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Use in combination with the fire lighting elements of "Backwoods Cooking" - An easy, tasty recipe to cook in a Billy Can!

Courtesy of the Scout Association:
https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/billy-can-breakfast-beans/

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Ingredients (see recipe card)
Chopping boards
Sharp chopping knives
Bowls
Spoons
Tin opener (if necessary)
Washing up equipment
Oven / protective gloves
Bucket of water
Billy cans

Instructions

Before you begin

1. Split into small groups of between four and six people.
2. It’s probably best to group people with similar dietary requirements together to make it easier and avoid cross contamination.
3. Everyone should wash their hands.
4. Everyone should build and light a fire.

Prepare your fire

1. Once the last flames die down, most of what’s left will be a type of fuel called white coals.
2. Someone should use a stick to spread the white coals out. (It’s up to you how you position your coals. To create gradually increasing temperatures, make sure there’s more at the back of the fire bed, sloping into a smaller amount at the front. Spreading the coals evenly will mean everything cooks on the same amount of heat.)
3. The fire is now ready for cooking. The chefs can use a billy can to cook directly on the coals.

Make your meal

1. Groups should get ready to cook by making sure their area, their equipment, and their team members are clean and ready to go.
2. The person leading the activity should give each group a copy of the recipe card, their equipment, and their ingredients.
3. Groups should follow their recipe card to prepare, backwoods cook, and enjoy their billy can breakfast beans.

NB Groups need to follow the steps in order (for example, they can’t add the vegetables before they’ve chopped them). Some people could, however, read ahead and make sure things are ready, for example by opening the cans while someone else is chopping vegetables.

Extinguish your fire and clean up

1. Once everyone has finished using the fire, no one should add any more wood. The fire will die down.
2. Someone should use a new stick (not one that’s been in the fire) to carefully spread out the wood and embers so they cool down faster.
3. Someone should pour water over the smouldering wood and ashes to make sure they’re fully extinguished. They should use the stick to mix the water through the ashes.
4. Everyone should work together to clear up quickly and efficiently – each group needs to wash up their utensils and dispose of rubbish and leftovers.

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