. The book of woodcraft . ss. Set in a greasedtin, which is tilted up near a steady fire. Watch and turnthe tin till all are browned evenly. For other and better but more elaborate methods ofmaking bread, see Kepharts book as above. For cooking fish and game the old, simple standbys arethe frying-pan and the stew-pan. As a general rule, mix all batters, mush, etc., with coldwater, and always cook with a slow fire. There is an old adage: Hasty cooking is tasty meat is dried meat is spoiled meat is best meat. This reflects perhaps the castle kitchen rather th
. The book of woodcraft . ss. Set in a greasedtin, which is tilted up near a steady fire. Watch and turnthe tin till all are browned evenly. For other and better but more elaborate methods ofmaking bread, see Kepharts book as above. For cooking fish and game the old, simple standbys arethe frying-pan and the stew-pan. As a general rule, mix all batters, mush, etc., with coldwater, and always cook with a slow fire. There is an old adage: Hasty cooking is tasty meat is dried meat is spoiled meat is best meat. This reflects perhaps the castle kitchen rather than thecamp, but it has its measure of truth, and the reason why Campercraft or the Summer Camp 277 roast meat is not more popular is because it takes so muchtime and trouble to make it a success. During my Barren Ground trip I hit on a remarkablysuccessful roaster that, so far as I know, was never triedbefore. The usual pot-stick is set in the ground (if no tree benear), and the roast hung by a wire and a cord; where they. Camp-roaster meet is a straight or flat piece of wood, or bark, set in a loopof the wire. The wind strikes on this, causing the roast to turn;it goes till the cord is wound up then unwinds itselfand goes on unceasingly. We used it every day. Itwas positively uncanny to see the way in which thisthing kept on winding and unwinding itself, a!l day lon^;;,if need be. 278 The Book of Woodcraft WAR-SACK Every brave in camp should have a war-sack. This is asack of waterproofed canvas to hold clothing and anythingthat is unbreakable. It has several advantages over atrunk. It is cheap ($), waterproof, light, a comfortablepack to carry or to stow in a canoe, collapsible when empty,safe to float in an upset, and at night it serves as a pillow. Its disadvantages are that it will not protect breakables,and you have to take out most of the things to find an articlenot on the top. Nevertheless, all old campers use the war-sack. They can be had of any camp outfitter. SCO
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