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Cook 4 Different Things Over an Open Fire - food.straw.openfire PEP BB

BB Food Prep and Preservation - straw badge
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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Food Prep and Preservation

For this badge bit, you will cook 4 things on an open fire!


(source: Pinterest.com)

Minimum requirements for this BB:
- Cook 4 different things on an open fire
  - Wood fire on the ground - not in a grill
  - At least 1 item buried in coals
  - At least 1 item is cooked on a spit
  - Not a skewer on a grill

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 mins):
   - give the recipes for each 4 different things you are cooking
   - preparing the food to be cooked on an open fire
   - cooking the food on an open fire (using the methods required)
   - the finished cooked food (meeting the above stated requirements)
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Probably no one will get back to me in time for it to be useful, but clarification might help others in the future. Can we take stuff out of the fire and finish it in a haybox for this? It seems like it ought to be a good permie thing to do unless managing the heat of an active fire across the entire chore is an important aspect of the BB.
 
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Ok, four dishes in and on the fire!

For breakfast, eggs scrambled with onions and chiles topped with a little cheese, and slices of spit-roasted vegan sausage. (The spit-cooking requirement took some thinking for this vegetarian.)

For lunch, potatoes baked under the coals, topped with beans cooked from dry in a Dutch oven, lightly mashed with salsa and cheese. (In truth, I let the Dutch oven go nearly dry and the top layer of the beans was scorched and thrown out, but the bottom layers were fine. Next time I’ll know to check the water level periodically with such a long cooking and top it off as needed.)


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Assembling the egg dish so it’ll be ready to take out to the fire.
Assembling the egg dish so it’ll be ready to take out to the fire.
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Sautéing the goodies.
Sautéing the goodies.
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Eggs have been added.
Eggs have been added.
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Eggs are cooked, pan is off the fire and cheese is melting.
Eggs are cooked, pan is off the fire and cheese is melting.
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Vegan sausage skewered on a spit.
Vegan sausage skewered on a spit.
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Cooking unevenly in the first location.
Cooking unevenly in the first location.
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A hotter location to even up the cook.
A hotter location to even up the cook.
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Done.
Done.
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Breakfast!
Breakfast!
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Potatoes stabbed with a fork and getting ready to be rolled up in foil.
Potatoes stabbed with a fork and getting ready to be rolled up in foil.
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Potatoes under this rich bed of coals.
Potatoes under this rich bed of coals.
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Potatoes out of the fire.
Potatoes out of the fire.
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Dry beans and aromatics in water.
Dry beans and aromatics in water.
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Even before the fire is cooking-ready, the Dutch oven is heating up.
Even before the fire is cooking-ready, the Dutch oven is heating up.
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Wrapped in coals.
Wrapped in coals.
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Beans sorted and mashed.
Beans sorted and mashed.
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Potatoes out of the foil.
Potatoes out of the foil.
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Baked potato bar for lunch!
Baked potato bar for lunch!
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unless managing the heat of an active fire across the entire chore is an important aspect of the BB.



I think that's an important skill to have.

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Please note that ALL food prep BBs strictly prohibit plastic, teflon or aluminum touching the food during the cooking or storage process.  

This includes food that came in plastic containers from the store, ziplock bags, plastic cooking utensils like spoons, spatulas, teflon pans, etc.

The end goal is to move toward cooking from own-grown ingredients and similar sources and using PEP principles (for example sustainable and non-toxic materials) as much as possible.

Some BB submissions are being grandfathered in, but we are moving toward more strict enforcement of this policy.

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I was camping a few weeks ago and knocked this one out!

First recipe - hot dog
  Heat up and eat straight

Second recipe - sweet potato
  Cook in coals, cut into pieces and eat once it's cooled down enough to not burn your mouth

Third recipe - shishkabob
  Onions, peppers, chicken chunks on a skewer.  Cook till chicken is done.  Unskewer onto a plate and eat.

Fourth recipe - onion
 Cook in coals, cut into pieces and eat once it's cooled down enough to not burn your mouth

Minimum requirements for this BB:
- Cook 4 different things on an open fire
  - Wood fire on the ground - not in a grill
  - At least 1 item buried in coals
  - At least 1 item is cooked on a spit
  - Not a skewer on a grill

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 mins):
   - give the recipes for each 4 different things you are cooking
   - preparing the food to be cooked on an open fire
   - cooking the food on an open fire (using the methods required)
   - the finished cooked food (meeting the above stated requirements)

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Onion and sweet potato destined for the coals
Onion and sweet potato destined for the coals
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Sitting in the hot seat
Sitting in the hot seat
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Covered with coals
Covered with coals
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Out of the coals
Out of the coals
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Cutting up
Cutting up
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Ready for eating - everyone liked them!
Ready for eating - everyone liked them!
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Onion cut up and ready for taste testing - everyone approved!
Onion cut up and ready for taste testing - everyone approved!
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Veggies
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Meaty bits
Meaty bits
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Beautiful presentation!
Beautiful presentation!
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Preparing hot dogs for cooking :)
Preparing hot dogs for cooking :)
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Ready for some heat
Ready for some heat
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So good!
So good!

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I cooked marshmallows, brats, potatoes and squash while camping. The brat was cooked on a willow spit. The fire is on the ground, but inside a metal ring, as prescribed by fire regulations in my area.

S'more recipe: roast mallow, add chocolate, smoosh between graham's.
Brats recipe: find all beef, organic brats at Natural Grocers, so your kids can roast weenies while camping and you can fulfill a bb. Heat through til perfection.
Potatoes recipe: wrap in a leaf, squash in this case, so it burns, saving the potato skins as much as possible. Surround by coals. Cook for close to an hour.
Squash recipe: slice squash into chips, place into hot skillet with butter or lard. Brown.
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Raw mallows, ready to roast
Raw mallows, ready to roast
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Roasting mallows over fire
Roasting mallows over fire
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Toasted, golden mallows
Toasted, golden mallows
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Skewered brat on willow rod, poked in holes of fire ring
Skewered brat on willow rod, poked in holes of fire ring
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Brat cooking over fire
Brat cooking over fire
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Cooked brat
Cooked brat
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Wrapping potatoes
Wrapping potatoes
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Spuds in coals
Spuds in coals
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Cooked spuds
Cooked spuds
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Slicing squash
Slicing squash
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Squash in skillet over coals
Squash in skillet over coals
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Cooked squash
Cooked squash

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