Cooking — Merit Badge — Scout Troop 79

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Ben B.Scout	☆	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□
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Finn P.First Class	☆	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□
Hazel S.Star	☆	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□	□	□	□	□	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□
Henry E.Second Class	☆	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□
Jack P.Star	☆	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□
Jameson K.Tenderfoot	☆	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□	□	□	□	□	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□
Kevin P.Life	★	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□
Lee P.Tenderfoot	☆	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□	□	□	□	□	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□	□	□	□	□	■	□
Lucy L.Tenderfoot	☆	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	■	■	■	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□
Oliver K.First Class	☆	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□
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Oscar B.Tenderfoot	☆	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□
Owen R.Scout	☆	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□	□	□	□	□	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□
Quinn B.Second Class	☆	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	■	■	■	■	■	□	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□
Solomon R.Tenderfoot	☆	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□	□	□	□	□	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□	□	□	□	□	■	□
Veronica K.Star	☆	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	■	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□
Violet B.Tenderfoot	☆	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	■	■	■	■	■	■	■	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□
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Requirements

From the official BSA merit badge pamphlet — wording is paraphrased here. Confirm against the current pamphlet for sign-off.

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Discuss hazards while cooking.

First aid for burns, scalds, cuts, choking, and allergic reactions.

Describe storage, transportation, and prep of meat, fish, chicken, eggs, dairy, vegetables

Discuss food allergies, intolerances, and food illnesses.

Food labels. Identify common allergens: peanuts, tree nuts, milk, eggs, wheat, soy, and shellfish.

Plan a balanced day of meals

Explain why to limit intake of trans fats and sugar

Track your daily activity and daily calories

Discuss your eating habirts

Discuss terms

Define common cooking methods (sauté, simmer, etc.)

Camp Stove vs. charcoal or wood

Discuss how to manage time when cooking

How do taste, texture, smell impact

Plan a menu of breakfast, lunch, dinner, and one snack/dessert

Make a shopping list within a budget

Share meal plan and shopping list with counselor

Using five cooking methods, prepare and serve

Time your cooking to be ready to serve at the proper time

Ask for a meal evaluation. Discuss what you learned.

Plan a camp menu for two days - four meals

Find recipes for the four meals and adjust menu items for serving size. Create shopping list and budget

Share your menu and shopping list with your counselor

Cook the meals using a camp stove, backpack stove, campfire, skillet, Dutch oven, foil pack, or skewer

Prepare a snack and a dessert

Ask for a meal evaluation. Discuss what you learned.

Lead the clean-up of equipment, utensils, and the cooking site

Discuss followed the Leave No Trace Seven Principles

Plan a one-day trail menu suitable for backpacking

Create a shopping list

Share your menu and shopping list include how to repackage foods to eliminate bulk, weight, and garbage.

Serve two meals on a hike from the menu cooking over a fire or trail stove

Ask for a meal evaluation. Discuss what you learned.

Explain how to divide to share load. How to protect from animal.

(Do any one of the following)

Identify three career opportunities

Identify cooking personal hobby or healthy lifestyle.