1938 Forest Service lookout cookbook

UCanoe_2 · Nov 19, 2024

A cookbook for the guys out in remote fire towers. Today we would not want to portage some of the ingredients, but the recipes still whet my appetite.

https://foresthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1938Cookbook.pdf

Boatman53 · Nov 19, 2024

Thanks Ucanoe, I just skimmed it and saved for later reading.
Jim

ppine · Nov 19, 2024

Good traditional food. Re-supply came on the backs of mules. When you living outdoors you need more fat in the diet.

yknpdlr · Nov 19, 2024

These days, the Forest Ranger wilderness outposts in the Adirondacks are resupplied by helicopter.

BWCA66 · Nov 19, 2024

That was fun, thanks. My mom and dad manned a fire lookout tower in remote Oregon in 48 & 49.

FloridaJohn · Nov 19, 2024

Seems a bit extreme:

To get rid of ants place lumps of gum camphor in their runways and near sweets infested by them, or scrub shelves and drawers with strong soap, or inject gasoline, or place preserves, cake and other sweets attractive to ants in places where they can get them, then cover with gasoline, or kerosene.

Nick Pending · Nov 19, 2024

FloridaJohn said:
Seems a bit extreme:

Especially if a thunderstorm is nigh!

SouthernKevlar · Nov 19, 2024

Nick Pending said:
Especially if a thunderstorm is nigh!

And especially in a Fire Tower!

Thanks for posting. I now have the cookbook saved in my bookmarks for future use.

Gamma1214 · Nov 19, 2024

Nice find & thanks for sharing.

ppine · Nov 20, 2024

yknpdlr said:
These days, the Forest Ranger wilderness outposts in the Adirondacks are resupplied by helicopter.

Adirondacks may be State owned land. Around 5 -7 years ago the US Forest Service changed their operations to include more mule strings to save money on helicopter time. I have friends that contract with the Govt to move people and supplies with their mule strings as their main occupation.

1938 Forest Service lookout cookbook

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