From: Michael Connelly (mrobertc@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Feb 07 2003 - 20:53:48 CST
My first trek was in '91 also and I remeber the bacon and eggs, and pancake
breakfasts. They were a great change of pace and I missed them in the later
years. Of course, I'm just a bit of a throwback. However, our Louisiana
troop continued to bring our rice, Tony Chaceries, and tobasco to spice up
our dinners. The soup mixes and rice made a great second main dish and i
would recommend it if they still supply the soup packets.
michael Connelly
>From: "Chip" <rcenci@twcny.rr.com>
>Reply-To: philmont@troop47.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont <philmont@troop47.com>
>Subject: [Philmont]: RE:Cooking Skills
>Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 19:44:58 -0500
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> Yep there seems to be a huge deterioration in the need to cook our foods
>even on the trail at Philmont. Okay so the cooking fires are gone, giving
>way to high tech stoves. In 91 I can remember cooked breakfast on the
>trail. I first saw no refrigeration bacon it was strictly heat and eat, it
>went well with the powdered scrambled eggs. That year we also saw pancakes
>with maple sugar that you either dumped in the pancake mix or boiled in
>water to make a syrup. The remainder of the trek we had the oatmeal, cream
>of wheat, etc. By 1999 boiling water for oatmeal, cocoa, and coffee was
>the
>only reason the stoves came out. Again in 2002 but this time some of the
>oatmeal gave way to granola and other finger foods.
>
> As Dr Bob said "program" or the need to get from one place to the next
>caused a lot of quick and easy meals. We are obsessed in getting there and
>not necessarily the journey, we tend not to stop and smell the roses as
>often as we used to.
>
> As a boy in the 60s we went to camp for two weeks, every session was set
>up for that length, the merit badges took that long to MASTER and learn.
>Today camp is a one week trip, merit badges are run through quickly and
>some
>of the boys are lucky to see and do the skills once.
>
> My troop has always gone to a patrol cook camp which our council runs.
>This type of camp is a dinosaur around these parts with all those dining
>hall camps all over the place. I have heard our neighboring state,
>Massachusetts, has banned patrol cook summer camps. Those councils still
>running patrol cook camps in New York are afraid that type of ruling may
>come our way too.
>
> I am not against change, after all I now carry my water in a Camel back
>instead of a military surplus canteen. I now prefer a rain suit over a
>poncho and my sleeping bag is down filled instead of cotton. All of those
>items got me through my first Philmont adventure and would work today but I
>would rather have the new stuff.
>
> Who knows, maybe those lightweight stoves we are carrying now will give
>way to solar microwaves or the trail food will be a little pills (Buck
>Rogers style). Beam me up Scotty I want to have a civilized dinner, I'll
>come back down for the campfire program.
>
> Chip Cenci IWTGBTP
>
>PS The only thing cooked at the Chuck wagon Dinner is heated up
>commercial
>(Dinty Moore style) beef stew. Strictly dump the can and heat.
>
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