. Guns and gunning. it issuspended over the (ire. The meat would burn ifleft alone, but the cook winds the string up by turn-ing the meat around. When the meat is loosened,it will wind and unvv^nd many times, from its ownweight, and cook well and evenly. Small piecesof meat may be easily roasted by spitting them onsticks sharpened at both ends, and stuck up in frontof the blaze. 88 BOILING Boiled food is, like roast meat, awelcome and necessary changefrom the frying-pan. A good stew, made from therich meat and bones of a big game animal, is foodthat will carry a man many weary miles. Addinga l
. Guns and gunning. it issuspended over the (ire. The meat would burn ifleft alone, but the cook winds the string up by turn-ing the meat around. When the meat is loosened,it will wind and unvv^nd many times, from its ownweight, and cook well and evenly. Small piecesof meat may be easily roasted by spitting them onsticks sharpened at both ends, and stuck up in frontof the blaze. 88 BOILING Boiled food is, like roast meat, awelcome and necessary changefrom the frying-pan. A good stew, made from therich meat and bones of a big game animal, is foodthat will carry a man many weary miles. Addinga little rice, or a few dumplings, and raisins, givesthe stew a better taste. In boiling anything it isbetter to have the pot suspended, either from a poleresting in two crutches, or a single stick is stuck inthe ground. This keeps the heat on the bottom ofthe pot, where it belongs. Plenty of water, and watch-fulness, are required, as a stew isapt to go dry, and burn, or boilover, and lose its richness. COOKINGUTENSILS. ^^ All that you really need in theway of cooking utensils for acamping trip, are pots and frying-pans. What yuudo take will depend on the size of your pack-train,the roughness of the country, and your own ideason the subject. The best, in wilderness work, how-ever, is almost always the simplest; and if you leaveyour heavy Dutch ovens, iron pot, etc., behind, thechances are that you will not be sorry. As usual,you should economize in space. All your pots,pans, cups, and frying-pans, should nest. Thismakes them less liable to bend or break, and they 89 are more easily packed. It is well to have fivepots in a nest, and your cups, knives, forks, andspoons fit inside of the smallest pot. The plates fitsnugly on top of the complete nest. This is a verycompact outfit, and is a great time and troublesaver in camp. Tin lined copper 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. T
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