SECTION 2: ONE POT MEALS

What and Why

One-pot meals are a must for beginners. Girls can produce a hot, tasty meal with a minimum of skill and clean-up time. This type of cooking is just what the name implies—the main course is cooked in one pot.

Advantages

• Efficient use of time and energy because one pot feeds many people.

Concerns

• Not every girl has a job to do while the onepot meal is cooking. Assign other activities to girls who are not cooking.

Advice

• “Soap the pot.” Use liquid dish soap to coat the outside of the pot before placing it on the fire grate to cook. It will make the clean up of black soot much easier and faster. Beware of getting soap inside the pot— that’s not a good seasoning in soup!

• Watch and stoke the fire to keep the temperature consistent.

• To remove the pot from the fire grate, strong and steady girls or adults can partner to lift a heavy pot with a long sturdy stick under the handle.

• If using a lid, beware of the hot steam released when the lid is lifted from the pot. Keep your face and hands out of the way.

Stone Soup Recipe and Story

Have you read the story of Stone Soup? For a memorable meal with meaning, find and read the stone soup story. We like the World Food Programme's link. Stone Soup is a great activity idea for Program Aides and Troop Leaders working with Daisies and Brownies.