Dock and sorrel may be cooked like spinach: pick over and wash, drain, shake, and j)ress out adhering water; put in kettle with one cup water, cover kettle, place over moderate fire, and steam thus twenty minutes; then drain, chop very fine, and heat in frying-pan as directed above. Mushrooms. — Every one who camps in summer should take with him a mushroom book, such as Gibson's, Atkinson's, or Nina Marshall's. (Such a book in pocket form, with colored illustrations, is a desideratum.) Follow recipes in book. Mush- rooms are very easy to prepare, cook quickly, and offer a great variety of flavors. All mushrooms on the following list are de- licious : Coprinus comatus. Lactarius volemus. Hypholoma appendiculatum. " deliciosus. Tricholoma personatum. Russula alutacea. Boletus subauretis. " virescens. " bovinus. Cantharellus cibarius. " sub sanguineous. Marasmius oreades. Clavaria botrytes. Hydnum repandum. " cinerea. " Caput-Medusce. " vermicularis. Morchella esculenta. " incequalis. " deliciosa. " pistillaris. Canned Tomatoes. — To a pint of tomatoes add butter twice the size of an egg, some pepper, very little salt, ^ttd a tablespoonful qi sugar✪ Canned Tomatoes. Boil ISO CAMP COOKERY. about five minutes. Put some bread crumbs or toast in a dish^ and pour tomatoes over them. But- ter can be omitted. Some do not like sugar in tomatoes. Canned Corn. — Same as tomatoes; but omit su- gar and bread. Add a cup of milk✪ Canned Corn, if you have it. Miscellaneous Vegetables. — Since campers very seldom have any other fresh vegetables than po- tatoes and onions_, I will not take up space with special recipes for others. The following time- table may some time be useful: Boiling of Vegetables. Asparagus 20 to 25 minutes Cabbage 20 " 05 Carrots 30 " 40 Cauliflower 30 " 25 Corn (green) 15 " 20 Beans (string) 25 " 30 Beans (Lima) 30 " 35 Beans (navy, dried) x^i/g " 4 hours Beets 30 to 40 minutes Onions 30 " 40 Parsnips 30 " 35 Peas (green) 20 Potatoes (new) 20 Potatoes (old) 30 " 40 Spinach 20 " 25 Turnips ....30 " 35 SOUPS. When Napoleon said that "soup makes the soldier/' he meant thick, substantial soup — soup that sticks to the ribs — nofr mere broths or meat extracts, which are fit only for invalids or to coax an indifferent stomach. "Soup," says Ness- muk, "requires time, and a solid basis of the right material. Venison is the basis, and the best ma- terial is the bloody part of the deer, where the bullet went through. We used to throw this away ; VEGETABLES.— SOUPS. 131 we have learned better. Cut about four pounds of the bloody meat into convenient pieces, and wipe them as clean as possible with leaves jr a damp cloth, but don't wash them. Put the meat into a five-quart kettle nearly filled with water, and raise it to a lively boiling pitch." Here I must interfere. It is far better to bring the water gradually to a boil and then at once hang the kettle high over the fire where it will only keep up a moderate bubbling. There let it simmer at least two hours — better half a day. It is impossible to hasten the process. Furious boil- ing would ruin both the soup and the meat.

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Dock and sorrel may be cooked like spinach: pick over and wash, drain, shake, and press out adhering water; put in kettle with one cup water, cover kettle, place over moderate fire, and steam thus twenty minutes; then drain, chop very fine, and heat in frying-pan as directed above. Mushrooms. — Every one who camps in summer should take with him a mushroom book, such as Gibson's, Atkinson's, or Nina Marshall's. (Such a book in pocket form, with colored illustrations, is a desideratum.) Follow recipes in book. Mushrooms are very easy to prepare, cook quickly, and offer a great variety of flavors. All mushrooms on the following list are delicious : Coprinus comatus. Lactarius volemus. Hypholoma appendiculatum. " deliciosus. Tricholoma personatum. Russula alutacea. Boletus subauretis. " virescens. " bovinus. Cantharellus cibarius. " sub sanguineous. Marasmius oreades. Clavaria botrytes. Hydnum repandum. " cinerea. " Caput-Medusce. " vermicularis. Morchella esculenta. " incequalis. " deliciosa. " pistillaris. Canned Tomatoes. — To a pint of tomatoes add butter twice the size of an egg, some pepper, very little salt, and a tablespoonful of sugar.Boil about five minutes. Put some bread crumbs or toast in a dish^ and pour tomatoes over them. Butter can be omitted. Some do not like sugar in tomatoes. Canned Corn. — Same as tomatoes; but omit sugar and bread. Add a cup of milk, if you have it. Miscellaneous Vegetables. — Since campers very seldom have any other fresh vegetables than potatoes and onions_, I will not take up space with special recipes for others. The following timetable may some time be useful: Boiling of Vegetables. Asparagus 20 to 25 minutes Cabbage 20 " 05 Carrots 30 " 40 Cauliflower 30 " 25 Corn (green) 15 " 20 Beans (string) 25 " 30 Beans (Lima) 30 " 35 Beans (navy, dried) x^i/g " 4 hours Beets 30 to 40 minutes Onions 30 " 40 Parsnips 30 " 35 Peas (green) 20 Potatoes (new) 20 Potatoes (old) 30 " 40 Spinach 20 " 25 Turnips ....30 " 35 SOUPS. When Napoleon said that "soup makes the soldier/' he meant thick, substantial soup — soup that sticks to the ribs — nofr mere broths or meat extracts, which are fit only for invalids or to coax an indifferent stomach. "Soup," says Nessmuk, "requires time, and a solid basis of the right material. Venison is the basis, and the best material is the bloody part of the deer, where the bullet went through. We used to throw this away ; we have learned better. Cut about four pounds of the bloody meat into convenient pieces, and wipe them as clean as possible with leaves jr a damp cloth, but don't wash them. Put the meat into a five-quart kettle nearly filled with water, and raise it to a lively boiling pitch." Here I must interfere. It is far better to bring the water gradually to a boil and then at once hang the kettle high over the fire where it will only keep up a moderate bubbling. There let it simmer at least two hours — better half a day. It is impossible to hasten the process. Furious boiling would ruin both the soup and the meat.

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