Rising Dough

Recommended Reading

Highly recommended reading for Parents, Leaders, and gormet Scout cooks and eaters:

• Camp Cookery for Small Groups, Arthur J. Walrath, ed., 1967, BSA
  
• Dutch Oven Cooking, John G. Ragsdale
  
• Camper's Guide to Outdoor Cooking, John G. Ragsdale
  
• Outdoor Skills Instruction - Cooking, BSA
  
• Venture manuals
  
• Winter Camping - Backpacking, BSA
  
• Woods Wisdom, BSA
  
• Tom Brown's Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants, Tom Brown, 1985
  
• Stalking the Wild Asparagus, Euell Gibbons, 1970
  
• Roughing It Easy; 2nd edition., 1994, Dian Thomas

Eating well is not just part of the fun of camping. It is important to eat well to replace the energy used in the hiking and activities that busy scouts are prone to do. High fluid intake and high caloric intake are needed. Seasonal changes may demand over 3,000 calories per day. The food pyramid is a guide for meal planning. The Pyramid can change with camping. The high calorie diet of campers uses more fats during colder weather. Try to take the bulk of the food from the carbohydrate group.

We have tried not to duplicate the many books available on camp cooking (see additional reading list). We have tried to place our own stamp on the type of cooking that our troops like, but do not limit yourself to the recipes, invent your own.  The following recipes are for the adventuresome who would like to try different things. Great, but try them at home first, not 20 miles out on the trail. Take special note of any dietary needs of scouts and adults. Allergies to foods are common. Don't forget the duty roster. It will save time on determination of who's turn to do what.