What's for tea tomorrow night?

[Andy_R]

My Scout group are cooking tea in their patrols tomorrow night. What's on the menu? Erm......

35 tins of unlabled stuff. 7 tins per patrol, no idea what's there, make a meal (starter & main, or main & dessert).. I'm not looking forward to the results....

 

[classic33]

What's the ground rules?

 

[Yellow Saddle]

The bastards used to do that to us in the army. My worst so far was a can of jam for dinner. But, looking on the bright side, someone else was slipped a can of dog food.

 

[Andy_R]

Each patrol takes turns selecting cans until they have 7 per patrol. They are allowed to open 5 then decide whether or not to swap 1 or 2 of the last unopened ones with ones from other patrols (either open or unopened).
If one patrol swaps an unopened one for an open one, the patrol that got the unopened one is allowed to open it, but not swap it with another team. If they choose not to open it then they can swap it. Only unopened tins may be offered (for example, an unopened tin can be offered in exchange for a tin of pilchards, but not the other way around.) The swapping is hard to explain, but easy to oversee and make fair, but essentially once a tin has been opened by a patrol they have to cook with it.
Cook meal.
Eat meal.
Do not die.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

At least there's a tin of corned beef at the front. I'd pick that one.

 

[PeteXXX]

I'd grab the one with the ring-pull, then hide all the Tin Openers

 

[Chromatic]

Each patrol takes turns selecting cans until they have 7 per patrol. They are allowed to open 5 then decide whether or not to swap 1 or 2 of the last unopened ones with ones from other patrols (either open or unopened).
If one patrol swaps an unopened one for an open one, the patrol that got the unopened one is allowed to open it, but not swap it with another team. If they choose not to open it then they can swap it. Only unopened tins may be offered (for example, an unopened tin can be offered in exchange for a tin of pilchards, but not the other way around.) The swapping is hard to explain, but easy to oversee and make fair, but essentially once a tin has been opened by a patrol they have to cook with it.
Cook meal.
Eat meal.
Do not die.

Wouldn't it be easier just to go up the fish and chip shop?

 

[Andy_R]

At least there's a tin of corned beef at the front. I'd pick that one.

Well spotted. But will the Scouts know what it is? I doubt it....

 

[Andy_R]

Wouldn't it be easier just to go up the fish and chip shop?

If they want to do that, they have to go on a hike first - which we have done. Put them in the minibus, dropped them off 4 miles from the chippy, told them there's 27 portions of chips on order, and the chippy closes at 9.

 

[NorthernDave]

Well there is what looks like a tin of Plumrose luncheon meat in there. Or is it Bacon Grill?

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

I wanna see those plates. FIIIIVE MINUTES!!

 

[classic33]

Each patrol takes turns selecting cans until they have 7 per patrol. They are allowed to open 5 then decide whether or not to swap 1 or 2 of the last unopened ones with ones from other patrols (either open or unopened).
If one patrol swaps an unopened one for an open one, the patrol that got the unopened one is allowed to open it, but not swap it with another team. If they choose not to open it then they can swap it. Only unopened tins may be offered (for example, an unopened tin can be offered in exchange for a tin of pilchards, but not the other way around.) The swapping is hard to explain, but easy to oversee and make fair, but essentially once a tin has been opened by a patrol they have to cook with it.
Cook meal.
Eat meal.
Do not die.

Do they lose if they don't survive!

 

[Andy_R]

If they die they're not allowed to come back next week.

 

[bruce1530]

Reminds me of being a student. My flatmate’s sister worked in a canning factory, and would regularly drop in with a bag of unlabelled cans.

So dinner was sometimes a lucky dip. It could have been anything from soup to beef stew to tinned peaches....

 

[classic33]

If they die they're not allowed to come back next week.

At least they'll have done the hike. No dead wood to carry back.