Campfire cookery for soldiers, scouts, campers, hikers, hotels, restauranters, boarding houses, auto tourist ..

A QIK.K niLL OF FARE (1) Frie<l bacon, bread lf)asted and cofTec. (2) Friexl bacon, oatmeal, mush, hard bread and coffee. (.1) Frie<i steak, bread and coffee. I l» Fried bacon, (lap ja«k8, coffi-e. THE SU)W BILL OF FARE (1) Meat and vegetable stew, flap jacks, coffee. (2) Hroile*! steak, fried i>otatoes, bread and coffee. (.3) P'rietl bacon, ste\ve<l tomato, hoc cake and coffee. (I) Fried bacon, oatmeal, innsh, hard bread and co<-oa. (.*>) Fried bacon, baked |M>tatocs, Hap jack.s and tea. (6) Fried steak. Rravy, l>oil««d potato or cold tomato, bread aiul <'hocolate. (7) F^ried bacon, frie<l potat(M>^, hard brca<l antl coff«H». (8) Fried bacon. Hap jacks, brown sugar and coffee. (0) Can cornbe<«f (cold), stewed tomato, harilbread and ci>ffee. (101 Fried lish and bacon, baked potatoes, bread and coffee. (II) Meat and vegetable stew, hoe cake. tea. (12) Moiled li-sh, fried potatoea, hard bread and tea. t\:\) Frie<l bacon. l>oile<l rice, flapjacks and coffee. 10 FOR HANDLING BILL OF FARE NO. 13 Take two-thirds of a cup of water; bring to boil. Add four heaping spoonfuls of rice; boil until soft. This will require about 15 minutes. Add a pinch of salt to the "water just before adding the rice. When soft, pour off the water, if any, and empty the rice out on the lid of the mess pan. After the rice has been placed on the fire to boil, cut and fry three slices of bacon until brown in the mess pan over a brisk fire or hot coal. Remember that the best fire for outside cooking is the small clear one, or better yet with a few brisk coals. It is quite impossible to prepare a good meal over a poor smoky fire, and a camper is mostly, known by the kind of fires he builds. After the bacon has been fried, lay it on top of the rice. Leave enough grease in the pan in which you can finish frying the flap- jacks. Flapjacks are mixed with six spoonfuls of flour, one-third spoonful of baking powder and a pinch of salt. Now mix this well, adding enough cold water to make a batter that will drop freely from the spoon. A little sugar w'll help to brown the jacks nicely. When the batter is ready to fry have the pan sizzling hot with plenty of grease so that the batter does not stick to the pan. Let fry till top is nearly dried up, meanwhile tucking up the edges with your knife. Don't let it burn. When ready to turn over see that it is loose from the pan and then, by a quick flip or a toss, turn it over in the air, catch it in the pan and let fry till done. While the flapjacks are frying wash out the cup, fill two-thirds full of water, and let come to boil. Add one heaping spoonful of coffee, stir weU, let come to boil and remove to the edge of the fire to simmer ten minutes. Pour a little cold water over the top to settle the grounds. A hot meal is now ready to serve to the hungry scout. The time required for cooking depends on the cook and the fire, but is usually 20 minutes. When stopping for the noon-day lunch or any other quick meal, you only have to boil your cofl"ee and to fry your ration. A large fire is not needed. 11 Building your fire, cut n fork<Hl stick nnd drive it into tho trrtxind uIouk ni'l*' of tin; fire, forks up. Lay u jfrp«'n slick in Iho forknl ono, with the lower end on the (rround. On this end lay a Out st,one and pe^ it d<)\>n v\ith sticks.