Outdoor Cooking

Cooking out of doors in 1940 — bean holes, spits, clambakes and burgoo, from three food writers who thought a campfire was the best joke going.

Hen Fruit, or X

9 recipes in this part of Outdoor Cooking.

Hen Fruit, or X

EVER SINCE THE first man climbed out of the primal ooze and toddled around on his hind legs, eggs have been his easiest and best bet for an…

Turkish X

Just add chicken livers tossed in brown gravy to shirred eggs and smother with creamed mushrooms. You can order eggs in any language just…

Sherry and Egg

The great pick-me-up called sherry and egg is made with a drink of sherry poured over an egg yolk, without the white. And its Midwest…

Prairie Oyster

Practically all people except Americans eat their softboiled eggs direct from the shell with a horn spoon, using one of those old fashioned…

Curried X

Cook eggs hard, shell and quarter 'em, lay on a bed of cooked rice and cover with curry sauce made by stirring curry powder into white…

Columbus Picnic X

Peel a dozen hard-cooked eggs and cut them in 2 crosswise, clipping a little piece from the end to leave a flat surface for the finished…

Egg Poτρiε

2 CUPS BOILING WATER 6 EGGS PEPPER BUTTER, SIZE OF AN EGG SHORT BISCUIT DOUGH Pour water in baking dish, break eggs in, leaving them whole…

Stretching the Scramble

(1) Mix in 1 tablespoon cold water for each egg, and then for each egg add 1 tablespoon fine bread crumbs, or the same amount of coarse…

Pickled Eggs

Wash and boil beets. When tender, pare, slice and add to eggs. Boil vinegar, water, bay leaves, etc. Pour this while hot over the whole…

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