Take a slice of bread and cut out a circle about 2 inches in diameter.
Toast slowly and lightly on both sides, using a forked stick.
In the frying pan, melt a hunk of butter, put the toast in the pan and wait until it sizzles. Now break the egg and place it into the hole so the yoke stays put. Heat slowly and evenly.
Sprinkle salt and pepper over the eggs and then cover. It will be done when the top of the egg is white. If you have no cover, turn toast over when underside of egg is cooked.
Break eggs into a bowl or pie tin. Add one cup of milk, dash of salt, pepper and sugar. Beat or stir mixture with a fork. Saturate slices of bread, then put them in a hot frying pan with melted butter. Fry to a golden brown on both sides. Turn with a spatula. Use jam or maple syrup to accompany your French toast.
Helpful Hint: Cracked eggs can still be boiled if wrapped in aluminum foil to prevent the egg white from escaping.
Serve with toast and bacon.
Melt butter in your frying pan.
Break eggs into a bowl, add one tablespoon of milk for every two eggs, pepper, salt and mix well with a fork.
Pour mixture into a hot frying pan, stirring gently until it lumps up.
Don't overcook the eggs or they'll turn out rubbery. Scrambled eggs should be light and fluffy.
Fill a frying pan or pot with water, adding a pinch of salt and a tablespoon of vinegar (vinegar keeps the white together).
Break the egg into the boiling water. As the white is setting, baste the top of the egg with the water in the pot, using a spoon. When the white is well set, (top of the egg is white) gently slip the spoon under the egg and slide on to some toast.
Whether you like your eggs sunny side up, turned over, fried hard or soft, here are a few basic rules that will make them a success anytime.
Line a shallow baking pan with foil, leaving enough to fold across the top of the pan. Fill pan with suggested fruits. Allow one cup of fruit per person.
Arrange marshmallows on top of the fruit, (about four large marshmallows per cup of fruit). Fold foil over top of pan and heat on hot coals until the marshmallows begin to melt (about 15 minutes). Serve plain or over ice cream.
Put a ripe, unpeeled banana into the ashes of a good fire. Roast for about half an hour until the skins look black. Rake out the bananas and split them down the centre. Sprinkle the fruit inside with sugar and lemon juice. Eat as you like, with a spoon or your fingers.
Peel oranges and cut into even slices. Place in a baking tin in layers, sprinkling sugar between layers. (Brown sugar will add a nutty flavour.) Cover tin with aluminum foil and place over hot coals for about half an hour or until oranges are hot and juicy. Serve with ice cream.
Here are two ideas you can use when toasting marshmallows over the coals of the fire doesn't thrill your group the way it used to.
Core an apple and place it on a square of aluminum foil. Fill the core hole in with raisins, brown sugar and a dash of cinnamon. Wrap foil around it and bake for ten minutes on the hot coals.
Boil three quarts of water and add four small bars of plain milk chocolate, one chocolate peppermint patty and two large cans of evaporated milk. Mix all ingredients thoroughly.
(Increase or decrease amounts according to size of group-one person or entire camp. Serves approx. 18).
From: jim.speirs@canrem.com (Jim Speirs)
Article #125.