Camp Vegs
Camp Vegs
EVERY CAMPER KNOWS beans and every camp cookee knows his onions, and maybe his garlic, so we'll not go into this subject beyond our depth…
Wilted Cabbage
Fresh cabbage, lettuce and tomatoes are great in a soursweet combination, drenched with cold vinegar and then sprinkled with sugar.
Old-Timer's Beans
Add bacon and 1 large onion to a pot of cooked or canned beans.
Camp Pork and Beans
1/2 POUND PORK SAUSAGE I BIG SPUD, CUT UP I ONION, SLICED I CAN PORK AND BEANS Brown sausage in skillet, add potato and onion, cover and…
Ranch House Beans
2 CUPS PINTO BEANS 14 POUND SALT PORK I QUART WATER CHILI POWDER Wash beans, put in a bucket with tight-fitting cover, add pork and water…
Iroquois Leaf Bread
Scrape green corn from the cob and mash it to a paste. Season with salt and pepper and roll into tamales like small bananas, 4-5 inches…
Indian Green Corn Bread
This is a good way to get rid of ears that are too old and hard to munch off the cob. Scrape corn from cob, beat it to a paste in squaw…
Adam Style Fried Corn
Cut corn from 6 fresh ears, and scrape out all the milk. Season lightly with salt and plentifully with pepper. Fry 6 slices bacon until…
Summer Succotash
I CUP CANNED MILK, OR 12 EARS OF CORN I QUART LIMA BEANS 14 POUND BEEF CREAM BUTTER SALT AND PEPPER Boil corn, beef and beans together…
Vegetable Loaf
I CUP CANNED LIMAS, CHOPPED I CUP MASHED POTATOES I CUP CANNED TOMATOES I CUP PEANUTS, CHOPPED 1/2 TEASPOON ONION JUICE 2 TABLESPOONS…
"B'iled Taters''
Our American Savarin, Thomas J. Murrey, caterer to New York's original Astor House in the eighteen seventies and author of many recipes and…
"Potatoes and Point"
When supplies are running low put any snip of cheese, bacon, salt fish or other desirable food in a bottle and set it on the table beside…
Potato Slaw
6 BIG POTATOES I BIG BERMUDA ONION 1/3 CUP BACON GREASE 1/2 TEASPOON BLACK PEPPER 1/3 CUP VINEGAR 1/3 CUP WATER I TEASPOON SALT Boil spuds…
Hot Slaw
3 TABLESPOONS BACON GREASE 1/2 CUP VINEGAR AND WATER I EGG, LIGHTLY BEATEN Season cabbage with salt, pepper and a very little sugar. Heat…
Valley Forge Onions and Apples
5. APPLES 4 BACON SLICES 4 ONIONS Cut unpeeled apples in 1/2-inch circles. Parboil onions, let them cook and then cut into similar circular…
Gumbos of Okra
If you live South, West or South-West where tender young okra pods make soups and stews gummy and yummy you'll know all about gumbos, which…
Virginia Gumbo
2 CUPS SLICED OKRA 3 TOMATOES, CUT UP SALT PEPPER 2 TABLESPOONS BUTTER 1/2 CUP RICE Cover okra and tomatoes with 3 cups cold water and cook…
Wild Mushrooms, Puffballs, Toadstools, Etc
It may be important to know your onions but it's a matter of life and death to know your wild mushrooms. So, if you're going in for cooking…
Broiled Puffballs
Slice 1/2 inch thick, sprinkle lightly with flour, salt and pepper, and broil just as you would a slice of steak. Eat it piping hot with…
Fried Mushrooms
Freshly gathered, tender mushrooms do not need to be peeled. Just shake or wipe clean and break stems away from the caps. Heat butter and…
Creamed Mushrooms
Fry and season as above, add cream or canned milk, 'simmer 2-3 minutes and eat on hot buttered toast.
Wild Potatoes, Tubers, Bulbs and Bread Root
There are so many wild potatoes and potato-like tubers native to America that the Indians never lacked for spuds no matter where they…
Jerusalem Artichokes
The best way to bring out the wild field flavor of this tuber of our indigenous sunflower that the Indians called sunroot and taught…
Baked Jerusalem Artichokes
Peel or scrape, and drop instantly into cold water, for the cut surface blackens on exposure to the air. Have boiling water ready, add 1…
Wild Rice Suggestions
We like steamed wild rice fixed by putting 3/4 cup in a covered dish with 2 cups boiling water. Let stand 20 minutes and repeat the process…
Buttered Wild Rice
I CUP WILD RICE 1/2 CUP MELTED BUTTER 5 CUPS WATER Put rice and water in a big kettle and soak for a day and a night. Drain well, heat in…
Popped Wild Rice
There's nothing more cheerful than a hopper full of popped brown rice, or better still, popped wild rice, on a drizzly day. Have a pan of…
Popcorn
Popcorn, that circus twin of peanuts-you pop it twice, first in the pan and then into your mouth is a great outdoor favorite. And the best…