Identifier: campcookerycooke00mila (find matches)
Title: Camp cookery, a cookery and equipment handbook for Boy scouts and other campers
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Milam, Ava B. (Ava Bertha), b. 1884 Johnson, A. Grace (Alma Grace), 1878-1933, joint author Smith, Ruth McNary, joint author
Subjects: Cooking Camping
Publisher: Portland, Ore., The J. K. Gill co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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(enameled)1 Dutch oven1 dishpan (heavy tin)10 plates (enameled) 1 quart cup (tin) 2 large sharp knives1 butcher knife \ dozen steel black-handled knives and forks \ dozen plated tablespoons 1 cooking fork (12 inches long)Few feet of baling wire (about 15 gauge)Pair of plyers (side cutting) 1 dozen plated teaspoons 1 kerosene oil canWhite oilcloth (for table)Towels 1 wash basin (enameled ware) Where camp equipment is transported onthe backs of animals, aluminum and tinshould be substituted for enameled ware inorder to reduce the weight, and many of theabove articles must be dispensed with. Thestoves for baking will be replaced by a tinor aluminum reflector or Dutch oven. Thealuminum reflector is more easily kept brightthan the tin, thus enabling it to reflect heatmore effectively. When not in use, the re-flector folds to an inch in thickness and abouttwelve inches by eighteen inches in dimen-sion. It weighs only about two or threepounds, and costs from two to four dollars. 21 REFLECTOR
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PLAN Parts hingedOven can be folded together when not in use 22 Reflector In place of a reflector a Dutch oven may beused; a device, however, which has severalundesirable characteristics. It is shaped likea high and heavy iron kettle on short legs,and is provided with a massive sunken cover.It is not only heavy to carry, but is awkwardto pack; but for long slow cooking it is ex-cellent. For transportation on mens backs, prac-tically everything must be dispensed with buta few tin or aluminum plates, cups, knives,forks, spoons, nesting pails, frying pan, andstew pan. All of these articles may be found in thealuminum camp kits which are light, com-pact, and complete, and which nest in a verysmall place. These kits are on the market atprices from $2.50 to $10.00. The miscellaneous camp tools may consistof some or all of the following, if transporta-tion facilities permit: 1 ax 1 hatchet Assorted nails Quart canteens covered with cloth and canvas, or in arid regions a one-gallon canteen to

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