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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
sprats, boneless herring are portable and keep well. 
They will be relished for variety’s sake. 
“Eggs— To vary the camp bill of fare, eggs are sim- 
ply invaluable, not only by themselves, but as ingredi- 
ents in cooking. * * * 
“When means of transportation permit, fresh eggs 
may be carried to advantage. A hand crate holding 12 
dozen weighs about 24 pounds, filled. 
“Eggs can be packed along in winter without danger 
of breakage by carrying them frozen. Do not try to 
boil a frozen egg; peal it as you would a hard-boiled one 
and then fry or poach. 
“To test an egg for freshness, drop it into cold water; 
if it sinks quickly it is fresh; if it stands on end it is 
doubtful; if it floats it is surely bad. 
“To preserve eggs, rub them all over with vaseline, 
being careful that no particle of shell is uncoated. They 
will keep good much longer than if treated with lime 
water, salt, paraffine, water-glass or any of the other 
common expedients. 
“On hard trips it is impracticable to carry eggs in 
the shell. Some campers break fresh eggs and pack 
them in friction-top cans. The yolks soon break and 
they keep but a short time. A good brand of desic- 
cated eggs is the solution of this problem. It does away 
with all risk of breaking and spoiling and reduces bulk 
very much. Desiccated eggs vary a great deal in quality, 
according to material and process employed. Desiccated 
eggs made of the yolks are merely useful as ingredients 
in cooking. 1 
“ Milk — Sweetened condensed milk (the ‘salve of the 
lumberjacks’) is distasteful to most people. Plain evap- 
orated milk is the thing to carry — and don’t leave it 
out if you can practicably tote it. The notion that this 
is a ‘baby food’ to be scorned by real woodsmen is 
