| 5:30 AM: Breakfast.
The camp cook and the cookees serve a hearty breakfast so we shanty boys can work hard all day. The table is spread with morning glories, sinkers, Murphies, doorknobs, red horse, and black lead. We have only 20 minutes to eat.
Cookee = cook's assistant
Doorknobs = biscuits
Morning glories = pancakes
Red horse = corned beef
Sinkers = doughnuts
Murphies = fried potatoes
Black lead = coffee |