[Philmont]: cooking at Philmont

Oh learned sages of the list,

I have read with great interest the posts about pots and "bags" and cooking.
 I would like to hear from any crews who have had tried fixing all their
dehydrated dinners in individual mugs. That is split the food packets up
and add boiling water and rehydrate for 10-15 minutes in light weight
insulated 12 or 16 oz. mugs. I know the packets of potatoes and oatmeal
works well this way. On our shake downs we have tried that with the
deydrated entrees and they seem to work pretty well. It means you eat in
installments - but the boys liked the sitting around and talking time this
gave them.

I don't want to start a debate about the joys or rewards of cooking. I am
well aware of the team building and camradre generated by preparing,
consuming, and cleaning up a good meal. I am just curious as to how that
approach works, I have used this appraoch myself sometimes on BP trips,
but have only seen two of the PhilDinners (didn't want to spoil ALL the
surprises).

I would appreciate on or off list responses from anyone who has done this
at Philmont using the actual Phil food, and who would like to share their
observations.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Don Hall
Philmont Council Contingent Leader
Southwest Florida Council
3211 33rd St. Ct. W.
Brdenton, FL 34205
941-758-1583

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Received on Tue Apr 22 16:44:08 2003