Many yrs ago in one of Nash Buckinhams stories, he mentioned that Fred Kimble had made his own powder which he "Cooked" up on the stove, referred to it as a "Brown Powder". I recently read a story which brought this to mind. A man was reminicing about his grandmother, whom he said had Squirrel & Gravy every morning for breakfast. She shot her own squirrel with a flintlock rifle for which she also made her powder. This powder was made from a combination of saltpeter, which she obtained from chicken manure, & cooked up on her stove with a mixture of Sugar. It seemed a large amount of work, but she had little actual cash, & cooked off about a lb at a time which lasted her for quite a while as all she used it for was "Breakfast squirrels". She measured it into her rifle with a thimble he said.
