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.

When Do We Eat?

23 recipes in this part of Outdoor Cooking.

Stews Are News

Pine Bark, Brunswick, Jungle, Mulligan, Slumgullion, Boolyaw, Lobscouse and Burgoo "Everyone knows what boils in his own pot."

Jungle Stew

8 SMALL POTATOES 2 POUNDS CANNED TOMATOES I QUART WATER 1/2 TABLESPOON SALT Soak beans overnight and in the morning cook until half done in…

Pheasant Mulligan

2 YOUNG PHEASANTS 2 CUPS DICED CARROTS I CUP FINELY SHREDDED CABBAGE I CUP DICED ONIONS 2 TABLESPOONS BUTTER 2 CUPS DICED POTATOES SALT AND…

Ritzy Mulligans

Really ritzy mulligans are made with snapping turtle meat in 1-inch cubes and/or squirrel, rabbit, prairie chicken, marrow bones and salt…

Fish Mulligan or Slumgullion

With fish, clams or both use salt pork, onion, potatoes and stale bread or pilot crackers to thicken.

Slumgullion, or Slum

Jack London's recipe: Fry half a dozen slices of bacon, add fragments of hardtack, then 2 cups of water and stir briskly over the fire. In…

Lobscouse, or Scouse

There's scouse made with meat, even chicken, and scouse made only with hardtack and whatever vegetables there may be in the galley stores…

Kidney Stew

2 BIG ONIONS, MINCED I BIG CAN TOMATOES I 11/2 TEASPOONS PAPRIKA I TEASPOON SALT 1/8 TEASPOON PEPPER 1/2 TEASPOON GRATED NUTMEG 2…

Cabbage Stew

This is a basic stew to which potatoes and other vegetables can be added.

Brazilian Beef Stew

2 POUNDS LEG OF BEEF VINEGAR 1/2 CUPS SLICED CARROTS 2 CUPS TOMATOES I CUP SLICED ONIONS I TURNIP, PEELED 4-5 SPRIGS PARSLEY I TABLESPOON…

Komac Stew

4 TABLESPOONS BUTTER I CUP SLICED ONIONS I GREEN PEPPER, DICED I CUP TOMATOES 1/2 TEASPOON SALT PEPPER 3 EGGS TOAST OR CRACKERS Heat butter…

Quick Vegetable Stew

Fry 1 sliced onion slowly until tender and lightly browned. Add 1 cup canned tomatoes, and simmer together. Add only sufficient hot water…

Pine Bark Stew

(So called because the stew is ladled out onto big strips of pine bark used for plates.) 6 POUNDS SMALL FLAT

Fish

34 POUND BACON, CHOPPED FINE 2-3 LARGE ONIONS, CHOPPED 1/4 POUND BUTTER 1/2 BOTTLE CATSUP I TABLESPOON WORCESTERSHIRE Put a layer of…

Burgoo

In collecting material from every one of the forty-eight states for our coast-to-coast America Cooks we went right to the source-Mr. Sam W…

Union County Burgoo

6 SQUIRRELS, CUT IN PIECES 6 CHICKENS, CUT IN PIECES 6 POUNDS BEEF, CUT IN PIECES I POUND BACON, CUT IN PIECES I PECK POTATOES, DICED 2…

Bob Roberts's Burgoo

Meota Bennett, of Louisville, writes: "I have a recipe for Kentucky Burgoo given to me by Mr. Bob Roberts of Mayfield, who is a good cook…

Real Kentucky Burgoo

I CUP FLOUR Prepare all ingredients and put everything except the butter paste in large iron wash kettle hung over campfire. Cover well…

Kentucky Pie

Mix for Filling 11/2 TEACUPS SUGAR 3 EGGS, YOLKS AND WHITES BEATEN SEPARATELY Spread baked pie paste with any stewed fruit, pour filling…

Brunswick

STEW 2 FAT CHICKENS, JOINTED OR 4 FAT SQUIRRELS I POUND FAT BACON, CHOPPED 3 GALLONS BOILING WATER 2 CUPS GREEN LIMA BEANS 4 CUPS CUT-UP…

Lee J. Smits's Boolyaw

The person cooking a stew is like a composer conducting his own orchestra-his only limitations are his genius and the number and quality of…

Tomato Soup Cake

I use entire can of Campbell's Tomato Soup, which is 1 cup. The shortening is Crisco. . The shortening is Crisco.

Frosting for Tomato Soup Cake

Take 1 package of Philadelphia cream cheese, add tablespoon melted butter, teaspoon of vanilla, and powdered sugar to spreading…

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