Thinking about the topic of Philmont Ranger Stew caused me to make some for supper. While waiting for my wife to get home, I whipped up a batch of Philmont Ranger Stew right here in my kitchen.
Used an 8" cast iron skillet. Opened a can of peaches, poured the juice in a bowl. Dumped the peaches into the skillet, sprinkled with sugar and cinammon and brought to a simmer on the burner.
While that was heating, I mixed two cups pancake mix with the peach syrup, a little water and some more sugar and cinnamon to the consistency of pancake batter.
When the peaches started simmering, I added the mix by the spoonfuls until it covered the peaches, dropped dollops of butter on it and put the whole thing into the oven to bake at 350 for about 15 minutes.
After supper my wife and I enjoyed Philmont Ranger Cobbler and it was a lot better than Sara Lee Poundcake covered with cold cherries.
This led to a discussion and some reminissing by her. She asked if I remembered cooking a similar concoction with our oldest daughter in the backyard long ago. Yes I do.
Kathleen was four and I bought her the book "Three Days On The River IN A Red Canoe" for her birthday. When she opened it, I had to read it to her right then and there.
Well, it's got a fruit stew recipe in it so we had to go make some that moment in the back yard over a campfire that we also had to build. It was as daddy - daughter moment (or rather several hours) indeed.
I called her up. She is now thirty and I asked her if she remembered it and she quoted it off to me verbatum. She also reminded me of when I cooked it for over 200 canoeist on the Sabine River Labor Day Canoe Trip on her 21st birthday.
She sent me the following that she found on the INternet.
Somehow using Sara Lee cake and cold canned cherries and not cooking Ranger Cobbler is giving up some of the values that the organization has stood for through the years.
I challenge you to teach your Scouts sopmething besides open the package adn eat the contents.
I present to you "The Recipe" from "Red Canoe".
Enjoy.
John LeBlanc
EPISODE #9 THREE DAYS ON A RIVER IN A RED CANOE
Reading Rainbow is a production WNED-TV Buffalo, NY and Educate Media Resources, Ltd.
Page Three Days on a Riverin a Red Canoe
(GPN #9/PBS #109)
Author: Vera B. Williams
Publisher: Greenwillow
Program Description: Like the two children in the story, LeVar encounters exciting challenges as he goes camping with a group of young friends, including making preparations for a camping trip, setting up camp, and cooking fruit stew.
Math Concepts:
• measurement
• time
• money values
• estimation
• weight
• standard and non-standard measurements
• Cooking. In this episode, LeVar cooks fruit stew. The following recipe for dumplings and fruit stew can be found in the book, Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe:
Fruit Stew
3 handfuls of dried apricots or peaches
honey or sugar to taste
about 3 cups of water
Put the fruit in a plastic bag and add enough water to cover the fruit. When you are ready to cook, put the fruit, all the water, and the sweetening in a pot. Cover, and boil slowly. Stir often. Don’t let the fruit burn. If water cooks away, add more. This fruit stew should be juicy. Cook until fruit is soft—about half an hour.
Dumplings
1 cup dumpling-pancake mix (3 c. flour, 4-1/2 tsp. baking powder,
1-1/2 tsp. salt, 3 Tbsp. milk powder)
1/2 cup of water
Make a well in the mix. Pour in most of the water. Mix quickly. Use only enough water to make a dough as thick as soft ice cream. Lumps don’t matter. Push little spoonfuls of dumpling onto the simmering fruit as fast as you can. Cover. Cook until the dumplings are just done but not hard—about 10 minutes.
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EPISODE #9 THREE DAYS ON A RIVER IN A RED CANOE
Reading Rainbow is a production WNED-TV Buffalo, NY and Educate Media Resources, Ltd.
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This recipe serves approximately 8 people. Have students assist with generating a new recipe that will serve the entire class. Discuss with the students the difference between a specific measurement, such as a "cup" or "teaspoon" and a general directive, such as "handful" or "to taste." Experiment with how many pieces of fruit make a handful. Have them estimate how many handfuls of fruit make one cup and then verify an actual amount. Discuss how "handful" may vary from one person to the next. Go through a similar process with determining how much sweetener is "to taste." Decide which conventional unit of measurement they will use for the sweetener (e.g., cup, tablespoon, etc.), and brainstorm ways that they can arrive at how much they want to put in. Record decisions they make on a chart, so that they can convert their experimentations into a recipe.
• Money values. Have students brainstorm a list of camping supplies. The book and video will give them some ideas. Using a catalog that features outdoor gear, have them locate prices of the supplies they identified and determine the total cost for the gear on their list. If different catalogs are available, have small groups comparison shop for the items on the list.locate prices of the supplies they identified and determine the total cost for the gear on their list. If different catalogs are available, have small groups comparison shop for the items on the list.
• Figuring distance and time. Obtain maps of your own state and select some rivers or creeks that are often used for canoe trips. Contact a canoe outfitter for information about trips that people usually take, including names of popular stopover places, the distance in miles of different trips, a typical number of miles that a canoeist might travel in one day, how many miles a canoeist might go in one hour, etc. Have students work in small groups with large sheets of butcher paper and reproduce an outline of the state. Assign each group one of the rivers or creeks and have them draw it on the map. Groups then use their maps and the information from the outfitter to plot different trips along the river/creek. For example, what would a three-day trip look like on their map?
• Estimation and weight. Set up a table display with an empty backpack and an array of camping gear, including clothing, foods, cooking utensils, insect repellent, flashlight, compass, rope, pocketknife, canteen, first aid kit, sleeping bag, and other items. Have students estimate how many items will be needed to fill the backpack. Using the recording sheet on the next page, have them try filling the backpack with different collections of items and compare the totals. They can then predict the weight of the filled backpack and use a scale to determine actual weight.
EPISODE #9 THREE DAYS ON A RIVER IN A RED CANOE
Reading Rainbow is a production WNED-TV Buffalo, NY and Educate Media Resources, Ltd.
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Do-At-Home Activity
• Looking at distances on maps. Assemble some sets of maps that include a state map, a map of the United States, and possibly a city map (for very large cities), for students to borrow and take home. Provide parents with a list of suggestions for activities they might do as they look at maps together with their children. These activities might include: determining how many miles to the homes of various family members or friends, determining the distance to major cities in the state or in the United States, locating places to visit that are about one hour away from home, locating a place the family would like to go for vacation and figuring how long it would take them to travel there by car, and others.
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How many pieces of camping gear will fit in our backpack? Our estimate is __________ pieces of gear.
Make a list of the things you put in your backpack on the lines above.
We put _____ things in our backpack.
How much does our backpack weigh? Our prediction was:
Our prediction is: _____ pounds _____ higher
Actual weight is: _____ pounds _____ lower
_____ just right
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