Scout Outdoor Cooking

About Outdoor Cooking

One of the best parts of camping, at any age, is enjoying delicious meals prepared in the great outdoors. Whether you're planning a camping adventure with a full scout troop or if you're just heading of to enjoy the great outdoors with your family or friends, be sure that you pack everything you need to enjoy delicious outdoor meals during your trip.

When preparing for your camping trip, spend some time thinking about what types of meals you're likely to prepare so you'll know what types of supplies you need to pack. While it's important to take everything you need, it's also necessary to avoid taking things that aren't necessary. The supplies you'll need for a two person backpacking trip, where space and weight are primary concerns, are very different from what you'll need to take if going tent camping with large group of people.

Outdoor Cooking Supplies

Some of the food preparation supplies you might need during your camping trip include:

• Aluminum foil
• Box Oven
• Cast iron skillet
• Charcoal
• Coleman stove

• Cooking spray
• Cutting board
• Dish soap
• Dutch oven
• Griddle
• Knife set
• Lighter Fluid
• Oven mitt
• Portable grill
• Spatula
• Spoon

Resources for Scout Outdoor Cooking Recipes

Many of the recipes that you enjoy at home taste even better when prepared in the great outdoors. If you have a favorite hamburger recipe, or special marinades that you use when grilling in your backyard, you can certainly prepare them during camping trips.

A number of recipes people seem to reserve for camping adventures, even though they could also be prepared and enjoyed at home.

There are many online resources where you can find free scout outdoor cooking recipes, including:

• MacScouter: Written by scouters for scouters, this site is an excellent resource for outdoor cooking ideas. You can download several documents filled with scouting recipes in Word or pdf files, including:
  • A Taste of Troop 928 Cookbook by Dennis Schmitt
  • The Dutch Oven Cookbook by Mike Audleman and John Lyver
  • The Geezer Cookbook by Dwayne Pritchett
  • Philmont Country Cookbook by Dennis Schmitt, Joe Corby, James "Jop" Joplin, and Larry E. Warlick
  • Many other documents filled with great outdoor recipes and tips
• Netwoods Virtual Campsite – Here you'll find a large selection of outdoor cooking recipes appropriate for every type of camping adventure. Whether you'll looking for meal ideas for a backwoods hike or you need suggestions for how to feet a full troop of boy scouts, you'll find many great ideas on this site.
• Scouting the Net contains links to an extensive selection of scouting recipes and outdoor cooking suggestions, including booklets compiled by several different scout troops and several documents that provide Dutch oven recipes and cooking tips.

There are also a number of books that focus on recipes appropriate for scouting and camping, including:

• The Scout's Outdoor Cookbook by Christine and Time Conners
• 101 Things to do With a Dutch Oven by Vernon Winterton
• Camp Cooking: 100 Years by The National Museum Of Forest Service History.
• Cooking On A Stick: Campfire Recipes for Kids by Linda White
• The Leave-No-Crumbs Camping Cookbook: 150 Delightful, Delicious, and Darn-Near Foolproof Recipes from Two Top Wilderness Chefs by Rick Greenspan and Hal Kahn

Enjoying Outdoor Cooking

With so many excellent resources for scout outdoor cooking recipes, there's no reason not to enjoy delicious meals on your next camping trip. Spend a little time before your trip deciding what types of recipes you want to prepare, pack accordingly, and get ready for some great camping cuisine.