Re: [Philmont]: desert suggestions

on 4/3/04 9:36 PM, Michael G. Heitmann at n0so@charter.net wrote:

> osuallen@cox.net wrote:
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>> We are Expedition 612. Our last night is at Miners Park. It is also my
>> son's 16th birthday. He has kind of mixed emotions. He thinks it is a neat
>> way to spend his birthday, but he is bummed that he does not get to take his
>> driving test that day.
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>> To kind of help smooth things over I wanted to have a special desert for
>> dinner that night. Something that is not real difficult or time consuming
>> (and does not weigh a ton since I will be carrying it the entire way), but a
>> step above what we will have had the previous several evenings.
>>
>> Any suggestions will be appreciated.
>>
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> On one of our treks a few years back, a member of our crew celebrated a
> birthday on the trail. One of the advisors in our group brought a
> backpacker's oven that can be used to bake things (like a small birthday
> cake) on top of a backpacking stove. We brought supplies from home to
> bake a small cake on the trail in his oven. We planned to pack them with
> us. When we mentioned this to the logistics people, they asked what day
> the birthday was and then offered to arrange for us to pick up our extra
> supplies as part of our first food pickup, which just happened to be on
> the crew member's birthday. We were even able to surprise the young man
> with the cake and a few items supplied by his parents as treats (M&M
> candies and an extra disposable camera, along with a birthday card). It
> made the day for the birthday boy. FYI: We practiced baking cakes in the
> oven before we left home.
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> Take the supplies, ask to have them with your food pickup, if they say
> no, pack the extra stuff. I bet you can get your crew to help out. Ours
> even managed to keep it a secret until the lad's birthday.
>
> YIS,
> Mike
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> Mike Heitmann
> SA, Troop 975, St. Charles, Missouri
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You can also bake a cake with just the frying pan and the large pot you hve
with you, so all you need to carry is the cake mix. It does use a moderate
amount of fuel, however. Make the cake mix, and put it into an oiled pan.
Then put a little water in the large pot and set the frying pan in the water
bath. It will cook this way. If you cook it long enough it is like a
regular cake. I've found that the boys often prefer the cake a little
undercooked and doughy.
Charles Goodwin, MD, Scoutmaster Troop 236, Kettering Ohio
Philmont 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004

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