Grandfather Alden, looking for some peace, packs his kids off to a remote cabin for a week, where they pore over the guestbook and make judgmental comments about other visitors who also bring their families to said cabin. Anyway, it pretty much goes on as all the Boxcar mysteries do, but this one's even more food-obsessed than the rest, as the mystery this time revolves around a lost recipe. There is a truly disgusting reference, however, to a culinary monstrosity of which I had not heard before - a whole chicken in a can. Bones and everything. Now granted I'm a vegetarian so chicken doesn't fill me with delight at the best of times, but come on. That just sounds really repulsive. And honestly kind of slimy...