ooked after the meals of 175 to 200
boys in the camps conducted each season by the writer. The wages of the
head cook or chef range from two to three dollars and fifty cents a day.
Some camps secure cooks from the hotels and restaurants, others from the
lumber camps. No matter where he is secured, be sure that he is clean, in
person, in habits, and in speech. Do not permit boys to loaf about the
kitchen. In the planning of menus, food value and variety must be
considered. The following represents the staple articles of food for a
boys' camp.

[Illustration: COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT CAMP BECKET]

SUGGESTED LIST OF DISHES FOR BOYS' CAMPS
Breakfast

Fruit: Bananas, raspberries, blueberries, cantaloupes, apples,
stewed prunes, applesauce, baked apples, stewed apples, stewed
apricots, stewed figs.

Cereals: Oatmeal, Shredded Wheat, Cream of Wheat, Toasted

Corn Flakes; corn meal mush and milk, Hominy Grits, Puffed Rice,
Wheatlets.

Eggs: Fried, boiled, scrambled, omelette, poached on toast.

Meats and Fish: Bacon, meat hash, meat stew, chopped meat on
toast, codfish cakes, creamed codfish, fried fresh fish,
creamed dried beef, fresh sausage.

Vegetables: Potatoes-Baked, creamed, mashed, browned, German
fried; baked beans.

Drinks: Cocoa, milk, coffee (only occasionally), pure water.

Bread: Toasted bread, corn bread, muffins, biscuits, hot cakes.

Dinner

Soups: Old-fashioned vegetable soup, bean soup, clam or fish
chowder, corn chowder. Thick soups are preferable for camps.

Meats: Roasts--beef, lamb, chicken. Stews---beef, lamb, Steak,
Fricassee of chicken, fricassee of lamb, haricot of lamb,
pot roast of beef, Hamburg steak, corned beef, boiled ham, meat pie.

Fish: Baked, fried, boiled; escalloped salmon, salmon croquettes.

Vegetables: Potatoes--mashed, boiled, French fried, browned.
Cabbage. Corn--stewed, escalloped, corn pie, corn on cob. Peas--
creamed with carrots. Lima beans. Summer squash. Tomatoes--
stewed, escalloped, au gratin with tomatoes. Apple sauce, creamed
onions; cabbage slaw. Greens-spinach, beet tops.

Desserts: Ice Cream-vanilla, chocolate, strawberry (preserved),
raspberry, lemon, coffee, caramel, peach, pineapple (shredded),
orange, lemon. Sherbet--lemon, orange, pineapple, raspberry. Rice
pudding, plain with fruit sauce, rice with raisins. Tapioca pudding
with apples or fruit. Bread