Part 19 (1/2)

Griddle cakes with Karo Syrup or brown sugar and b.u.t.ter; Fried bacon and potatoes; Bread, coffee, preserves.

Dinner

Creamed salmon on toast; Baked potatoes; Bread; Pickles; Fruit.

Supper

Fried eggs; Creamed or chipped beef; Cheese; Bread; Cocoa

These recipes have been tried out. Biscuit and bread-making have been purposely omitted. Take bread and crackers with you from the camp.

”Amateur” biscuits are not conducive to good digestion or happiness. Pack b.u.t.ter in small jar. Cocoa, sugar and coffee in small cans or heavy paper, also salt and pepper. Wrap bread in a moist cloth to prevent drying up.

Bacon and dried or chipped beef in wax paper. Pickles can be purchased put up in small bottles. Use the empty bottle as a candlestick.

Ration List for six boys, three meals

2 lbs. bacon (sliced thin), 1 lb. b.u.t.ter, 1 doz. eggs, 1/2 lb. cocoa, 1/2 lb. coffee, 1 lb. sugar, 3 cans salmon, 24 potatoes, 2 cans condensed milk, 1 small package self-raising flour, Salt and pepper.

Utensils

Small griddle or tin ”pie plate” (5 cents each), Small stew pan, Small coffee pot, Small cake turner, Large spoon, Teaspoons, Knives and forks, Plates and cups, Matches and candles.

Dish Was.h.i.+ng

First fill the frying pan with water, place over fire and let it boil.

Pour out water and you will find that it has practically cleaned itself.

Clean the griddle with sand and water. Greasy knives and forks may be cleaned by jabbing a couple of times into the ground. After all grease is gotten rid of, wash in hot water and dry with cloth. Don't use the cloth first and get it greasy.

Be sure to purchase Horace Kephart's excellent book on ”Camp Cookery,”

$1.00, Outing Publis.h.i.+ng Co., or a.s.sociation Press. It is filled with practical suggestions.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

”Camp and Trail”--Stewart Edward White. Doubleday, Page & Company, $1.25 net. Full of common sense and of special value to those contemplating long tramps and wilderness travel. Several chapters on ”Horseback Travel”

”Out-of-Doors”--M. Ellsworth Olsen, Ph.D. Pacific Press Publis.h.i.+ng Co., 60 cents. A book permeated with a wholesome outdoor spirit.

The Field and Forest Book--Dan Beard. Charles Scribner's Sons, $2.00.

Written in ”Beardesque” style, filled with his inimitable ill.u.s.trations and crammed with ideas.

The Way of the Woods-Edward Breck. G. P. Putnam's Sons, $1.75 net. Simple, terse, free from technical terms, and calculated to give the novice a ma.s.s of information. Written for Northeastern United States and Canada, but of interest for every camper.

[Ill.u.s.tration: The Morning Dip]

CHAPTER XIII--HEALTH AND HYGIENE

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION HOSPITAL TENT AND EQUIPMENT PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTS PULSE RATE THE TONGUE TEMPERATURE PAIN SURGICAL SUPPLIES MEDICAL STORES SIMPLE REMEDIES FIRST AID TO THE INJURED DRILLS HEALTH TALKS RED CROSS SOCIETY PREVENTION FROM DROWNING PERSONAL HYGIENE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Better to hunt on fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught.