The cub camping week-end went well and the egg-tortilla was a hit.....

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joanietoo

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One of the parents donated the tortillas...I would not suggest using these. They had a bit of flavouring in them. The plain wraps are much nicer. How-ever the cubs devoured them.

I made the scrambled egg and wrapped a good spoonful in half of a tortilla as these were very large rounds. Wrapped the tortilla in plain foil as I inadvertantly left the Pam behind and these were warmed on the side of the fire....soo good and they did not stick.

I am writing this menu just to compare the simplistic and easy meals compared to the kind of menus we adults do for similar cook-outs!!!

(Although I'll admit we took some extra adult foods like, salt and butter, biscotti, dip and chip, tea, wine and beer for the end of the day.)

Menu: from the cubs week -end...very basic and simple....

Lunch:

Chicken salad, potato salad, tomatoes, lettuce, carrots....they picked as they were so excited.

BBQ: Chicken unmarinated, potatoes in foil, hotdogs and ketchup and mustard, tomatoes and lettuce, all of which they ate a reasonable amount...many marshmallows over fire.

Breakfast: Egg tortillas in foil, chopped up left over potatoes fried in bacon fat, bacon, baked beans, rolls....They ate like they had not eaten in years......fresh air, exercise and feeling right at home with the whole camp thing.

Pity it came to an end.

Lots of oreos, caprisons and some candies.

One of the games we played which was a tremendous hit was "egg toss". Two stand close opposite each other and throw the egg to the other, if caught they take a step backwards. Carry on till the egg breaks. Well, there I was standing on the side monitoring this game when an egg came sailing my way overhead...so, not thinking, I held up my arm...and yes, splat, it broke in the palm of my hand and trickled all the way down my arm into the armpit sleeve of my t-shirt. Ohhhh, urghhhh! that swim afterwards was so good!...Cub games are fun!

This one must be played in swim suits and near water to swim off afterwards.

 
that sounds like a fun menu for them. wish you had a video of your egg-catch smileys/wink.gif))

 
The potatoes in bacon fat sound sublime to me. We play the same game on July 4th, but we toss

a water baloon. Not as yucky as a real egg.

 
Joe, LOL, we used to use....

balloons but the broken bits are not turtle or fish friendly.
The bio-degrade-able eggs are just the ticket and the cubs love the yucky part.
One sweet little chap who has just joined actually said he had never seen inside an egg and studied the mess asking where the chicken was etc so it turned into a bit of a lesson too.

 
Joanietoo, for your next cookout with the cubs....

Here are some things we used to do with Girl Scouts (but don't tell them the girls made them!):

- for dessert, banana "sundaes" or banana boats.
Bananas, mini marshmellows, chocolate chips, nuts, raisins, graham crackers, tin foil.

Peel one side of the banana but do not completely remove the peel from the bottom. Remove 1/3 of the banana (they come sectioned in thirds so this is pretty easy) and eat that part. Place a large piece of foil on the table, position the banana in the middle, fill the cavity with marshmellos, chocolate chips and nuts/raisins, replace the peel, wrap well in foil and either put in the BBQ coals or on the grill. Just a few minutes till they are all melted & gooey, cool enough so their little fingers don't get burnt, scoop out with a spoon or eat with graham crackers.

- pigs in blankets: hot dogs, a tube of refrigerator croissant or bisquits, mustard, a nice long stick.

You can imagine how this works, on a paper plate spread out the dough, add a dab of mustard and the hot dog, roll up and skewer. Toast over the fire until the bread part is cooked. This is great fun to make for the kids!

- BBQ pasties: ground beef, potatoes, carrots, onions, seasoned salt & pepper, foil.
The kids have to finely chop the potatoes, carrots and onions (teaches them knife skills) or if they are too little do at home. Each kid makes a large foil packet, puts in a spoonful or two of everything, mixes, adds S&P and seals, place in coals to cook, turning carefully. These would take a good 30 minutes or more to cook, so delicious.

Somewhere in my bookcase I have a packet of recipes from a family friend whom I used to help when he was a cubmaster. If I can dig it out I will share it with you. This guy really taught his cubs to do all their own cooking! the recipes were not bad either, we ate well!

 
AngAK...LOL...we did these in Africa when I was small...the marshmalows were much....

firmer and a more flat round shape. The flavour was a bit more robust too. Then they brought in coloured ones which were awful.
I missed these on the yacht when we were cruising as our littlest was just 4 when we left and we had lots of braais (BBQ) where she could have learnt all about toasted marshmallows. (I did buy a number of packets before we left but they went solid sticky after a few weeks)
I was thrilled to find them on the islands here and so once again they have become a fav. dessert only now it is with the grandies!

 
Thank you for all these suggestions........

I will do the BBQ pasties next season. I have always made our own 'Dampers' as we call them...bush bread on a stick from Australia...the idea of using a tube of dough is interesting. I think I may just use that idea for a change, how long does it need to be held out over the fire? Not long I'm sure.
I so love doing things with the youngsters.

 
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