[Sca-cooks] OT - Picking up the Pieces

[Terry Decker]

Really?  I learned how to cook (as opposed to following recipes) while 
acting as staff cook for a Boy Scout camp in Germany.  It was education by 
necessity and I was fortunate enough to have a GI mentor that got me started 
on out thinking kitchen problems.

Of course, I was also the crazy that carried a 70 pound pack including Dutch 
oven to camp in style.  For my 16th birthday in the field, I had baked ham, 
potatoes, carrots and a two layer chocolate cake.  I also taught a bunch of 
my tricks to about a half dozen other Scouts who liked the idea of eating 
well in the great outdoors.

You can learn to cook sumptuous repasts on Scouting trips.  It's just that 
most of the leaders aren't skilled enough to teach the Scouts how to do it.

Bear


> And there's this thing about knowing how to cook
> sumptuous stuff on camp stoves that you don't learn on Scouting trips.
>
> Selene