Cooking
Cooking is part of every campout, and the Scouts do it. Each patrol plans its own menu at a Troop meeting, usually two weeks before the trip, and the patrol divides up who buys which ingredients. The patrol cooks the meals on the trip, and the patrol box holds the stoves, pots and utensils (see cleaning a patrol box). Older Scouts teach younger ones, and the First-Year Program covers the basics.
Food for a campout is not a personal expense. Keep your receipts and submit a reimbursement request afterward. See payments and reimbursements.
Planning a meal
- Patrol meal plan: the form a patrol fills in to plan its menu, list the ingredients and record which Scout is responsible for each. Make your own copy to fill in.
Recipes
- Troop 33 cookbook: a folder of Troop recipes.
- Dutch oven recipes
- Chicken and sausage one-pot jambalaya
- Monkey bread in a Dutch oven
On the trail
- Philmont backcountry cooking: the crew procedure we use on backpacking trips.
- Philmont backcountry cooking method (video)
Stoves and dishes
- How to use a Dragonfly stove (video)
- How to wash dishes (video)