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First Class Scout Cooking

Then to become a First Class or full fledged Scout, the applicant must pass the First Class Requirement No. 7, which reads thus in the Handbook:

Prepare and cook satisfactorily, in the open, using camp cooking utensils, at least one of each of the following three classes of food, as may be directed: (1) Eggs and bacon, hunter's stew, fish, fowl, or game; (2) pancakes, cornbread, biscuit or "twist," baked on a stick; (3) oatmeal or other hot cooked cereal. Give an exact statement of the cost of materials used and the number of persons intended to serve. Besides this complete repertory of the seasoned camp cook, the skilled Scout learns to prepare several primitive feasts, such as a Seneca Indian Dinner (as described by