What I learned as a Boy Scout.....

[poltr1]

When I was growing up, Mom would do all the cooking, cleaning, and laundry. I offered to help, but she said no. Now that I live alone, I can't rely on her to do these things. I have to do them myself.

I like cooking, but I don't like cleaning up. My thought is, "Why bother washing/cleaning it? It's only going to get dirty again." But then, I don't like cooking with dirty pots and pans. And so I do the dishes, usually soon after I eat. If I let them sit too long, they'll be harder to clean.

I like cooking breakfasts -- sausage and eggs, goetta and eggs, oatmeal. I learned to cook these things while in Boy Scouts. I cook the meat first, then the eggs, so I don't have to grease the frying pan for the eggs.

When I wash dishes, it's usually cups and silverware first, then plates and bowls, then utensils. That's something else I learned in Boy Scouts. Wash the "cleanest" stuff first while the water's the hottest.

When it's cold, dress in layers. The inner layer should be of a material that can wick away moisture to the outer layer.

There are probably other things I learned. I can't think of them right now.

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[dagonell.livejournal.com]

Build a fire correctly

Safe knife and ax

Knot tying

First Aid

Swimming

more as I think of them...
-- Dagonell

[robin-june.livejournal.com]

Scrambled eggs or pancakes or other breakfasts can make excellent suppers as well.

And the principle of washing the cleanest stuff first also applies well to cleaning up radioactive contamination.
(I used to work with the kind that was so weak, a Geiger counter couldn't detect it through the glass end of its probe. I had to take a test wipe, and submerge it in scintillation cocktail -- liquid chemicals that when hit by the radioactive decay incident, released a pair of photons -- and then put the vial in the scintillation counter. Only then could I find out if my washing-up of invisible "dirt" had been successful.)