Backwoodsman

Finally had the outdoor cooking session with my junior today. After weeks of last minute postponing due to other commitments, we finally worked this into our busy schedule ( not that i am very busy now. since i quit Melody of Eupphoria, i had quite a it of time actually).

Oh well, good thing i called clement to come along cos if not the session would not have been as enriching i would think. Not that i am not good(just not really good haha. must have confidence! =P) but he value-added to our session. He was able to teach mervyn how to sustain his fire better and how to handle a spade much better than i can teach him haha.

And so come to my strength which is cooking! haha. how strange it is that my strength among all other scouting skills lies in cooking when i don't even cook often. haha. guess cooking in mess tins or in this case backwoodsman cooking cooking without utensils, things become really different and even the usual chef will get restricted. haha.

I was really happy to share with mervyn some of the many creative ways to cook without utensils and it brings me much joy to know that he had learnt new things today and that he had alot of fun out it. heh. clement n i had tonnes of fun too! We overshot the time though and cooked till 8 plus. haha but cooking in the dark under the new crescent moon adds another dimension to our fun and excitement. Haha we cooked and savour our food. It felt really cosy and heart warming actually to cook together and eat together with the two of them. haha

so today's menu:

-Rice with preserved spicy si chuan veg
=> cooked in coconut husk. a tinge of refreshing coconut after taste and the salty and slightly spicy si chuan veg.

- Marinated Grilled Chicken
=> grilled on skewers made from branches. haha shave off the outer bark of the branch to reach the clean wood inside. Lightly salted and peppered. Grilled to perfection by chef mervyn

-Chicken Wrap in dough
=> Originally to be wrap in mud in real survival cooking but we decided to use dough instead cos it will be cleaner. wrap the chicken in dough and dump it into the fire pit. Crack the clay like hardened dough to get to the cooked the chicken.

- Bread with chocolate rice
=> Dough wrapped around a branch n toast over fire till it turns into bread. Mix chocolate rice into the dough for some sweetness. Bread with melted chocolate centre on a stick!

-Banana with stuffed melted cheese and chocolate
-Slit banana into halves and stuffed in cheese and chocolate rice. Warm gently over the fire till the cheese and chocolate melt. Taste much like fondue with cheese!

How weird can one get after enduring 2-3 hrs of smoke n grime? My junior started baking his own backside in an attempt to dry his pants which is wet due to sitting on the damp ground... haha ok lah i am weird too. I went mad with dough in my hand too. Instead of wrapping the chicken in dough, i found myself wiping dough onto people after some time. heh.

By the way, the mozzies are really really incorrigible. They suck like their have never tasted blood for their entire lives. Gosh. And i realised that i have forgotten about my garang side. Haha i got all whiney when the hordes of mozzies start coming after me. Thanks to the mozzy coil, i was saved.