Any Other Pinewood Derby Dads?

[buckeyefarmer]

There were scouts teaching cooking last year at summer camp, that were lighting their charcoal chimneys with white gas.

 

[forgeblast]

I remember that no matter what camp out we were at you had to cook over a fire until you were a 1st class scout. We did have gas stoves but for the most part everyone cooked over a fire. I still remember making eggs in an orange peal and when we go fishing for bullheads at night we will mud and bake potatos.

 

[RobertN]

That is one, that I would have had to talk to the Camp Director about.

There were scouts teaching cooking last year at summer camp, that were lighting their charcoal chimneys with white gas.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I remember that no matter what camp out we were at you had to cook over a fire until you were a 1st class scout. We did have gas stoves but for the most part everyone cooked over a fire. I still remember making eggs in an orange peal and when we go fishing for bullheads at night we will mud and bake potatos.

When I was in scouts I got real interested in "utensiless cooking". I did the biscuit on a stick, the egg in a paper cup, the hamburger on a rock, and a whole bunch of other meals. The other scouts liked to turn up their noses when I was cooking, but they thought twice when the scoutmaster was making them wash their dishes and I was off exploring.

 

[RobertN]

Especially after spaghetti... With canned sauce, it is so quick, simple, and feeds a lot of kids. But when they have to wash dishes twice, because they put them away with a red greasy film on them...

I've never seen that happen in our Troop

The other scouts liked to turn up their noses when I was cooking, but they thought twice when the scoutmaster was making them wash their dishes and I was off exploring.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

... But when they have to wash dishes twice, because they put them away with a red greasy film on them...

Invariably they'll try to wash the dishes in cold water. Teach them early to put the kettle on the fire when dinner starts. Then there'll be hot water when dinner is over, and they only have to wash the dishes once.

 

[aczlan]

Invariably they'll try to wash the dishes in cold water. Teach them early to put the kettle on the fire when dinner starts. Then there'll be hot water when dinner is over, and they only have to wash the dishes once.

Yep. Scrape the plates, hot wash, hot rinse, cold or warm rinse with bleach (depending on how much hot water you have) and you wont have to re-wash them later on.
Our guys like breakfast burritos in the morning. Do up sausage, onions, peppers and eggs together in a dutch oven. Eat in a burrito with your choice of salsa, sour cream, catsup or hot sauce. Almost no breakfast dishes that way.
Aaron Z

 

[RobertN]

Well, a 12 year olds interpetation as compared to SPL or ASM, of what constitues "hot" water varies widely

Our guys are instructed in, and have supplies in thier patrol box, to do the 3 pan method; wash in hot water, rinse in hot water, then a final bleach rinse.

Most kids really do not know how to do dishes any more, except to toss them in the dishwasher at home...

Grump(adult) Patrol at least, likes Dutch ovens, one pot to clean. Breakfast frequently is variation on Mountian Man/Heart Attack special; Dutch oven filled with bacon, onion, garlic, bell pepper, potato, egg, cheese... Toss that in some warm tortilla's...

Invariably they'll try to wash the dishes in cold water. Teach them early to put the kettle on the fire when dinner starts. Then there'll be hot water when dinner is over, and they only have to wash the dishes once.

 

[forgeblast]

Lol I remember the first bread on a stick I cooked up. It was burnt and raw at the same time lol.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Lol I remember the first bread on a stick I cooked up. It was burnt and raw at the same time lol.

Yes. I think that every scout has to learn that lesson the same way.