Sunset . 1935 ift & Company V E I Qi <;. A stone frame built aroundan old kitchen range makesa good outdoor stove Take a pressure cooker orfireless to your mountaincabin for cooking comfort Dutch oven cookery is alsopopular among Sunsetcampers at every altitude The Colorado AgriculturalCollege at Ft. Collins haspublished a bulletin onhigh altitude baking ^EVERAL years ago we built a sum-mer cabin in the Sierra at an elevationof 5,200 feet. I knew vaguely that al-titude affected the cooking time ofbeans and certain other vegetables,but I was unprepared for the effect ithad on cakes. My first
Sunset . 1935 ift & Company V E I Qi <;. A stone frame built aroundan old kitchen range makesa good outdoor stove Take a pressure cooker orfireless to your mountaincabin for cooking comfort Dutch oven cookery is alsopopular among Sunsetcampers at every altitude The Colorado AgriculturalCollege at Ft. Collins haspublished a bulletin onhigh altitude baking ^EVERAL years ago we built a sum-mer cabin in the Sierra at an elevationof 5,200 feet. I knew vaguely that al-titude affected the cooking time ofbeans and certain other vegetables,but I was unprepared for the effect ithad on cakes. My first cakes, made from my sea-level recipes, were sad failures. Theybubbled for a while like puddings,then settled disconsolately in the mid-dle,leaving a hard, sugary rim aroundthe edge of the pan. I inquired of other cabin dwellerswhat they did to make their cakesnormal. Most of them said, Addmore flour. When I did that I hadcakes that stayed up, but were doughy,like sweetened bread. Then I read thatin higher altitudes the air pressurewas low
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