Guns and gunning . per pots are aboutthe best, as they are less liable to rust. It is a good habit to use each pot for a certainfood, as it saves time and confusion. The smallestpot is usually the right size for boiled fruit. No. 2,is your tea or coffee pot. No. 3, is for beans; andNo. 4, is used for stews on account of the size ofthe bones. No. 5 is used for clean water, and keptnear the fire. It is much better not to use this potfor cooking, as it forms the outside of the nest, andif used on the fire would blacken everything ittouched. CAMP COOKING >« greatest cfficuV in campcookmg is sol
Guns and gunning . per pots are aboutthe best, as they are less liable to rust. It is a good habit to use each pot for a certainfood, as it saves time and confusion. The smallestpot is usually the right size for boiled fruit. No. 2,is your tea or coffee pot. No. 3, is for beans; andNo. 4, is used for stews on account of the size ofthe bones. No. 5 is used for clean water, and keptnear the fire. It is much better not to use this potfor cooking, as it forms the outside of the nest, andif used on the fire would blacken everything ittouched. CAMP COOKING >« greatest cfficuV in campcookmg is solved by a goodsupply of firewood. It is useless to begin bread baking, or roastingwith a poor lot of fuel. After a good fire is started,is the time to begin cooking your food. The next difficulty is to calculate the time itwill take for your different foods to cook, and tohave them ready for the table at the same time. Lastly, the camp cook should work rapidly, asthere is not much time left for cooking in a days 90. travel in the wilderness. The cook should be ableto start a fire, boil tea, make or heat bread, and frymeat, while the rest of the party are bringing in thehorses and breaking camp. After breakfast, he mustwash the dishes, pack up the kitchen box, and pre-pare the cold lunch, while the others are packingthe horses. The last horse packed, and the firsthorse unpacked, is always the animal that carries thekitchen outfit. The cook should keep an eye onthe food supply, and decide on the amount of foodto be eaten. A little economy will often make food last along time, where with careless management the partywould have to go without. If game is plentiful, thecook should stop using bacon, so that when the freshmeat gives out, the supply of bacon will be undimin-ished. For the reason that wild meat cooked withbacon is very palatable, a thoughtless man will oftencook both together, thereby buming his candle atboth ends. Baking-powder bread, when eaten for a longtime, is not w
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