Just like our Chief Scout, we cook over open fires. If we've whetted your appetite, you might like to download the following Backwoods Cooking recipe booklet, courtesy of the 9th Barking & Dagenham. Click here.
Our Chief Scout
Bear Grylls stops for another tasty snack on his adventures - now get ready to watch Swanley Scouts in action
Preparation
Getting set for lamb hotpot - secret is to chop ingredients really small
Getting started
Main course ingredients now ready
Sausage in rolls
Take one sausage, impail on a stick, cook in the embers, place in a bread roll. Lovely.
Toasties
Ham & Cheese toastie cooked in foil
Firelighting
Getting started with the fire
Hell's kitchen
Smoke extractor fan leaves a little to be desired
Fire lighting
Nicely underway now
Wrapping the fish
Take one newspaper, soak thoroughly and wrap around a trout
I'm sure it winked at me...
"And if you think for one minute that I am going to eat this..."
Cooked to perfection
My compliments to the chef (me!)
Cooking time - 8 minutes
Sausage sizzle - lovely
Fishy tales
Enjoying the fish on one hand - but preferring the burger in the other hand. Our vesion of surf & turf
Unwrapping his dessert
Banana with chooclate, wrapped in foil and cooked
Preparing for pudding
Putting bananas onto sticks
Leave it to cool
Just a tad too hot to eat
Recipe
Take a banana and add chocolate drops
Recipe - 2
Or cook in foil
Too many cooks?
Can't beat cooking your own food around the fire
Washing up
Well, someone has to do it
Embers
Just perfect for cooking
Fish course
Enjoying the fish wrapped in newspaper
Cooking their toasties
Delicious ham & cheese toasted sandwiches
Lamb hotpot
Stewing nicely
Communal cooking
Good food, good company - what more could you ask for?
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