This is a camp dish to be cooked over an open fire. I guarantee nothing
on a stove. I know nothing of stoves, and have a dark suspicion of
them. To make it: Place in a kettle half full of cold water either (a)
fish cut in chunks, (b) a couple of dozen clams, or (c) a half dozen
chunks of venison about the size of a tennis ball, depending on whether
you want a Fish Mulligan, a Clam Mulligan, or a Game Mulligan. Also
depending on what you have. Also a half dozen peeled potatoes and three
large onions. Salt and pepper, bring slowly to a boil. Add a handful
of cubes of salt pork or bacon. Simmer slowly until the potatoes
disintegrate. If you have the remains of a can of corn or a little
residue of cold rice or anything of like nature, drop them in. Next put
in all the stale bread or hard tack the traffic will bear. Dissolve a
tablespoonful of flour in a little warm water, and stir that in for
thickening. Cook slowly until you can’t stand it any longer, and fly to
it.