Cooking Merit Badge - Update #3
- From: "Bates, Hal" <HBates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 14:41:38 -0500
Sounds like several of you were treated to some very nice meals from our
scouts this past week. The cooking merit badge is not an Eagle required
badge, but we feel strongly that our boys need to learn the life skill
of planning, budgeting and preparing meals for themselves and others.
Homework for next Tuesday:
1. Complete requirements 3, 5c & d , this is measuring weight
(some good educated guessing may be necessary) and selecting food
utensils for the meal.
2. Complete requirements 7 (Meal Planning) & 8 on cooking career
opportunities.
We will discuss these requirements and plan our meals for our upcoming
camping trip. We will be cooking by patrols where the boys plan their
menus and divide up who brings the food for the trip. The boys will be
responsible for purchasing the food and preparing breakfast, lunch and
dinner for Saturday, the leaders will prepare breakfast on Sunday.
We will be completing all the requirements required to complete the
badge on our camping trip. If a scout is unable to camp with us, he will
also have the opportunity to complete the cooking requirements on the
next two trips.
Link to Cooking MB book -
http://cid-78f2ca079eeb0929.office.live.com/self.aspx/MB%20Pamphlets/Coo
king.pdf
Should you have any questions, please let me know.
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: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 9:16 AM
To: 'Troop 17 email List (List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)'
Subject: Cooking Merit Badge - Update #2
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
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