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48: Zen & the art of cooking in the outdoors

Suggested answers

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1. Having no refrigeration means you will need to consider ways of preserving food.
2. Having no access to shops means you will have to bring all of the food you need/provide for yourself.
3. Having to carry all your food means food & packaging should be lightweight & compact.
4. Having to store all your food in plastic bags means you need to plan quantities carefully.

2) Mistakes in organizing food could include:

1. forgetting an essential item (like fuel, matches, oil, flipper, etc.)
2. not taking enough food
3. taking too much food/packaging & having to lug it around
4. food getting squashed, spoiled (e.g. by leaking fuel or pests) or going off
5. not enjoying/knowing how to prepare “experimental” food
6. communication problems when sharing food with a buddy

further activities

1. Ask students, as a homework exercise, to prepare a meal on the stove top that they plan to make on camp.
2. Take a variety of packaged food & containers/bags into class for a comparative show & tell (e.g. canned soup cw packet soup).

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