Meal planning for cub scout weekend campout?
Please help with meal planning for cub scout weekend campout! I need help with the food list including quantities. There will be 34 people total kids and adults.
The requirements are:
1.Real Cheap
2.Easy to fix (camp stove only)
3.Kids can prepare
4.Compact to haul
The meals are:
Friday
Late evening "cracker barrel" snack
Saturday
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Late evening "cracker barrel" snack
Sunday
Breakfast
Here are my suggestions. I tried to keep in mind the criteria as I planned.
The meals are:
Friday:Late evening "cracker barrel" snack
-1 large bottle Popcorn (bring oil/seasoning to cook on stove)
-4 large bags of pretzels
-3 bags peanuts in the shell (salted roasted)
-2 large bags of trail mix
-Beverages: Juice boxes & water
Saturday:
Breakfast: Pancakes (Use a commercially prepared mix) with blueberry topping (dried blueberries reconstitued with water and sugar), Bacon or sausage links, orange juice boxes.
Lunch: Hot dogs or peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, chips, a beverage & a cookie
Dinner: Here’s your biggest meal of the trip (a protein surge):Canned baked beans (Bushes is best), smoked kielbasa sausage(pre-cooked, dinner rolls & beverage. Cut up the sausage into small pcs. and add to the beans while heating them in a pot.
Late evening "cracker barrel" snack:
-Hot chocolate packets
-Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Crackers
-Beef jerky
Sunday
Breakfast: Breakfast burritos: Large flour tortillas, scrambled eggs, shredded cheese, diced ham (salsa optional).
Hope this helps
I hope these ideas help
CAMP APPLE DESSERT
1 apple, sliced, cored, keep skins on
2 tbsp. coconut
2 to 3 dates, chopped
2 tbsp. chopped walnuts
2 tbsp. brown sugar
2 tbsp. butter
A few mini marshmallows
Combine all in foil packages, set around coals of camp fire and cook 30 to 40 minutes turning every so often, let cool 15 minutes before eating.
CAMP FIRE BACON & EGGS
1 stick or roasting fork
1 paper sack
1 strip of bacon
1 egg
Place piece of bacon in bottom of small paper lunch sack. Extend over coals of camp fire or charcoal fire using stick or roasting fork. Be careful not to let bottom of sack touch the coals. As bacon cooks the bottom of the sack will be coated with bacon grease. When bacon is almost cooked, break egg into sack. Continue holding sack over coals. When egg is cooked, peel back top of sack and eat out of the bag.
AMERICAN FRIED POTATOES FOR CAMPING
6 uncooked med. potatoes
1/2 c. thinly sliced onions
1/4 c. oil
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
Prepare 20 charcoal briquettes until they are white hot.
Slice or cube potatoes. Add onions. Heat oil in skillet. Add potatoes and onions and fry over medium heat until golden brown. Turn potatoes and onions frequently until they are well browned. Season with salt and pepper. Makes 4 servings.
we tried this camping this year…..take ziplocks….have one for each kid….so they can prepare themselves…enough eggs to go around…at least 2 per person…have them crack the eggs in put into the baggies a touch of milk…and some cheese ham or precooked bacon…veggies whatever….you zip up the bag and mash it around with your fingers to scramble them so to speak…and put in a pot of boiling water for about 10 min or so and wallah you have omlets…..they came out really really good…i was impressed….
for lunched i would just do hot dogs on a stick over the fire…
plenty of marshmellows….lol….
one thing go to a price club for these things. You need to figure how much People will eat (eating habits vary) to figure much food you need to buy.
Friday
Late evening "cracker barrel" snack
popcorn in a pan
(optional) Chek mix or trail mix -premade before trip)
Saturday
Breakfast
chocolate chip Pancakes-
Bisquick mix,
milk,
butter
syrup
bag of Chocolate chips
Mix chips in batter, cook as pancakes
fresh fruit (apples/oranges/grapes)
(optional) bacon or sausage
for those who do not like pancakes-Eggs and toast (bread slightly fried in the pan)
or dried cerial (raisin bran)
Drink
hot cocoa mix
water
milk
tea (hot or iced)
Orange Juice
coffee (for adults)
Lunch
Cold cuts (large assorted packs)(try to get some ham-see optional breakfast tommorrow)
cheese (assorted packs)
sliced white bread
potato Chips
fresh fruit (apples/oranges/grapes
(optional) Peanut Butter
drink
soda
water
milk
OJ
Afternoon snack
Beef Jerky
String Cheese sticks
soda/water
fresh fruit (apples/oranges/grapes)
Dinner
choice hot dogs or hamburger
Hot Dog or Sausage on the grill
Buns
Hamburger
can fry on grill
Burger and Bun
or this method with tin foil
lg. hamburger patty
Sliced potato
Sliced onion
Lay hamburger patty on tin foil and spread onion and potato on top. Salt and pepper. (Carrots can be used also, if liked.) Wrap in tin foil twice or use heavy duty tin foil.
Place on charcoal briquets (directly on)-I hope the camp stove is a grill type. Be sure the hamburger patty is laying on top. Turn over in 15 minutes and bake on other side.
sides
Baked Beans
cut tomatoes
Cole Slaw
Potato Salad
drink
soda
water
milk
OJ
Late evening "cracker barrel" snack
S’mores (per person)
Marshmellow fluff can be heated on stove/mashmellows can be used-but with a camp grill and 34 people it will be too much
1 hershey bar
2 Graham Crackers
Put warm marshallow fluff on cracker with hershey bar and second cracker
(optional) Chek mix or trail mix -(premade before trip)
Popcorn
Potato Chips from lunch
Sunday
Breakfast
French toast
Bread from yesterday lunch
Eggs from yesterday breakfast
Butter
milk
syrup
fresh fruit (apples/oranges/grapes
Optional pan done Grill Cheese or ham & cheese grill if you bought ham
Butter the bread, slice of cheese in the bread, grilled
Hard Boil any remaining eggs for trip home
I am not listing ketsup, mustard, relish, tin foil, ziplock bags, cooking oil, butter, salt & pepper ,plastic plates, cups and silverware, trash bags, assorted spices, dish soap, cooking tools, and blue ice (or Ice to keep food cold) which should all be brought
These can be brought in 2-4 large coolers
Have a good time…,invite me next time, i am a great camp chef
Hello Indiana:
Prior to preparing any food, you should consult with each family to see if there are any food allergies that need to be considered. Peanuts & peanut oil is one of the deadliest. Soy is rarer, milk products are also allergens. If you do have someone with an allergy, their food must be prepared separately, and be extremely careful of cross-contamination.
Take plenty of prepared trail mixes and other snacks such as fresh fruit, crackers, loafs of bread, PB&J, and cheese.
Have fun!
Keep on Scoutin’