noon
`` I 've resolved that on this job we 're going to live like people who are permanently situated . That chest there is a fireless cooker . My own scheme . In it now vegetables and a beef roast are cooking , and they 'll be ready by noon . I mean to make biscuits and bread and cakes and pies in my oil-stove oven , which is a dandy . I can arrange to do all that on the smoothest portions of the road . I 'll roll my biscuit dough soon now , and when we camp there 'll be fresh , hot biscuits , roast beef with brown gravy , and steamed vegetables all ready for us .