From: John Sucher (jdsucher@alltel.net)
Date: Wed Feb 05 2003 - 21:26:52 CST
John et al,
I also claim immodestly to be a great cook. One of my favorite campouts started with planning at our Tuesday meeting. To sum up the general menu the boys planned were the following comments: "I'll bring the salt" - which he did; one pound of it. Another wrote on the board to bring "Raymond's noodles". Gentle coaxing did not dissuade them from this menu.
Saturday night the adults ate stuffed pork chops with portabella mushrooms, fresh bread, and freshly steamed corn on the cob. Topped off by my famous double chocolate cake/brownie concoction.
Of course by this time the youth were finished with their soup and beans (with salt).
Next time they made a great Dutch oven stew, but they didn't get my pork chops.
John Sucher, SM
----- Original Message -----
From: Johnlebl@aol.com
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Philmont]: One Giant Leap
In a message dated 02/05/2003 8:48:40 AM Central Standard Time, p2ranger@anvilgear.com writes:
Then on Saturday afternoon, dad showed up with a box of fried chicken and biscuts for his son "just in case the cooking didn't go well".
I am an excellent cook. Not bragging, just fact. As one man I work with said "John could cook an anvil and it would be tender and taste delicious". I took it as the ultimate compliment.
The way I learned is first I burned the shiskabobs for my second class cooking. Then I burned the meat to the bottom of the pot for first class cooking. I never gave up. Each time it got better. Finally I earned my Eagle. I don't need to tell you that there is quite a bit of cooking involved just getting there.
People have often asked where I learned to cook and I always tell them "in the Boy Scouts. Anyone that learns to cook on an open fire they built and maintain, can surely cook on a stove".
We learn quite a bit from our successes, but we learn a lot more from our failures so long as we keep on trying. As adult leaders, encouragement is the best tool we possess.
John LeBlanc
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