Backwoods cooking

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Backwoods cooking is a method of cooking without the use of utensils. It commonly takes place in the backwoods, often in combination with wild or conventional camping.

Method

Backwoods cooking is a method of cooking without the use of kitchen implements.[1] Some variants of backwoods cooking allow the use of items of cookware such as a cooking pot;[2] however there are many recipes without any. Some backwoods alternatives to cookware include: Aluminium foil,[1] fruit skins[3] and heated stones.[4] Traditionally backwoods cooking takes place over a wood burning fire because wood is the most available fuel source in the backwoods.[5] As a result some recipes include information about the intensity of the fire to be used.[3]

Scouting

Backwoods cooking is widely practiced within the Scouting movement. While it is most associated with scouting today, the term "backwoods cooking" pre-dates Scouting by at least 25 years.[6] Within scouting it may also be known as "lightweight cooking,"[7] which may also have a focus on using aluminium foil for cookware for much lighter weight cooking.[7]

Scouts around the world take part in different backwoods cooking competitions.[8] These competitions are often local in scope, group or district competitions, but some are held by national scout associations; such as that held by the Scout Association of Malta.[9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Scouts celebrate 100 years of the Scouting movement". Banbury Cake. 15 July 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2012. 
  2. ↑ Harry Matthews (14 August 2010). "Woodland Wonder: Harry Matthews". This is Bristol. Retrieved 5 February 2012. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Scott Wiggins (July 1997). "Backwoods Cooking". Retrieved 5 February 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Desert Island Cookery". The Calgary Daily Herald. 13 May 1933. Retrieved 5 February 2012. 
  5. ↑ Charles Stafford (1953). Backwoods Cooking. London: The Boy Scouts Association. 
  6. ↑ "A SAILORS' HUNTING PARTY". Detroit Free Press. 28 May 1880. Retrieved 5 February 2012. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Gerald Baerlein, Eric Colley (1961). Lightweight cooking. London: The Boy Scouts Association. 
  8. ↑ "Scouts prepare for the big event". The Observer of Sri Lanka. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2012. 
  9. ↑ "Scouts' first ever Backwoods Cooking Competition". The Sunday Times of Malta. 25 April 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2012. 
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