Tonight our aim was to complete most of the cooking badge that was started back on the Back to Basics camp day up at Canungra. We started the night however with a Scouts Own, something we usually do on camps but didn’t get to run on the last camp. We listened to the story of ‘A Cub Scout Garden’ which reminded us of the values Cub Scouts live by and then ‘Stone Soup’. This yarn showed us that when we come together all the smaller contributions that we can make result in something much better for everyone. With the lights down low it almost felt like we were on camp!
Of course by now everyone wanted to play a game, so it was Macaroni Relay! Each Six had 125g of pasta in a bowl at one end of the hall which they had to get to the other end using a spoon. If they dropped any they had to leave it until all the pasta was gone from the bowl. Then as a team they could run out and collect one bit at a time, so it was really a good idea not to drop it and especially not tread on any that did get dropped. Only once their section was 100% clear could they sit and finish.
We then had a talk about allergies, and the difference between an allergy and intolerance. There was some great knowledge amongst them already about what are possible causes, symptoms and treatments for people with allergies. As part of the badge work we then played a game where the Cub Scouts had to find a recipe from a large group that a person with a particular allergy could eat. The game was then reversed so they had to find a recipe that the person could not eat.
Red Six took a commanding win when it came to speed, but every Cub Scout found the right recipes each time so it was good to see everyone understood the importance of looking after those with allergies.
We had a little break next with a game of Mad-Libs, each Six filled out their own words list and then Baloo read out the unseen story using their words.
This resulted in such classics as:
It was time to hit the kitchen. His mum heated the CARS, while JACK, mixed dough for the crust with his BOOKS – after washing them first, of course. His mum had bought whole wheat flour at the store which he kneaded into a perfect SQUARE crust, rolling it out nice and FLUFFY
There was plenty of laughter as the whole stories were read out.
In to the home stretch we had one task left for the badge work on the night, creating a balanced menu. First we had a look at a food pyramid, and a pie chart showing the same information. All the Silver and Gold Cub Scouts had seen this before, and most of the Bronze had seen it at school so this was mainly revision. We took note of which food groups we should be eating most of, and which ones we shouldn’t. It was then up to the Cub Scouts to create a days menu in their Sixes, via a game of course!
At one end of the hall were placed about 60 different food cards, working in their Sixes they had to send one person at a time down to collect a food type and slowly build up a days menu that was balanced.
Whoops how did that can of sugary drink slip in there, no problem just a little tweaking and the final results:
Lots of water to drink and nicely balanced.
The night ended with a Grey Wolf badge reflection being read and the presentation of two 10km hike badges.
Well done to everyone, there is just one task left before we can award the badges and that was sent home at the end of the night.
