Fannie & Vera's Site for New
Civilian
Fannie & Vera's Camp Cookbook
While it is true that we avoid cooking during the
heat of summer, we enjoy a hearty meal of camp cooking in the cooler months.
Cookbooks of period recipes may be purchased for your eating
enlightenment, but remember that period cooking featured high levels of salt and
fat! In addition, some period techniques require hours of slow cooking,
meaning hours of leaning over a hot, open fire. Fannie and Vera will share
with you, gentle friends, some of our tried & tested camp recipes. And
of course, we provide tips and shortcuts for making meals healthful, tasty, and easy to prepare.
Miss Vera started out as Miss Bridget, Company Cook for the 72nd New York
Volunteers. She is well experienced in providing palatable
provender for starving soldiers. She has spent hours in developing preparation shortcuts
and healthful alternatives for period ingredients.
Miss Fannie is lifelong camper and served as camp cook
at mining camps, hunting camps, and numerous backwoods beer bashes in addition
to working as a professional chef. She specializes in "comfort"
food, wild game and down home Southern specialties. (Miss Vera is often
amused by Miss Fannie's cooking, and calls it "roadkill cuisine")
Grab your tin plate and get ready for a heaping helping of
creative camp cooking.
Main Dish Delights
Superb Snacks
Tools & Techniques
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