July, 1920 
51 
TAKING THE KITCHEN ALONG 
Suggestions for the Motorist Who Likes a Well-Cooked. 
Meal by the Roadside 
ETHEL R. PEYSER 
I T is no longer necessary for motorists to 
trust to luck and the roadhouse restaurant 
for lunch. They can take their own kitchen 
along and loiter down the highways and by¬ 
ways and eat where and when they will. 
Manufacturers who have studied the require¬ 
ments of motorists provide the neatest imagin¬ 
able bits of equipment for use on the road. 
With them one can be as comfortable in the 
Gobi Desert as at home. 
The best known of these pieces is what is 
called the “Restaurant”, 
a ship-shape glazed duck 
or sole leather case 
equipped with knives, 
forks, spoons, cups, 
saucers, butter jars, sand¬ 
wich boxes, vacuum bot¬ 
tles, salt and pepper 
shakers and napkins, for 
from two to eight per¬ 
sons. They can be 
strapped on the running 
board or back rack of the 
car or slid unobtrusively 
into the tonneau. They 
are shaped usually like 
suit-cases, although one 
firm makes them in a 
flat, square shape of sole 
leather, black grain 
leather or glazed duck 
(patent leather). 
There is- a case of this 
kind on the market that 
carries a cooking appa¬ 
ratus, a long fork and a 
folding gasoline cook 
stove with two burners. 
This burns ordinary 
gasoline, which the mo¬ 
torist always has with An oval, upright 
him. There are no loose luncheon set for six 
parts to assemble or be- leatherette case. 
come lost. When it is Abercrombie & Fitch 
folded all parts are enclosed easily and rapidly 
and the case fastens securely and simply. It 
can be bought separately or in combination 
with the above case. These cases are built on 
a basis of bass or some other strong wood and 
are practically unbreakable. 
If one prefers a wood fire to the gasoline 
stove, there are small grates to be had which 
aid greatly in the building of it. These are 
light in weight and can be carried easily. 
Long ago the vacuum bottle solved the prob- 
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lem of carrying cold and hot food. It is made 
in many shapes, styles and forms. It insures 
comfort for the long or short tour, and if a 
little care is taken in the handling there is no 
danger of breakage. 
The best of these bottles are made of glass 
well annealed, insuring elasticity. The outer 
walls are generally of steel and relieve the 
jarring. The inner wall is also of steel, and 
between these walls is the vacuum, impene- 
trative to heat and cold. 
These jars and bottles 
hold from one pint to 
one gallon, so the range 
of choice is vast enough 
for utility. The stop¬ 
pers are so made and 
fitted, plus their caps, to 
prevent leakage of wind 
or advent of outside air, 
that the temperature 
probably never changes 
more than a few degrees 
in twenty-four hours. 
Cases for these bottles 
in various sizes are made 
of leather, duck and 
wicker. They are con¬ 
venient and absolutely 
necessary to the longevity 
of the bottle as it is so 
adjusted in the casing 
that it rests and vibrates 
enough to ease strains 
. . which might overcome 
the elasticity of the glass 
and cause breakage. 
The bottles themselves 
are finished in leather 
over metal or in metal 
containers, and some 
A two-burner gaso- come equipped with han- 
line stove, with a dies and also with con- 
tank which fits in- venient cups 
S AbercrombieFilch (Continued on page 62) 
This nest of cooking pots is designed to supply the needs of a party of eight All the articles fit into the big pot. 
or aluminum. Courtesy of Abercrombie or hitch 
The set comes in either steel 
