ABOUT POTS AND PANS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 151, 14 July 1937, Page 8

ABOUT POTS AND PANS

Now about tho&o pots and pans. I mentioned that dirty pots account for many ' ' tummy ' ' aches in camp. See that everything in the cook-house i® clean Take pot scrubs to camp with youj they are very cheap and you can afford a new one each day. This should not be necessary if you look after it and wash at out in hot water and soda after each wash-up and hang it up to dry. Soda is cheap and will eave you endless messing about with greasy pots and pans. Have a large supply of hot water ready for washing up. This is a point so often forgotten by cooks. A special basin should be kept for wasbing up. The practice of using earth and cold water is not a good one. Sand can be used for cleandng the outside of pots, but should not be used for inside. Keep a small pointed stick hung up by a piece of string in the kitchen. This serves to clean out small corners. You will find it useful in the porridge pot. See that you fill the porridge pot with water as soon as you have served it up. A special basin and washing place sliould be supplied for the washing-up of personal plates and mugs. This should be outside tlie kitchen. You should have plenty of soap and this should be placed in a tin with holes punched in it. Hot water poured through this will make a good dish of suds and then the soap tin is taken out and hung up. This will save waete of soap. A like tin shouid be providec! for Ihe personal washingup placc; also wash-up mops should bo provided. These mops must' be thor-

oughly rinsed out in water and soda, shaken and hung np to dry and not left in a hard lump. Now, see to your personal cleanlinesa, Your hands should be clean. Wash them before handling food. A puhoi overalls should be provided for the cook. Aprons, are dangerous when cookdng on an open fire, as they may catch fire. Sunlight is the best purifier, so hang all washing utensils in the sun. Your drying cloths should be constantly washed and hung out to dry. All these should be inspected by the Patrol leader before Scouter 's inspection. Remember a cook's job is one of the most important jobs in camp. It is also one of the attributes of a Scout. All backwoodsmen are cooks, and they know the value of weii-cooked tucker and cleanliness. So when your turn comes to be cook, follow these dnstructions. A good cook is always a popular chap in camp, but if you run off and neglect your fire and pots , your mates will sqou take "it out of you.Accidents will sometimes happen in cooking but it is usually through carelessness, so be a good cook. Checrio! i "LITTLE JOHN."