[philmont] Vegetarians at Philmont

How many meals had cheese?? for this summer I have one scout crew member
who is allergic to cheese too.

I'll contact Philmont to ask.

In 2003 we had a vegan in our crew. He had a bunch of stuff packed to pick
up at food pickups. Worked out fine.

Kim Pigorsch
Philmont '99, '03, '07
Troop 681 Outdoor Chairmun (sic)

www.troop681.com - troop website
www.sdicbsa.org - Council Website

San Diego, CA

>From: "R Fisher" <ghotier@texas.net>
>Reply-To: philmont@troop47.com
>To: "philmont List Member" <philmont@troop47.com>
>Subject: [philmont] Vegetarians at Philmont
>Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 18:45:03 -0600
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> > How do youth and adults who have chosen to be vegetarians
> > (not for religious or allergy reasons) handle their food
> > requirements while at Philmont?
>
>Several years back, there was a member of this list who was vegetarian
>(not religious reasons IIRC) who took his own food to Philmont without
>any problems. As Jim points out, the Guidebook to Adventure does list
>"special diets" as one of the factors for bringing your own food. I'm
>not certain what "special diet" entails; I would think that Philmont
>would repect a person's desire to not eat meat.
>
>For non-Philmont issued foods, each meal needs to be packaged
>separately, marked with the individual's crew number and itinerary
>number and the day the food is for. The food should be packaged in
>durable wrapping and securely sealed.
>
>Last year, we had a crew member who was allergic to cheese so we had to
>bring dinners to substitute for those with cheese in them. We wrapped
>each meal in a black trash bag, put our Crew number and itinerary number
>and meal (i.e. supper day 4) on each packet. The only problem
>encountered was when we got to the Ranch our itinerary had changed due
>to the Rivera Mesa fire and as a result so did the day for our Chuck
>Wagon dinner. Originally, we would have missed one of the cheese
>dinners so didn't bring a substitute. With the change we had to find a
>suitable replacement meal - but had no problems via Swap Boxes.
>
>IF you want the straight skinney, I'd call Philmont and ask to speak to
>someone in the commissary.
>
>Happy Trails,
>
>Roy Fisher
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Received on Fri Feb 9 01:42:49 2007