You might want to pick up the Boston Globe today and turn to Section D–Food. Then look at the center of the page (ABOVE the fold, thank you) and read all about this hotshot Boy Scout troop in Lexington that actually cooks its meals outdoors, of all things, and serves a ton of people by lantern light. Then to get another account of the event, fire up your computer and point your browser to http://www.boston.com/ae/food and look for “Be Prepared - And Hungry” or just click on this link which should take you there: http://www.boston.com/ae/food/articles/2006/11/15/be_prepared_151_and_hungry/
Sometimes boston.com asks for a registration, but it is easy and free and the e-zine article is worth it.
Besides the article, there’s also a slideshow with sound. Go to http://www.boston.com/ae/food and then click on the link at the bottom of the header, “Boy Scout Troop’s ‘Cookeree campout’”. The link to go directly there is: http://www.boston.com/ae/food/packages/cookeree.
I hope everybody noticed how hard the reporter/photographer/sound people had to work to get that article and once more I thank all of you for this fine and fun event. And remember how much work it was to get that meal on the table. Once again the coordinators have set a standard for others and the SPL made it all look easy. So thanks to Jeff Gilbert, Tad Coburn, and Andy Dixon knowing that there are just too many others to thank.
Now what artist is playing that really soulful harmonica?
-Hank
UPDATE: Several people have reported that they’ve been unable to download the slideshow from boston.com. A captured version of the slideshow is also available here. It’s not quite as nice as the original, and it’s quite large (about 75 MB of Windows Movie, or WMV file; you’ll also need the ZDSV codec, also available here). But we did capture the soulful harmonica playing… We’ve also put an archive copy of the article here.