Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1914 — Rangers Learn How to Cook. [ARTICLE]

Rangers Learn How to Cook.

Men who are taking the Forest Rangers’ course at the College of Agriculture, University of Wisconsin, realize the bugbears of camp cookery to the uninitiated. As a result they have taken the opportunity offered them of spending four hours a week in the domestic science department, planning food combinations, learning the fundamentals of cookery and studying the market to know what and when to buy. Practise is given in the preparation of such foods as condensed milk, desiccated eggs, dried fruits and dehydrated vegetables, A sample day’s rations prepared by the forest rangers follows: Breakfast—Stewed prunes, cream of wheat, bacon, fried potatoes, toast and coffee. Dinner—Tomato soup, beefsteak, carrots, mashed, potatoes, bread and butter and pumpkin pie. Supper—Creamed chipped beef, boiled potatoes, bread, butter, Jam and tea.