he likes. A 
quite equal to our first prize winners at New York—but so closely ( small can which may be slipped into the 
related that we have a right to expect fine specimens of them— pocket is enough for a long trip, and may 
these are $5 a setting. be bought at the department stores. Sugar 
Bea related to the above $3 a setting. $15 in loaf form has the advantage that it is not 
a hundred. asil illed if a bag bursts. 
Yama Black Minorca: Winnings at Madison Square Garden ; eee veqetables such as_ potatoes, 
In 1910—First Pen. . spinach, carrots, cabbages and onions may 
In 1911—First Pen. First Cock. Second Hen. First Pullet. / be bought, dried or shredded, and gelatine 
Fifth and Sixth Cockerels—and the competition there capsules containing salt and pepper are put 
is the keenest, as you know. up, although these condiments are easily 
Last Fall we bought all the fine Barred Plymouth Rock breed- carried in small tin boxes such as cocoa 
ing stock of the “Pine Top’’ Poultry Farm. We retained 75%, D comes in. Eggs come in powdered form 
added the choicest individuals we could purchase and have some | and are kept for campers by sporting goods 
very superior matings. Eggs $5 and $3 a setting. stores. Raisins in packages should be in- 
Send : 
Sng Tory Cas BORUE- cluded and are excellent to carry in the 
YAMA FARM S pocket when on a tramping trip a long way 
NEWTON COSH, Manager Poultry-Department from Cat: A few raisins will stay OnSS 
Yara nobachic Nader eon NU hunger for a long time. Chocolate answers 
; ve meet the same purpose very well, but has a ten- 
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded dency to create thirst, which cannot always 
be gratified easily. 
There are various devices for making 
camp cooking easy, among them an alum- 
inum baker, a frying pan with a handle 
which can be removed when the pan is 
packed, and dishes which nest into one an- 
other, but they are all more or less expen- 
sive. One of the greatest conveniences is 
a fireless cooker, and that may be made 
easily enough by means of a wooden box, a 
kettle with a close fitting cover, a small 
supply of hay and a little square pillow. A 
tight cover should be made for the box and 
the latter filled with the hay, in which a 
nest is made for the kettle. The food is 
started over the fire, the cover of the kettle 
put on tightly to retain the steam and the 
kettle placed in the nest of hay, the pillow 
being placed over it and the lid of the box 
closed. If the cooker is tight, the food will 
go on cooking for hours. Breakfast por- 
ridge may be put into it at night and be hot 
in the morning, allowing the cook to spend 
an extra half hour in bed. The dinner may 
be started in the morning, and the camp- 
ers go away for several hours, leaving it to 
cook. There is no danger of the food 
burning or boiling dry. : 
The stables at Yawma-no-uchi 
One of the entrance gates at Yama-no-uchi 
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