by Ernest Thompson Seton
Camp Cook
( Chabakwed )
The Degree of Camp Cook may be conferred on any one who takes six of these tests
1. Make a good fireplace of wood, of stone, or earth.
2. Light fifteen fires with fifteen successive matches, one on a wet day.
3. Bake five batches of good bread in a Dutch oven.
4. Bake five Batches of good bread in a frying pan before the open fire.
5. Cook twenty-one digestible meals over campfire for a party of two or more, or equivalent.
6. Boil a quart of water in a two-quart pail in ten minutes, without help.
7. Cook a meal consisting of baked bread, boiled fish, or fried or roast meat, vegetable, without any utensils or tools but a hatchet.
8. Train a class in camp cooking, showing and making them do it properly.
For "How To" Information, See: The Birch Bark Roll
