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Chuck Wagon Etiquette

One Possible Guide for Surfski Cookie Eater Manners

(found a number of places including https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-chuckwagon/, but not aware of original source)

  • No one eats until Cookie calls
  • When Cookie calls, everyone comes a runnin’
  • Hungry cowpokes wait for no one. They fill their plates, fill their bellies, and then move on so stragglers can fill their plates
  • Cowpokes eat first, talk later.
  • It’s okay to eat with your fingers. The food is clean
  • If you’re refilling the coffee cup and someone yells “Cowpoke at the pot.” You’re obliged to serve refills.
  • Don’t take the last serving unless you’re sure you’re the last one.
  • Food left on the plate is an insult to the cook.
  • No running or saddling a horse near the wagon. And when you ride off, always ride downwind from the wagon.
  • If you come across any decent firewood (read cookies, coffee, pie, treats), bring it back to the wagon
  • Strangers are always welcome at the wagon.