Tim went into Laxdale School and did a day of fire and camp cooking for a variety of classes from the school. We cooked bannocks and roasted fruit kebabs, polishing off the boxes of fruit Tim had brought.
Tag: Fire Building
There Be Dragons
Tim and Andrew were asked to come into Stornoway Playgroup with the fire pan to do a session with the young people on fire. In their project they have been talking about the enchanted forest, dragons and how they breath fire.
Tim and Andrew set up the fire pan down the side of the Scout Hall, where the playgroup happens and lit the fire. The young people were put into groups of about seven and they came out with coats and hats on.
When each group came out Tim asked them what the knew about fire, all the groups told him ‘it was hot’, ‘it would keep you warm’ and you ‘can use it to cook’. Tim then introduced the idea of the three things which a fire needs; fuel, spark and oxygen. They pointed out the wood is fuel and Tim explained about air is full of oxygen and because it was cold they were able to puff out vapour, like a dragon breathing smoke. Tim then showed them a flint and steel and the spark it produces. Each young person was then able to have a go striking and creating sparks.
The fire was then used to ‘cook’ grapes on the end of a skewer which the young people had chance to eat.
Tim and Andrew always love the opportunity to hear small dragons roar round the fire.
Training and Development
At this time of year we are a little quieter so there is time to pause and take breath. Andrew is going to be working with an S2 elective in the Nicolson Institute and he is planning to do a session on outdoor cooking. When he was working in America they made chocolate oranges on the fire, so to make sure it fitted with our operating procedures he set up the fire pan near the office and set about practicing.
With the fire lit, he mixed the chocolate cake batter. Carefully cut the top of the orange and scooped out the inside of the orange. He spooned the batter into the hollowed out orange until it was just over half full. Put the top back on the orange and wrapped it in tin foil to make a nice parcel. This was then put into the embers of the fire for about fifteen minutes to cook.
With care the parcel it taken out and opened, it is hot! and the delicious chocolate sponge flavoured with orange is devoured.
Next time we think bigger oranges would be good so we get more sponge.
Please come and talk to us about coming and doing some cooking over a fire which can be connected to among others Health and Wellbeing experiences and outcomes.
