In rough country, especially if camp is to be
shifted frequently, a stove is out of the reckoning.
If pack animals are taken, or the trip is by canoe,
without long and difficult j^ortages, it pays to take
along either a folding grate or a pair of fire irons.
Various patterns of grates are shown in outfitters'
catalogues. I have used one called the Gem
which is satisfactory of its kind. It weighs 334
pounds, is 16x28 inches when set up, and folds
into a package 1^x19 inches.
18
UTENSILS.
19
A lighter grate is Sackett's camp broiler, 9x14
inches. The legs do not lock in place, and hence
are of little use on stony or mushy ground. I re-
move them, and so have a good grate and broiler
weighing only one pound, yet big enough to sup-
port a frying pan and coffee pot when laid across
a couple of logs or rocks.
Klondike Camp Stove.
Fire "irons" are simply two pieces of flat steel
24x1 ^x^ inches, weighing 2^/2 pounds, which
are used like the broiler named above. If a
mule steps on one of them, it (mule or iron) can
quickly be hammered back into correct form.
On light marching trips no support for the uten-
sils will be carried. Rocks or logs will take their
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CAMP COOKERY.
place. There may be a little more spilling and
swearing, but less tired backs.
It is commonly agreed that four is the ideal
number for a camping party, at least among hunt-
ers and fishermen. Certainly no larger number
should attempt their own cooking. Utensils and
table ware for such a party, going light, should
include: a large frying-pan (more serviceable than
two small ones) ; a pan to mix dough in and wash
dishes (common milk pan) ; a stout, seamless, cov-
ered pot for boiling or stewing meat, baking beans.
Sackett's Broiler.
etc.; a medium pot or pail for hot water (always
wanted, substitute for tea kettle) ; a smaller one
for cereals, vegetables, fruit ; and either a coffee pot
low enough to nest in the latter, or a covered pail
in its place. There should be six plates (two for
serving) and four each of cups, knives, forks,
teaspoons, tablespoons. This is about as little as
the party can well get along with.
It will be bothersome to bake bread for four in
the frying-pan. Add a reflector or common sheet-
UTENSILS.
«1
steel "roaster and baker/' if practicable. A wire
broiler, a tea percolator, and a corkscrew and can
opener will nest with this set. If the cook wears
no sheath knife a butcher knife is essential. Two
dish towels (one to be divided into clouts) and
a couple of yards of cheesecloth for straining and
to hang meat in should be taken.
The common utensils of the shops will not nest.
They are all spouts and handles, bail ears and
cover knobs. Still, a good deal can be done by
substitution. Covered pails do all the work of
sauce pans and kettles, and are better all round,
for they can either be set upon the coals or hung
above the fire; besides, you can carry water in
Gem Folding Grate.
them, and their covers keep heat in and ashes
out. All such vessels should be low and broad;
then they will boil quickly and pack well. Good
proportions are:
3 quarts diameter 63^ in. x 514 in. height.
' " " 71/, " X534 -
81/0 " xGVg "
91/4 " X 71/2 «
CAMP COOKERY.
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In rough country, especially if camp is to be
shifted frequently, a stove is out of the reckoning.
If pack animals are taken, or the trip is by canoe,
without long and difficult j^ortages, it pays to take
along either a folding grate or a pair of fire irons.
Various patterns of grates are shown in outfitters'
catalogues. I have used one called the Gem
which is satisfactory of its kind. It weighs 334
pounds, is 16x28 inches when set up, and folds
into a package 1^x19 inches.
18
UTENSILS.
19
A lighter grate is Sackett's camp broiler, 9x14
inches. The legs do not lock in place, and hence
are of little use on stony or mushy ground. I re-
move them, and so have a good grate and broiler
weighing only one pound, yet big enough to sup-
port a frying pan and coffee pot when laid across
a couple of logs or rocks.
Klondike Camp Stove.
Fire "irons" are simply two pieces of flat steel
24x1 ^x^ inches, weighing 2^/2 pounds, which
are used like the broiler named above. If a
mule steps on one of them, it (mule or iron) can
quickly be hammered back into correct form.
On light marching trips no support for the uten-
sils will be carried. Rocks or logs will take their
20
CAMP COOKERY.
place. There may be a little more spilling and
swearing, but less tired backs.
It is commonly agreed that four is the ideal
number for a camping party, at least among hunt-
ers and fishermen. Certainly no larger number
should attempt their own cooking. Utensils and
table ware for such a party, going light, should
include: a large frying-pan (more serviceable than
two small ones) ; a pan to mix dough in and wash
dishes (common milk pan) ; a stout, seamless, cov-
ered pot for boiling or stewing meat, baking beans.
Sackett's Broiler.
etc.; a medium pot or pail for hot water (always
wanted, substitute for tea kettle) ; a smaller one
for cereals, vegetables, fruit ; and either a coffee pot
low enough to nest in the latter, or a covered pail
in its place. There should be six plates (two for
serving) and four each of cups, knives, forks,
teaspoons, tablespoons. This is about as little as
the party can well get along with.
It will be bothersome to bake bread for four in
the frying-pan. Add a reflector or common sheet-
UTENSILS.
«1
steel "roaster and baker/' if practicable. A wire
broiler, a tea percolator, and a corkscrew and can
opener will nest with this set. If the cook wears
no sheath knife a butcher knife is essential. Two
dish towels (one to be divided into clouts) and
a couple of yards of cheesecloth for straining and
to hang meat in should be taken.
The common utensils of the shops will not nest.
They are all spouts and handles, bail ears and
cover knobs. Still, a good deal can be done by
substitution. Covered pails do all the work of
sauce pans and kettles, and are better all round,
for they can either be set upon the coals or hung
above the fire; besides, you can carry water in
Gem Folding Grate.
them, and their covers keep heat in and ashes
out. All such vessels should be low and broad;
then they will boil quickly and pack well. Good
proportions are:
3 quarts diameter 63^ in. x 514 in. height.
' " " 71/, " X534 -
81/0 " xGVg "
91/4 " X 71/2 «
CAMP COOKERY.