Bring water to boiling in small kettle, add salt,
add oatmeal very slowly. Boil over fire 5 minutes
stirring occasionally; cover tight.

Place the pieces of wood in the larger kettle,
stand cereal kettle on them and pour hot water to
the depth of 3 inches into larger kettle. Cover,
hang over slow fire for all night. Do not uncover
until ready to use.

_Dumplings_

3/4 cup of flour
1 scant teaspoonful baking powder
1 teaspoonful salt
Enough milk to make a spongy dough

Add baking powder and salt to flour. Add milk
slowly, drop mixture from end of spoon onto the
boiling stew, cover tightly and cook for 15
minutes.

_Toast_

Cut the bread not less than 1/2 inch thick. Brown
over coals, not flames. Use a fork, wire toaster,
or two green wood sticks.

_Cocoa_

1 heaping teaspoonful sweetened cocoa
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup milk

Boil the water, put cocoa in cup, add part of the
boiled water, mix thoroughly. Add to rest of
water, boil 2 minutes, add milk, heat to boiling
point but do not boil. Be careful not to burn. If
condensed milk is used, mix cocoa and two
teaspoonfuls of condensed milk together and add
the water, bring to the boiling point.

_Desserts_

_Apple Cake_

For 4 persons

Make a baking-powder biscuit dough (see rule) and
spread it in an oblong pan having the dough about
2 inches thick. The pan should be greased
slightly. Peel and core and cut in quarters 2
large apples. Slice these thin, and place on the
dough in rows, each slice held in place by
pressing it down into the dough a little. The
slices should be near together. Sprinkle 3/4 of a
cup of sugar over the top, add small pieces of
butter and a little grated nutmeg. Bake in a
reflector oven in front of hot fire until the
apples are soft--about 1/2 hour.

_Apples, Fried_

For 4 persons
2 large apples
Small piece of butter or bacon fat

Wash apples, remove stems and blossoms, cut across
the core in slices 1/2 inch thick; heat pan, melt
fat in it, put in apple slices, brown on one side,
turn and brown on the other. Or, gr