On 19 Jan 2005 13:52:55 GMT, Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

>
>> I first got interested in cooking as an 11 year old Boy Scout. I
>> figured there had to be something better to eat in the great outdoors
>> than a burnt hot dog. Like a lot of men, I still think the combination
>> of meat and coals from a wood fire is hard to beat.
>
>For my cooking merit badge, on a camping trip, we were given an assortment
>of foods to use which included dried fruit (apricots, prunes, etc.) and a
>box of Bisquick. Everybody else made stewed fruit and biscuits. I stewed
>and mashed the fruit, made a pastry dough from the Bisquick and made fried
>fruit pies.
>
<snip>
>Wayne
Even then you had the makings of a creative cook!

Cheers,

Leonard

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:30:00 GMT, Leonard Lehew
> wrote:

>I first got interested in cooking as an 11 year old Boy Scout. I
>figured there had to be something better to eat in the great outdoors
>than a burnt hot dog. Like a lot of men, I still think the combination
>of meat and coals from a wood fire is hard to beat.

Not just men. I was a campfire girl and I loved cooking over the
campfire. Still do.

--
Siobhan Perricone
Humans wrote the bible,
God wrote the rocks
-- Word of God by Kathy Mar

On Wed 19 Jan 2005 02:59:25p, Leonard Lehew tittered and giggled, and
giggled and tittered, and finally blurted out...

> On 19 Jan 2005 13:52:55 GMT, Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>
>>
>>> I first got interested in cooking as an 11 year old Boy Scout. I
>>> figured there had to be something better to eat in the great outdoors
>>> than a burnt hot dog. Like a lot of men, I still think the combination
>>> of meat and coals from a wood fire is hard to beat.
>>
>>For my cooking merit badge, on a camping trip, we were given an
>>assortment of foods to use which included dried fruit (apricots, prunes,
>>etc.) and a box of Bisquick. Everybody else made stewed fruit and
>>biscuits. I stewed and mashed the fruit, made a pastry dough from the
>>Bisquick and made fried fruit pies.
>>
> <snip>
>>Wayne
> Even then you had the makings of a creative cook!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Leonard
>

Thanks! I enjoy being creative in the kitchen, but I also like very
traditional cooking with prescribed recipes, although I do take liberties.
;-)

Wayne

Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
: I still have a copy of _Betty Crocker's Cook Book for Boys and Girls_,
: copyright 1957. I actually cooked a meal for the family every now and
: then from it (I was 9 when I got the cookbook). What was pretty cool
: for the time was it was a "Boys and Girls" cookbook, not one just
: aimed at girls.. OTOH, the cover shows Mom and Daughter working away
: using beater and spoon in batter laden bowls, while Son is in the
: background tasting something out of a casserole <g>

Wow. I have the 1970 printing of the same cookbook. I'm amazed I still
have it (I'm the anti-PackRat.) On the cover of the 1970 version, it
shows a proud boy in a chef's hat holding a chocolate cake that he's
apparently just frosted while his very impressed sister (girlfriend?) and
younger brother gaze on admiringly.

I think the only thing I ever made from it was biscuits.

I also have the 1970 "Peanuts Cook Book" with chef Linus on the cover.
Don't think I ever made anything from it.

My first real cooking from a book experience was from a BHG cookbook of
the same year. Hot German Potato Salad. I vividly remember my father
**complimenting** me on how good it was. I was embarrassed because I
never complimented my mother on her cooking. But I was pleased too.

TammyM in Sacramento, California