Manual for army cooks

Contents of Part II 205 Remarks on Camp Cookery 209 Cooking Places 209 To Make a Cooking Fire for Small Camp 210 Disposal of Refuse 211 Extemporized Stoves or Cooking Places 211 Plate 1 212 Plate 2 212 Plates 3 and 4 214 Shield for Camp Fire 215 Plate 5 215 Plate 6 216 The Buzzacott Oven — Plate? 217 Plates 8 218 What the Outfit Comprises 219 Utensils packed with the outfit 219 Capacity of Utensils 220 Directions for Using 220 The Barney Steam Cooker and Sterilizer 222 Plate9 222 Instructions for using 223 Field Ovens — An Oven in a Steep Bank 225 Plate 10 227 An Oven on Level Ground 228 Plate 11 229 An Oven Above Ground 230 Plate 12 230 Dutch Ovens 231 Dough ! 232 (205) Page. Field Bakehouses 232 Utensils Necessary for a Field Oven 232 Baking Bread in Field, Oven 233 Kneading Troughs 234 Portable Ovens— Small Portable Field Oven 235 Plate 14 236 Portable Field Oven of a Larger Size 238 Plate 15 239 Cooking and Mess Furniture for Field Service 240 Plate 16 240 Hints Regarding Water and Wood— Remarks on 241 To Purify Water that is Muddy, Putrid, or Salt 242 To Filter Muddy Water 242 Putrid Water 243 To Clarify Muddy Water 243 To Kindle a Spark into a Flame 243 Fuel 244 Firewood 244 Filters 244 Plate 17 244 Suggestions Relative to Cooks, Etc. — Remarks on 245 Plan of Ration Box (Plate 18) 246 Securing and Transporting Rations 247 Plate 19 . 249 Camping 251 Temporary Cami^s 253 Rations and Bills of Fare in Camp— Issued and Undrawn (table) 254 Savings (table) 255 Purchased from Savings (table) 256 Bill of Fare 257 Recipes for Camp Cookery (title page) 259 Miscellaneous Hints 261 Recipes — Soup : 262 Pea Soup with Salt Pork or Beef 262 Recipes— Continued. Page. Boiled Soup Dumplings 263 Stews of Beef or Mutton 263 Irish Stew with Salt Beef 264 A Good Stew 264 Hot Meat Stew with Garnish • 264 Stews, with Canned Meats 265 Brown Stew, with Canned Meats 265 To Roast Meats in a Dutch Oven ___. 265 Broiling Steaks orChops 265 Baked Beef Head^ without Cooking Utensils 266 Salt Beef and Dumplings 266 Salt Pork and Hard Bread 267 To Cook Fish without Cooking Utensils 267 Baked Fish 268 Planked Shad 268 To Boil Potatoes with their Jackets on 268 Stewed Potatoes 269 Baked Beans, No. 1 269 Baked Beans, No. 2 269 To Bake Pork and Beans without Oven 270 Rice 270 To Boil Rice 270 Baking-Powder Biscuit and Bread 271 Bread 272 Field Bread 272 Field Bread, Baked in a Frying Pan 273 Pie Crust 273 Suet or Field Pudding 273 Sauce for Suet or Field Pudding 274 Stewed Dried Apples _ 274 Stewed Dried Peaches 274 Stewed Dried Prunes 275 Canned and Dried Soups 275 Meat Pie 275 Stew 275 Sea Pie 276 Canned Lima Beans 276 Canned String Beans 276 Recipes — Continued. Page. Canned Corn 276 Canned Corn and Tomatoes Stewed 276 Salmon in Camp Cookery .277 A Camp Morsel 277 Salmon Boiled 277 Salmon Deviled 277 Salmon, Danish Mode 277 Canned Clam Fritters 278 Canned Crab, Deviled 278 Canned Lobster, Deviled 278 Canned Lobster, Stewed 278 Canned Oysters and Macaroni 278 Canned Oyster Saute 279 To Roast (Parch) Coffee 279 Coffee, to Make 279 Tea 280 CAMP COOKERY. Camp Cookery may be divided into three kinds : Permanent Camps, Temporary Camps, and on a continuous march.