REQUIRED COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

 1.  Identify and know how to use the appropriate stoves and cooking equipment applicable for backcountry cooking.

 2.  List the steps necessary for complete menu planning and adequate nutritional requirements for a small group for a multi-day camping trip.

 3.  Operate at least four types of backcountry stoves including maintenance and use.

 4.  Demonstrate how to build an open fire and how to cook an entire meal using a dutch oven and regular utensils.

 5.  Demonstrate by cooking an entire meal on an open fire using a no utensil technique.

 6.  Recall all health and safety issue as they relate to cooking a meal outdoors.

 REQUIRED TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 I.      Course overview, camp cooking equipment

 II.     Menu Planning, shopping lists, nutritional analysis, cost analysis

 III.    Health and Safety in the camp kitchen

 IV.     How to build a great cooking fire

 V.      How to cook on an open fire

 VI.     The magic of dutch oven cooking

 VII.    Organization and the camp kitchen, foul weather camp cooking

 VIII.   Field trip a day of outdoor cooking