Camp Cooking: 100 Years

by National Museum of Forest Service History

The National Museum of Forest Service History presents a charming cookbook that celebrates decades of camp cooking by countless Forest Service agents in the field. Featuring legendary recipes for Dutch oven meals, open-fire dishes, and other tasty outdoor specialties used daily in the early days of the Forest Service, Camp Cooking has dozens of recipes, photos, and anecdotes that tell the whole history of these brave and hardy individuals. Dedicated ranger's wives prepared meals with limited resources as they accompanied their husbands in the field, often supplementing cooking with k-rations cooked over an open fire. In rustic and remote locations, delicious, time-tested creations were prepared and served, including Dutch Oven Beer Bread, Parmesan Mashed Potatoes, Pioneer Night Stew, and Creamy Pumpkin Pie. To pay tribute to decades of dedication of Forest Service employees, the Intermountain Region and the National Museum of Forest Service History () are proud to present this collectible cookbook. For more information, visit

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction, Reference

192 pages, Spiral-bound

First published December 16, 2004

About the author

SHARING THE RICH HISTORY AND STORY OF AMERICA’S CONSERVATION LEGACY

For more than 100 years, the Forest Service and its many partners have stood at the forefront of conservation in America.

The Museum manages a collection of 50,000 items relating to the history and culture of the Forest Service.

The National Conservation Legacy Center in Missoula, Montana. The Museum, a 501 C3 nonprofit organization founded in 1988, is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and interpreting the history of the Forest Service and America’s conservation legacy for the education and enjoyment of the general public, scholars, and historical researchers.

Reviews

[Caleb Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved the excerpts from the old forest service workers and the recipes looked tasty. Unfortunately there were a lot of repeat or similar recipes.

[Bill Bradley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful outdoor cookbook filled with lots of memories.

This book has a lot of recipes all using your cast iron cookware over an open fire. But cast iron is not the only method, lots of aluminum foil pouch meals. Cast iron is my own personal favorite way of outdoor grilling. The book opens with a nice into on the Forestry Service, and goes into detail on cooking with cast iron for folks not familiar with the how-to. Well worth a review.

There are recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and everything in between and on either side.

I really liked the photos and the historical anecdotes included through the book.

These recipes are just as relevant today and certainly give a lot of ideas. A fun read, it reminds me a lot of camping with my parents in my younger days. I purchased the Kindle version, the photo quality was excellent, not those tiny grainy thumbnails.

[Michelle Hansendaberkow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great history of cooking...outdoors.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

This includes a lot of great recipes, historical photos, and anecdotes by forest service personnel. I really enjoyed it.

[Scott Andrews · Rating 5 out of 5]

campy and fun