(Written by one of the sixteen who were present on Sat 10 Dec 2011)
When I arrived at Chiu San’s house inside Seletar Camp I saw a pit freshly dug and our ‘young’ buddies crowding round it trying to start a fire.
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Backwoods cooking or Backwoodsman cooking may conjure up different images to different people but for a scout (once a scout, always a scout) it is like adrenalin driving the heart to pump faster.
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The chicken and the fish taste heavenly even though they are mixed with a bit of carbon.
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I have left the best for last. Who would have imagined that backwoodsman cooking included not only beer but also a fine selection of malt whiskies like 12 year-old Glenfiddich.