Ready... Steady... Cook!

Food poisoning? One of the many trials we as scout leaders have to brave. But not this time, this time I passed this honor to our budding young leaders. Days like this I feel fortunate!

The ready steady cook event booked in my diaries six months previously also happened to conincide with the day after a real scout ready steady cook! You can see details on the official scout website here: http://scouts.org.uk/news_view.php?news_id=156

Meantime our own ready steady cook was quite sucessful. This was the culmination of the chef badge for many but with the time constraints of a 45 minute window to get dishes prepared for judging.

The best dish of the day was the Wolves stir fry which was tastiest, Eagles joint second on presentation alone with tigers making the most balanced meal but the pasta could have done with being cooked.

Sauces and deserts were top class, I especially enjoyed seeing how inventive the group could get with bananas and a bar of chocolate (we were hoping for fritters and chocolate soup)