Great Camping Meal!

This morning I once again tried to cook some squirrel. I didn't expect to be successful because have ruined more squirrels than I can remember. Once I tried to stew one, but the potatoes turned to mush and the meat didn't even cook. Next day I baited a fox set with that same meat...  and the next morning I got a red fox. That's great and all, but just goes to say I couldn't cook. Well, last night I was looking through Horace Kephart's book Woodcraft and Camping, and I found a good recipe for biscuits and one for squirrel. I cooked them up, and... they were great! So I want to share the recipes with y'all. 

For the biscuits, mix 1 cup of flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, and 1/6 teaspoon salt in a Zip-Lock bag. Keep this until you are ready to make the biscuits. When you're ready to cook them, add about 1/3 to 1/2 tablespoon of Crisco and mix it with a wooden spoon really well. Then add water until it's a thick dough. Be sure to mix with a wooden spoon and not your hands. Now that the dough is ready, you can form your biscuits and bake 'em fer 15-20 minutes. This will make about 4 biscuits. At the end of this article I will show you how I made my oven. 

As for the squirrel(s), cut em up into pretty small pieces and parboil them. Now take them out of the water, season them, and fry them in Crisco until the outside is a light brown. I would advise eating with gravy.

The oven I cooked my biscuit in this morning was very simple. I took a small cup with a lid, although you can do it with any size, and cut a piece of hardware cloth that would fit into the cup when it was set sideways. Like an oven rack. Then I just covered it in two layers of tinfoil. All I had to do was put the biscuit on the rack, put the lid on, and set it in some good coals. If you are confused, look at the picture. 

This was my breakfast this morning, and like I said, it was great. I hope you enjoy the recipe, 
-Caleb