Well, the boys are getting excited about cooking and last night we reviewed several of their Dutch oven recipes and the meals that they planned. They now learned safe food handling, meal planning and food nutrition. The boys are ready to cook something now. * 1/18 - we covered requirement #1 and if you scout missed that night, he needs to fill out page one of the worksheet. * 1/25 - we covered requirement #2 and if you scout missed that night, he needs to fill out page two of the worksheet. Homework for next Tuesday: 1. COOK A MEAL for parents, sister, brother, uncle, etc. - they plan, cook and serve the meal but will need your help with grocery supplies - a peanut butter sandwich does NOT count a. Please send in a signed note with what they served. 2. Complete page 5 of the merit badge worksheet - trail cooking 3. Complete pages 4 & 6 - this will require taking them to the store where they figure out the costs of their planned meals. You do NOT need to purchase these food items, unless they sound really good. What's next: Camping Trip on February 18th - This is where they finish the last requirements for the merit badge. Each patrol will plan menus as a patrol and cook as a patrol. They will also get to try Dutch oven cooking as a patrol. Get your boys involved in helping you cook at home as much as possible, this is a life skill they will need the rest of their lives. Hal Bates Scoutmaster - Troop 17 http://www.ScoutTroop17.org <http://www.scouttroop17.org/> 2204 Teal Court Burlington, NC 27215 HM: 336.585.1962 WK: 336.586.1325 MB: 336.269.2215 From: Bates, Hal Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 6:36 PM To: 'Troop 17 email List (List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)' Subject: Cooking Merit Badge - Update #1 We had a fantastic start to our cooking merit badge class and covered requirement item #1, if your scout missed this past Tuesday, have them fill our requirement one on the worksheet and all the information they need is in the book. They got their assignment to this Tuesday at our meeting, but in case they didn't write it down, here it is. Homework for this Tuesday: 1. Complete pages 3 & 4 from workbook (attached), requirement #3. We'll review this Tuesday and then they will need to visit the grocery store and costs for their selections. 2. Find and print a Dutch oven recipe, two requirements a. Something they like b. Something they think they can prepare c. We'll select the winners for our February trip Link to Cooking MB book - http://cid-78f2ca079eeb0929.office.live.com/self.aspx/MB%20Pamphlets/Coo king.pdf Hal Bates Scoutmaster - Troop 17 http://www.ScoutTroop17.org <http://www.scouttroop17.org/> 2204 Teal Court Burlington, NC 27215 HM: 336.585.1962 WK: 336.586.1325 MB: 336.269.2215 From: Bates, Hal Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 8:20 PM To: 'Troop 17 email List (List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)' Subject: Cooking Merit Badge Sessions This Tuesday, we begin our Cooking merit badge sessions. This is not an Eagle required merit badge but a required Troop 17 merit badge, every boy needs to learn how to cook. During the course of this merit badge, our boys will learn nutritional information, menu planning for both home and camping as well as learn how much it costs to provide meals. They'll realize why the grocery bill is so large each week. This week is our introduction to the badge, but like all merit badges, work will be required outside of our Tuesday meetings and will finalize everything by our February camping trip. Please print the attached worksheet and send it with your scout this Tuesday. Hal Bates Scoutmaster - Troop 17 http://www.ScoutTroop17.org <http://www.scouttroop17.org/> 2204 Teal Court Burlington, NC 27215 HM: 336.585.1962 WK: 336.586.1325 MB: 336.269.2215