I came across this book today as a couple more old trail cookbooks showed up in the mail.

Backcountry cooking by J. Wayne Fears was published originally in 1980. (See here for the authors website). The book is fine but the vintage cover had me cracking up:

Love the guys tongue that is hanging out – with the little lady feeding him. Oh, those crazy old days
~Sarah






I wonder how she is able to hold that cast iron lid without getting burned?
I saw that as well and got a good laugh. She has hands of steel all while lookin’ pretty