Archive of Scouts-L List for August 1997: Re: In Quest of the
Worst Meal Ever  Re: In Quest of the Worst Meal Ever  Matt
Harline (harline@GSLXSRV1.ROSE.HP.COM) Sat, 16 Aug 1997 16:42:13
-0700  Can you stand another one? I hope you aren't eating or
getting ready to eat while you read this. This one comes from my
youth... probably about 1970 or so. Our troop was at a district
camporee at a ranch near the top of Mount Hamilton, just east of
San Jose, California. The ranch was normally used as grazing
land for cattle, and apparently had very recently been used for
that purpose. We arrived on Friday night, and as will often
happen, we were slow to get to camp and set up the gear, so
fixing the Friday night dinner happened in the dark.  One patrol
was preparing macaroni and cheese in a pot over the fire. (I
don't remember if they thought to "soap" the pan, but it would
not have mattered for this meal.) While preparing the macaroni
and cheese, a scout stepped in something, yelled "Eeewww", and
kicked his foot to get