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From the A Million Hands Resources on Ending Homelessness.
https://scouts.org.uk/activities/kettle-cooking/

What can you cook with a kettle? Explore the possibilities as we learn about making meals in difficult circumstances.

Resources

Pens or Pencils
Tables
Kettles
Foodstuffs, including tinned soup, instant noodles and eggs
Zip lock or seal-able sandwich bags
Cutlery
Bowls
Saucepans
Tin openers
Oven gloves
Clean water source

Instructions

Before you begin
Make sure that the kettles you have are clean and working properly. Clean all cutlery and plates thoroughly.

Run the activity
1) The person leading the activity should explain to the group that they’ll be making some meals that might be cooked by a person in a difficult situation. Describe how someone who has fallen on hard times may be given some temporary accommodation with just a few cooking appliances and limited foodstuffs. See what the group thinks this would be like. Find out if anyone thinks it would be impossible to cook a decent meal without the right ingredients and equipment.

2) Everyone should split into groups. Each group will need a kettle, so you could make your groups based on how many kettles you have.
[As well as a kettle, each group should also have another leader or an adult supervising.]

3) The person leading the activity should show the group the foodstuffs and the zip lock bags. Everyone should decide in their groups which of the foods they will be able to cook using just the kettle.

4) The person leading the activity should give out saucepans, forks and noodles. The adult in each group should fill and boil each group’s kettle. A member of each group should add their noodles to their saucepan, before standing back so the adult can pour hot water over them. One person can use a fork to carefully separate the noodles as they cook. After a couple of minutes, they’ll be ready to taste.

5) The person leading the activity should give out the soup, bowls, spoons, tin openers and zip lock bags. One person should use the tin opener to open the soup, carefully, while another holds open a zip lock bag. Pour half of the tin into the bag and seal it. The adult should check that the kettle has cooled and refill it, before putting the bag into the kettle, trapping the top of it as they close the lid, to hold the bag upright in the water. Boil the kettle. After it has finished, the adult should carefully remove the zip lock bag and pour the contents into a bowl for everyone to try.
[The groups may need an oven glove for handling the hot bag of soup.]

6) The person leading the activity should give out the eggs. If anyone needs clean bowls or cutlery, they should clean them now. While one member of the group holds open a zip lock bag, someone else should crack an egg into it. Try not to get any shell in! The adult should check that the kettle has cooled, before putting the bag into the kettle, trapping the top of it as they close the lid, to hold the bag upright in the water. Boil the kettle twice. When it’s finished, remove the bag carefully and check that the egg white has all cooked. Serve in a bowl and try with forks.

7) The person leading the activity should find out which food was best by having a vote. Everyone should raise their hand for their favourite: noodles, soup or eggs.

Tags

• A million hands
• homelessness

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