I tell the boys that I never ate normal on campouts. I think a big reason that the boys don't know how to use their mess kits (if they even have one) is the adults. Many of the troops I've seen in the Oklahoma City area carry enough cooking gear to start their own restaurant. None of it is the small personal mess kit. The boys have no Idea that you can use the mess kit like a personal dutch oven or that you can bake bisquits or other things in the fry pan / dish. I think making the Cooking Merit Badge an Eagle required is going to go a long way toward changing some of that. Maybe the boy
