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Maystar Family Cookbook

Kids' and Camping Recipes

 

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CAMP BREAKFAST
EGG IN A PAPER SACK
HOBO STEW
BARBECUED CORN
SHISH KEBABS
PLAYDOUGH
PLAYDOUGH 2
BUBBLES
FINGER PAINT
SALT GARDEN
SUGAR CRYSTALS
PEAR BUNNIES
RAGGEDY ANN PUDDING

Introduction

Breakfasts

Breads & Rolls

Soups, Salads,
and Sandwiches

Vegetables

Beef, Veal,
Ham, and Pork

Poultry

Seafood

Beans

Oriental

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Pasta

Casseroles
and Misc.

Cookies

Cakes & Icing

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Candy

Holiday Recipes

Appetizers, Sauces

Canning, Misc.

Kids' and Camping
Recipes


CAMP BREAKFAST - JUDY BELL

This is handy, because you can make it from canned foods stored in your trailer

2 large cans canned potatoes
1 small can salsa
1/2 pkg. bologna left over from yesterday's sandwiches
6 - 8 eggs
4 Tbsp. butter

Fry diced bologna in butter and aside while you open and drain potatoes and cut into slices. In a separate pan fry potatoes with salsa (the salsa removes the "canned" taste and is magnificent added to fried potatoes.)

Now you are ready to scramble the eggs with the bologna. Just add 5 hungry kids, rolls and juice.

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EGG IN A PAPER SACK - RYAN & RANDY HANKS

Take a brown paper sack---lunch size. Place strip of bacon or two in the bottom of the paper bag. Break an egg over the bacon. Twist top of sack and hold over - NOT IN - campfire on a long stick until egg is done. (This works, trust us.)


HOBO STEW -RANDY AND RYAN HANKS

Make squares of foil - double thickness. Peel and cube potatoes and carrots. Dice onions. Crumble up hamburger. Place on foil. Add salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with water and wrap up tightly in foil. Place bundles in hot coals until done. We don't know how long it takes to cook them, but it is always too long, because you are starving to death. If coals don't cover bundles completely, you might have to turn them over now and again.

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BARBECUED CORN - RYAN AND RANDY HANKS

Strip husks and silk from corn. Rub with butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Wrap in foil and roast on a rack over hot coals for 20 to 30 minutes. Don't forget to turn them occasionally.


SHISH KEBABS - BILL HAMBLIN

Steak, cubed (and marinated if you like) tomato chunks
green pepper slices
large mushrooms
pineapple slices
small onions

Grill about 3 inches from coals. Brush meat frequently with melted butter or olive oil. Turn to brown evenly. Takes about 8 to 12 minutes.

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CHILDREN'S SECTION

We use this designation with an apology. Our children can and do cook anything the adults can. Our five year olds have baked bread with only a little assistance and only a little older have done it alone. They cook and bake everything from omelets to mousse. Many of the teenagers are the family cook for moms and dads who work all day. You will find many of their recipes in the other chapters. This section, therefore, 'fun' things to make for even preschoolers.

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PLAYDOUGH - KAY STARK

1 Cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 cup water
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
2 tsp. cream of tartar
few drops of food coloring

Mix ingredients together in a saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring often until it forms a ball. Pour out and knead it well. Keep in a covered plastic container.

 

PLAYDOUGH 2

1 - 1 lb. pkg. baking soda
1 cup corn starch
1-1/4 cups water

Mix together in saucepan and heat to boiling; stirring constantly. Remove from heat as soon as mixture reaches a dough-like consistency. When cool enough to handle, knead slightly.

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BUBBLES - KAY STARK

1 cup water
1/3 cup dishwashing liquid (Dawn is best)
1 Tbsp. sugar

Mix all ingredients together. Can make great bubble blowers from pop can rings.

 

FINGER PAINT

1 cup wallpaper paste
1/4 cup warm water
1/2 tsp. oil of cloves
1 - 2 Tbsp. vegetable color or poster paint

Shake paste into water. Beat out lumps. Let stand 15 minutes before stirring in oil of cloves and color.

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SALT GARDEN

4 Tbsp. laundry bluing
4 Tbsp. Ammonia
4 Tbsp. Water

Wet charcoal briquettes or broken chunks of porous rocks or bits of sponge or coal. Mix together bluing, ammonia and water and pour over briquettes or etc. Sprinkle table salt on briquettes and wait a few hours for crystals to form. If you want a reddish hue add red food coloring or mercurochrome. Other food colors may be used too, but do not substitute for the bluing---it is essential. Do not use a metal bowl. Do not let crystals get on furniture

 

SUGAR CRYSTALS - HAVEN SCHRECK

Make a sugar and water syrup. Stir sugar until it dissolves. Turn off stove. Pour into heat-safe bowl. Take a pencil. Tie a piece of foot-long string in middle of pencil. Hang pencil over bowl so that it does not fall in. Leave several days until crystals form on string.

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HELPING MOM RECIPES

When mom or grandma is making bread give each child some dough of their own to make small loaves or rolls or their own invention.

The following are from Lynn Hanks, who was in charge of a pre-school and planned the meals so that the children could help with part of each one.


PEAR BUNNIES

Place 1/2 pear (bunny body) on a lettuce leaf. A mini marshmallow on a toothpick becomes the tail, or just place it in the right spot against the body. A red hot is used for eyes, coconut for whiskers and carrot curls for ears and your bunny is ready to gobble.

RAGGEDY ANN PUDDING

Make vanilla pudding for the children. They can use crushed vanilla wafers for the hair, banana slices or raisins for eyes and cherry slivers for the mouth.

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