Camp Cooking On Two

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 21, 13 February 1948, Page 8

Camp Cooking On Two

Burners Can Be Fun Have you ever tried to cook a complete dinner on one or two burners? Many are setting up housekeeping for the first time. Living quarters are scarce, and home may be just one room at first—one room with kitchen privileges, or a small apartment with only a kitchenette. Usually there will be a two-burner stove. Preparing meals on two burners can be done. With a little thought, and a zest for adventure, it can also be fun.

Breakfast can be adequate and still require little cooking. A menu of fruit, cereal, bread or toast is easy to prepare on two burners, the hot cereal using one, and the coffee the other. Toast can be made while the cereal is being served. , Lunch, however, simple, must be nourishing. It might consist of soup, salad, bread and butter and milk. Dinner will require careful planning if it is to be accomplished serenely and well. The main dish is the part that calls for special thought. It may be meat or fish, cheese or eggs. Just a few of the many suggestions which might be made include pot roast, swiss steak, meat stew, pan-fried steak or creamed fish. Potatoes, a cooked vegetable and a salad should be included. A double boiler is almost an essential in twoburner cookery—a vegetable may be kept hot while the burner is used for another dish.