em in the oven under the fire,
cover with ashes, and put coals on top; new potatoes will cook in
half an hour, old ones in forty minutes.

"Now how is your fish getting on? Luckily you don't have to scale all
our fish; some you can skin, and some, like trout, you simply clean and
cook just as they are. This is the way you do a good-sized fish:"

BROILED FISH

Scale or skin, clean, and wipe dry. Spread open the broiler and
rub the wires with bacon rind or pork; cut the head off and split
the fish open down the back, and lay it in; hold the broiler over
the coals and turn it often; sprinkle with salt and pepper.

It was only a moment before the fish began to sizzle deliciously, and by
the time it was done, the potatoes were done too, and white as snow
after their black coats had been taken off. Together they made a
wonderful meal, and there was enough fish left for supper.

WARMED-OVER FISH

1 pint of fish.
1 pint of hot mashed potato.
1 beaten egg.
Salt and pepper.

Use any kind of cooked fish, removing the skin and bones. Mix the
ingredients, make into little cakes, and fry brown in a little hot
fat.

BOILED POTATOES

Choose those which are the same size, so they will all be done at
once. Peel them, dropping each one in cold water till all are
done, and then put them in a pot of boiling, salted water, and
cook gently half an hour. When soft, pour off the water, stand the
pot, uncovered, close to the fire, and let them get dry. Eat them
with salt and butter as they are, or mash them in the kettle,
adding the same seasoning.

Jack cooked these, and mixed the cakes and got them all ready to brown.
"What else are we going to have, Father Blair?" he asked anxiously. "I
don't think these will be half enough."

"I think I feel just like pancakes," said his father, throwing down the
book he had been reading. "I hope there's plenty of that prepared flour,
Jack. I think I shall want about six cakes; how many will you need?"

Jack said he thought he could manage with eight, if they were pretty
good-sized.

PANCAKES

Take two cups of prepared flour and mix with water (or use half
water and half condensed milk) until it makes a batter like thick
cream. Have ready a hot, greased frying-pan; pour in the batter
from a small pitcher.

"Sometimes I have these instead of bread to eat with meat, and then we
h