Tin Foil Cooking..

Today, the RR comdrs. team decided to teach the children tin foil cooking. I tell you this - we have done this god-zillion times and we still have to teach the children this special skill indeed! You see, this is all part of their learning hwen doing outdoor camping. Since we are going to have a hike up to the waterfall area in our camp site, might as well teach them this skill. Somehow it gets better as you teach it each year. It is almost like the recipe for tin foil cooking is being modified year after year. The main ingredients remained the same but the slight twist of pepper and a dash of Maggie seasonig makes this type of cooking really mouth-watering!
Quite honestly, I've seen parents struggling to do this and when the Ranger kids does it well, it brings a lot of cheer to my heart. So, the day started with some illustrations and imaginary demonstration presented by me. As usual, children will be children and they asked a lot of questions. Then it was real packing of the food stuff demonstration carried out by Comdr. Errol. Soon, chicken patties were slapped onto the gleaming part of the aluminium foil and this was quickly followed by a good dollop of mixed vegetables consisting of peas, carrots and corns followed by a sprinkle of pepper, a dash of olive oil and a few good shakes of the good ol'Maggi seasoning. Then it's off to packing while I helped out in ensuring that we had some good fire at one corner of the compound.

Ten minutes later, the children with their nicely wrapped pack were sent into the strong fire embers. The aroma was fantastic and everyone looked pleased until there were a few of the packs had punctured holes which could only mean "chau tar" chicken patty. Well, food is food and down it goes! Within 15minutes on the hot coal, the meat were cooked and we had a great time to "chow down" the food. It was a successful activity and the end product was good. Glad that eevrything went on smoothly without any problem.I guess, the children are now impatient for the camp as they want to try out what they have learnt and it is a good sign indeed. Hopefully, we would be able to equip these children until the camp days. At least, they are more aware of the situation and what to expect when they are at the camp. Great days ahead and I am looking forward to the camp too!