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The Scouts Outdoor Cookbook Falcon Guide
The Scouts Outdoor Cookbook Falcon Guide
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5 Stars very pleased!
Being new at Dutch Oven cooking, this cookbook has some practical recipes that are easy for the beginner. Lots of helps for the novice and more recipes for the experienced!
4 Stars book review
I bought this book for the dutch oven recipes and I really like that it told me (a novice dutch oven cook) specific steps, including how many coals to use. I’ve made the basic bread recipe twice and it is fantastic! Made me feel pretty good to be successful with a recipe rated “moderate”!
5 Stars Great Book…..Especially For Beginners
If you search out my reviews you will see that I have written up opinions on more than a dozen outdoor cookbooks. Cooking around an open fire, especially one pot dinners, has been a life long passion of mine. Some of the best meals I will ever come to remember have been created over an open fire on a hike or camping trip in years past. It has been my experience that most campfire cookbooks are all about a writers style. That is, a presumption from the author of just how much true pioneer spirit you posses. Most have pretty much the same recipes, give a teaspoon of this and a dash of something or other of that. The true diversity comes in the writing style. The best books lie somewhere between an author assuming you have never step foot in the savage wilderness with a pot and utensils in hand, and one that assumes we are all descendants of Daniel Boone. The Scouts Cookbook is one that balances both those extremes very well, as well as one I have owned and enjoyed for quite some time. It has always been one of my favorites for it is very elementary in its description, tips, common sense, and above all, possessing a wealth of very clear and in most cases truly delicious recipes of all kinds. Even though I consider myself well past the need to read the basics of campfire cooking 101 included in this book, I still enjoy browsing it anyway on occasion. I just happen to find the authors common sense so easy and entertaining to read and digest that I have come to enjoy it often. The actual recipes in this book are both very easy to follow and diverse. Everything from a wealth of one pot dinners, to campfire pizza and apple squares. And the other things that other reviewers here have mentioned, like the number of coals to use and the distance over the fire to consider with certain recipes are correct in their being numerous and helpful. Whether you are a true novice as to the outdoor culinary arts, or are such a true master that you own a custom made tool belt for your cooking performance, I consider this book to be one of the best outdoor cookbooks I own. I highly recommend it to all…
5 Stars Best outdoor cookbook I have come across
The best outdoor cookbook I’ve found yet. The book is well organized, the recipes easy to understand, and each recipe has a symbol that denotes the type of cooking required (fire, dutch oven, backpack stove, etc…). The recipes all look reasonably simple to prepare, and give prep instructions. Most cookbooks look great and have little useful substance. The recipes are by experienced scouters who have had to feed large numbers of hungry teens on a budget. This is a great cookbook for camping families or groups. I have approximatley 10-15 outdoor cookbooks, and this is certainly the best I have come across so far. I’m a moderately experienced camp cook with experience from family and scout campouts. I’m looking forward to picking out a number of recipes from the book for our first campout of the season, and warming up the Lodge cast iron and heavy duty foil!
5 Stars Great Book
I am an amature dutch oven person.
I have looked at a lot of the reciepes in this book and can hardly wait for winter to be over so I can get started. My nephew will be 11 years old in February and he loves to help me dutch oven. He is in the Scouts. He has been looking thru the book. I decided that I am going to let him pick out several of the receipes and let him be in charge of making them this year.
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