Re: NEW MEMBER PROBLEMS
Beth Allerton (BETHPET@NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU)
Wed, 20 Apr 1994 09:42:40 EDT
Rob (and all): If most of the troop is not kosher, it would be unfair
to them (and more expensive?) to feed the whole troop kosher. If there
is no ASM or SM to remember the rules and to check with the places your
boys will be going to, then you or one of the boys could do it. Taking
responsibility for their own needs couldn't hurt. A few ph calls would
get you the menu. Bringing kosher food along should be possible, I know
there is a rule about cooking it, so maybe your orthodox lads would have
to eat at the campsite rather than ask the messhall chefs :) to do it
for you. (they may not have enough time/talent, etc) Eating in the mess
is informative and more fun, so talking to your camp people ahead of time
(NOT necessarily your SM, the guy in charge of the kitchen!) may solve
your problems.
My GS troop cooks as a troop. I will be teaching them patrol cooking
starting this summer. For a few years we had a vegetarian with us, and
a not-too-fussy mormon girl. Their dietary needs were always important
to us. We bought soup based on vegetable stock, and added meat at the
end AFTER the veg. had served herself, we didn't have caffeine drinks
(I mean coke & chocolate, not coffee) either. At times our vegetarian
brought her own tofu hotdogs and chili when we had planned something
too difficult to work around. She always was allowed to do so. I think
a troop should cater to the majority, but allow the minority to do their
thing. Sounds like your troop talks great "the party line" but won't
follow through. Another option would be to have a Kosher troop, to
accept the boys from the Kosher pack. Good luck.
Terry Howerton Sakima Group, Inc. SCOUTER Magazine Kansas City |
