At Home – Step 1 of 4

1. Cook a Snack

First, Read the Information You Need:

Remember in the Food Rocker, step 2 where we talked about cooking without electricity? We learned a short bit of information about it.

A Cooking Method is the device you use to get your heat to cook with.

A Cooking Technique is how you cook, no matter what method you use.

For this step, you need to pick one method and one technique to try out for a small snack. Keep in mind that if you need to move on to Step 2 (Brownies and above), you will also need to cook a meal, not just a snack. So pick a method you can do both a snack and a meal.

Pick one Cooking Method that you can use at home. BC Girl Guides has a great packet for you to look at a few methods and techniques together, or you can look at the lists below.

Cooking Methods are:

• Camp Stove (gas)
• Gas Grill (gas)
• Wood Fireplace (fire)
• Wood Fire Pit (fire)
• Charcoal Grill (fire)
• Charcoal Chimney (fire)
• Wood Burning Grill (fire)
• Backpacking Gas Stove (gas)
• Sterno Chafer (gas)
• Sterno SpeedHeat (chemical) – More for warming, than cooking
• Box Oven (fire) – You make these yourself
• Buddy Burner (fire) – You make these yourself
• #10 Can Stove (fire) – You make these yourself
• Big Solar Oven (sun) – You make these yourself
• Shoe box Solar Oven (sun) – You make these yourself
• Pizza Box Solar Oven (sun) – You make these yourself

Outdoor Cooking Techniques are:

• Foil – good for most methods
• Dutch Ovens – method needs to heat charcoal for use
• Box Oven – method needs to heat charcoal for use
• Pie Irons – fire or charcoal method
• One Pot Meals – fire or gas method that allows a pot to heat
• Stick Cooking – open flame method needed
• Milk Carton Cooking – open flame method needed
• Paper Bag – open flame method needed

Want some recipes? Try Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles’s guide

Second, Choose an Option:

Option 1: Solar	Option 2: Fire	Option 3: Gas
Use the energy of the sun to make a snack. Cook something simple. Keep in mind, Step 2 requires you to use your method to cook a meal.	Use the energy from fire to make a snack. Cook something simple. Keep in mind, Step 2 requires you to use your method to cook a meal.	Use the energy from gas to make a snack. Cook something simple. Keep in mind, Step 2 requires you to use your method to cook a meal.

Congrats!

Daisies stop here. You’ve earned the Cooking Rocker!

Brownies, Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors, Ambassadors, and Adults, go Step 2!

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