Foreword
This booklet on Outdoor Cooking is presented to make outdoor life more enjoyable for the thousands of campers who take to the open fields, woodlands, and streams of America each year.
It is written to demonstrate the new aluminum foil way to cook out of doors ... endorsed by expert campers, camping associations, and rod and gun clubs throughout the country.
Alert campers who discover new uses for Reynolds Wrap (aluminum foil) are urged to write the publisher, Reynolds Metals Company, who will try to include them in subsequent editions of this manual ... thereby assisting other campers to a happier day afield.
Reynolds Wrap
What it is and how campers use it
Aluminum foil, as widely distributed under the name Reynolds Wrap, is pure aluminum. Reynolds Wrap is available at grocery, drug, department and other stores throughout most of the U. S.
Aluminum is often called the “miracle metal” ... and it is in the form of aluminum foil that its miracle properties are most evident.
Housewives line frying pans with it, wrap meat and fowl for roasting, etc. Campers wrap their food in it and drop the package in the hot coals of the campfire. They thus eliminate scouring pots and pans and washing dishes ... the unpleasant chores of camping out.
The heat-reflective property is, again, most dramatically demonstrated by the foil. It is used by housewives to line broiler pans and reflect heat upward to broil the underside of a steak (and to save on pan scouring). At campfires, reflective ovens are constructed of Reynolds Wrap—to bake bread, biscuits, and even small pies.
Wrapping an object in pure aluminum foil is a unique experience. No strings, rubber bands, or other fastenings are required ... the wrap molds to any shape, and holds it. By crimping edges, the package is sealed against moisture, air, light, and odor. Little wonder it is so widely used to keep certain foods fresh and moist. On a day’s outing or overnight hike, campers prepare several meals before they start out, wrap each in Reynolds Wrap, toss them into their pockets ... and all that remains is to build a fire and drop the “packaged meal” in the coals.
Reynolds Wrap cuts down “camp chores” and makes outdoor life more fun.... See the menus and recipes on the following pages for dozens of ideas, every one proved at the campfire.
CAUTION:—Obviously, foods and sandwich spreads that normally require refrigeration must be kept iced to assure positive protection.
