Field Kitchen, Again!

[JPK Huson 1863]

Photographers seem to have been smitten with the cooking aspects of their camp visit; now I'm actively looking for these for Donna's forum, they keep popping up! The thing is, not sure any 2 have the same set-up so that's a little odd. One, other photo ( can't refind it at the moment ) has a small corral nearby, makes you wonder....... , no, no cattle in it, horses. )



Large sides of beef! Sorry, anyone who hasn't had breakfast.

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

 

[donna]

Some great kitchen finds. It is interesting that none seem a like.

 

[Seduzal]

I guess that never two kitchens were never the same is because; each regimental kitchen or troop, unit had their own cooks and there own way of setting up camp.
Sometimes I guess the was times they set up a kitchen to feed a large number of troops and other time just a few men. Also depends the the weather, do they have time to setup a tent?

 

[alan polk]

Photographers seem to have been smitten with the cooking aspects of their camp visit; now I'm actively looking for these for Donna's forum, they keep popping up! The thing is, not sure any 2 have the same set-up so that's a little odd. One, other photo ( can't refind it at the moment ) has a small corral nearby, makes you wonder....... , no, no cattle in it, horses. )

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Large sides of beef! Sorry, anyone who hasn't had breakfast.
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Wonderful pictures. In the first photograph, notice the fellow sitting next to the rear tent. Haven't seen a pompadour on a Civil War soldier like that before. Me thinks he might be a time traveller from 1983-- at a "Wham!" concert one moment then sucked into a time portal to 1860s!

 

[MRB1863]

Great photos! Can almost smell the smoke from the campfire. Another interesting peek into the past. Thanks.

 

[DaveBrt]

The first photo is on a river bank (you can see riverboat stacks in the background) with a railroad spur between the tent and the bank. The cook tent may have been supporting the men unloading the steamboats onto the railroad cars.

 

[donna]

As to the set up of s kitchen, I don't think any one who cooks sets theirs up like any one else. I remember my Granny's kitchen and my Grandma's kitchen, they were set up differently but both of them were superb cooks. At least we in the family always thought so. My Mom liked her kitchen a special way too. I guess you would say mine is a special way too. I imagine some of you who cook a lot, know what I am saying.

 

[MRB1863]

What you say is so true! Even when we go camping, I set up the kitchen differently that MrsMRB does. We each have our idea of ideal, I suppose.

 

[Patrick H]

Nice photos. I'm enjoying everyone's comments about them, too.

 

[johnnydef47]

always love the pictures of 'kitchens' as a side note how was the cooking set up? Was there a chef and cook for each regiment or was it more of an assigned detail?

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

always love the pictures of 'kitchens' as a side note how was the cooking set up? Was there a chef and cook for each regiment or was it more of an assigned detail?

There's a good question. Boy, you'd have to hope it wasn't a matter of an officer poking a finger at a few and saying " You and you, go cook! " When I first got married, seriously did not know how to make frozen peas because up until then it simply did not interest me. It didn't then either, everyone seemed to feel it should at that point, seemed a little one-sided to me. Might have been the same thing, where you learned to cook in a big hurry? Not for the marriage, but because it was the only job in town ( in the UK, while a student ) lied and said I could cook, was hired to feed an entire old people's home. Those poor people. Army food is legendarily bad, supplies notwithstanding, wonder if that's part of the reason.

 

[donna]

Some excellent kitchen photos in camp posted by JPK Huson. It is interesting to see who and where food was prepared.

 

[mofederal]

I like the field kitchen images. They show lots of detail and interesting things to see. thanks for the post JPK Huson.