In this adventure, Webelos Scouts will learn about good nutrition, how to safely cook meals in the outdoors, and how to balance meal planning and finances.

• Making healthy food choices

• Food safety

• The proper way to lay and light a fire

• Planning and managing a budget

• A Scout is trustworthy, thrifty.

Complete requirements 1 and 2. Requirement 3 is optional.

1. Plan a menu for a balanced meal for your den or family. Determine the budget for the meal. If possible, shop for the items on your menu. Stay within your budget.

2. Prepare a balanced meal for your den or family. If possible, use one of these methods for preparation of part of the meal: camp stove, Dutch oven, box oven, solar oven, open campfire, or charcoal grill. Demonstrate an understanding of food safety practices while preparing the meal.

3. Use tinder, kindling, and fuel wood to demonstrate how to build a fire in an appropriate outdoor location. If circumstances permit and there is no local restriction on fires, show how to safely light the fire, under the supervision of an adult. After allowing the fire to burn safely, safely extinguish the flames with minimal impact to the fire site.

This adventure has several choices based on which activities you choose to do with your den. This den meeting plan, when followed as written, meets the requirements to earn this adventure. If you choose to make adjustments, be sure you complete at least the minimum requirements.

Parts of Meetings 1 and 3 must take place in outdoor locations where a fire can be safely built and lit.

At Meeting 1, Scouts will practice building and lighting a fire, if allowed by the location and there are no current fire bans. Make sure not to violate local restrictions, and choose a place that is free of flammable materials—around, above, and below. All wood can catch fire, so steer clear of tree roots and limbs as well as any building overhangs.

Meeting 2 will be a den outing to a local grocery store where Scouts will shop and purchase the items for their meal. Work with families to plan transportation to and from the store. Make sure activity consent forms are distributed, signed, and collected.

The Scouts will cook the meal at Meeting 3. This involves lots of activity and everyone will want to enjoy their meal without feeling rushed, so for best results you may want to hold the meeting on a weekend afternoon.

See the appendix in the Webelos Leaders Guide for optional den meeting activities, including openings, gatherings, and closings.