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Show 'CAMP COOKING IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND Baking beans or meat In a hole In the ground isn't so very different from J using a flreless cooker. Dig a hole about 24 Inches square and Hue it with flat stones to hold tho heat. Keep a fire going In the hole till the rocks are well heated. Shovel out the ashes, ash-es, put In your kettle with a tlylit top. shovel in the hot ashes around and over and add a layer of dirt to hold ihu heat In und leave overnight. You'll j have to get an Iron or granitoware kettle with a tight cover for this. To make the tight cover truly ash tight, mix some flour and water to a thick batter consistency and calk the cracks. Beul bakod beans are thus prepared: Soak your beans for several hours. Parboil them. Put row In tho bean pot. Put in a chunk of salt pork. Add I the rest of the beans. A cup of wa- J ter. A quarter of a cupful of molasses. Bake and l ake, and bake some more If vou ar camping near a clam flat, you can steam your clams on a beach steam table Make an altar of flat rocks and build thereon a lire Keep the fire going until the rocks are 11 a red hot stove. The waves nave d - ilverod drift wood for this purpose. |