The Bayfield Bulletin, 1964-09-17, Page 6I.
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Page 6—Bayfield Bulletin—Thursday, Sept. 17, 1964
Bush diets run a tremendous
gamut. What happens to per-
fectly good grub runs all the
way from the sublime to the
ridiculous, something the way
it was in the wartime services,
when the saying was that there
was no food so good but what
a service cook could ruin it.
The first summer of pros-
pecting I put in was as helper
to Tom Aldous of Amos, P.Q.
Tom has been in the bush now
for more than 30 years and for
several terms has been a direc-
tor on the board of the Pros-
pectors' and Developers Assoc-
iation of Canada. He was a-
warded a Military Medal in
World War I, still wears the
scar from a wound suffered
then, fears no man or beast
and is probably one of the most
conscientious basic prospectors
in the business.
amins is automatically stroked
off the grub list.
Tom is of the "old school"
which dates back to the roar-
ing twenties when most bush
travel was afoot and grub was
mostly dried, dessicated, powd-
ered, smoked or knocked off
in the bush with handline or
"gamegetter" gun. Tam has no
use for guns, but loves to recall
the time when he lived for a-
bout two weeks on little else
but' speckled trout.
Delectable
Tom makes superb omelets,
especially when he folds a sub-
stantial slab of good cheese in-
side. They rise high and fluffy,
for no reason that I could de-
tect. Mine never got quite so
high. Dried prunes and apri-
cots bulk large on Tom's diet,
separately or mixed.
Bacon in the slab is a founda-
tion stone of the diet, and the
pinnacle is the coffee he brews.
Seven heaping tablespoons, plus
one for luck, brought to a
foaming boil, twirled three
times and settled with a dash
of cold water, set by the fire
to settle down. It was worth
surviving the day's tasks, just
to get a mug of this wonder-
ful brew. One cannot help but
wonder if one's chronic gastri-
tis is in part a legacy of this
particular addiction. Anyway,
the grub as selected by Tom
is adequate and good in every
way. The way he scrambles
bully beef with onions and can-
ned meat balls would surprise
Then, on the other hand,
there was my second partner,
Alex Mathias, of whom I .speak
so often.
Imagine to yourself two men
camped in a log sided tent ab-
out 150 miles north of Pickle
Crow by plane flight, cooking
on a Coleman. What did they
fly in from the Phirlsorc Bay
store?
Work is done. First comes
the coffee and cigarettes and a
rest and washup. Then the ap-
petizer. A salad, no less, based
on crisp crunchy iceburg let-
tuce heads sliced in half. Fresh
(imported) tomatos, celery
hearts, stuffed olives are lath-
ered with Miracle Whip mayon-
naise, salt and pepper is admin-
istered to taste, and away we
go, washing it down with grape-
fruit juice from the can.
Meanwhile, three large, thick
fresh pork chops are sizzling in
the pan, The spuds are boil-
ing and a can of tender little
peas heats on the side, or may-
be its niblet corn..
Now the meal proper starts.
Dill or sweet pickles or beets
are optional. White or brown
bread. Canned butter. A dish
of top brand halved peaches is
generously trimmed with can-
ned milk and stuffed down
with a handful of those choco-
late marshmallow biscuits. A
cup of tea eases the stuffed
feeling a little, or maybe the
coffee is made afresh.
The sun is low. The dishes
are done. The canoe sets out
on the lake. Three to four-
pound pickerel are caught and
released, just for something to
do. The eye embraces the sun-
set through the spruce, the
ducks and their little broods
feeding in the shallows, the
cagey beaver making a percep-
tible wake in the black and
scarlet waters.
It's sack time again.
Wonder Why?
The fact tha.t as far as I
know he is still actively at
work in the bush speaks: well
for his general savvy and bush-
craft. Whether he is' still ac-
tive because of, or in spite of
his diet, is one point which
leaves me in doubt.
First of all, he hates the
mention of vitamins. One time
when he was in charge of ' a
crew of university students on
a survey and sampling job for
a mining company, he got a
real live nut on vitamins in the
crew, and heard tittle else at
mealtimes. Since then he hates
'em with a real hate, and any-
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