Category:Cooking

Cooking outdoors is a skill that differentiates good scouts from great scouts. The best way to learn to cook well outdoors is to learn by doing.

Various cooking methods are practiced at Scouts:

• Open fires
• Gas stoves
• Dutch ovens
• Backwoods cooking

Getting started

A favourite to start with is dampers. If you are cooking without utensils you could use a pressure-pack. Choose your cooking method, and have a look at various Scouting recipes to get started.

Pro-Plan charts

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PDF Pro-Plan Charts

• Camp Fireplaces (PDF)
• Fires and Cooking (PDF)
• Purifying Water (PDF)