Re: scout is trustworthy/Patrol cooking
William H. Nest (wnest@BGNET.BGSU.EDU)
Mon, 30 Sep 1996 13:06:56 -0400
Well, you all knew it was coming...here's my $.02 on Patrol
cooking vs. Troop cooking...
Both have their own advantages and disadvantages, but I have
noticed one thing about Patrol cooking that I have not noticed while
cooking as a Troop--the closer ratio of an experienced scout to a younger
scout.
For example, I was the patrol leader at one time of the "new
guy" patrol, just to get them oriented to Troop life and all that
Scouting had to offer. On their first camp-out, they were so lost that
they wanted to go home. They didn't know how to cook anything, and
probably wouldn't have learned if there weren't someone experienced (me a
the time) to show them the ropes. The key here is not to do it for
them, yet to walk them through it.
Let's face it--good meals can make or break a camp-out; and
knowing how to cook them is a big plus. Also, if you cook in patrols,
you can swap meals with different patrols, and that way everyone tastes
what you've made.
I would prefer the Patrol Method of cooking whenever possible,
and I encourage it in my Troop, though now as a leader I just kind of
step back and let the Scouts do what they'll do.
Once again, another $.02 addition to the pot by Hank. *8^)~
On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Mark Arend wrote:
> Many places here that will
> >not accept checks, will accept checks drawn on the scout account. There is
> >the assumption that either we are rich, or honest.
>
> Must be honest, Dee. I don't know any Troops I would call rich.
>
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> //////////////////
>
> I've appreciated the recent discussion on Patrol cooking, costs, etc.
> because we are going to move from Troop cooking to Patrol. I've gotten some
> good pointers.
>
> Was at Camporee this weeekend and the Troop across the way had individual
> cooking; the boys voted that everyone would plan/purchase their own food.
> >From talking to the leaders it seemed to be an educational experience,
> especially for the kids that had run out of food by Saturday noon. Luckily
> the leaders had brought some extra.
>
> Mark W. Arend
> Beaver Dam Community Library
> 311 N. Spring St. Outside of a dog, a book is
> Beaver Dam, Wisc. 53916 man's best friend. Inside of
> (414) 887-4631 (fax 887-4633) a dog it's too dark to read.
> --Groucho Marx
> Scoutmaster, Troop 736
>
> arend@peoples.net
>
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