Cook

Ranger Req. 3: Cooking.
a. Plan a menu and purchase the food for at least six people for a two-night campout with at least three meals.
b. On the campout in requirement 3(a) above, cook the three meals using at least two of the following three methods of cooking: fire/coals, charcoal, stove.
c. Demonstrate and explain proper safe food-handling methods for outdoor cooking.
d. Demonstrate that you can prepare backpacking-type trail food using a backpacking-style stove.
e. Without using any cooking utensils, prepare a meal with the four basic food groups for three people.
f. Cook an entree, a bread, and a dessert in a Dutch oven.

Examples satisfying the above:

• Foil meal lunch: ground beef (or pre-cooked pinto beans for vegetarians), cheddar cheese, pre-cooked potatoes, carrots, and celery double-wrapped in foil, cooked over coals. Cooking over fire (b), meal without utensils (e).
• Tri-tip steak cooked over charcoal. (b)
• Dutch-oven garlic bread (f): bread mix (flour, etc.), garlic cloves, olive oil.
• Entree in Dutch oven (f): Breakfast mix. Tater tots, pre-cooked bacon, eggs, onions, and cheddar cheese. Place tater tots and bacon on the bottom of the oven, break eggs over them. Once these are hot (eggs cooked), drizzle shredded cheddar cheese and diced onions over the top.
• Dessert in Dutch oven (f): cobbler. Cans of berries, cherries, and or peaches, pour into oven bottom. Mix Bisquick with sweet fruit juice and fruit pieces and spread over top.
• Another dessert in Dutch oven (f): Cake. Take any cake mix, mix according to directions, place in oven.
• Use a camp stove (b) to boil water for oat meal, etc.

Reminders:

• Bring plenty of charcoal for the Dutch oven and a chimney for easier lighting.
• Firewood.
• Backpacking stove.
• Dutch oven meals are best with most coals on top and only a few on the bottom.
• If the weather is cold, more coals are needed.