Trip Report and Shopping List for Troop 13B

Camping Skills Campout

02/21/2025 through 02/23/2025

Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park

Youth Attending: Adults Attending:

Nearest Hospital: West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital

Details:

Getting back to basics! A chance to practice our camp cooking, hiking, trail cooking, and field craft - we'll be camping at the Scout Camp at Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park, which is a dry site - so bring 2 nalgenes so you have plenty of water! (Yes, we'll have our water containers, but still.) We'll be eating lunch on the trail, and getting a taste of the backpacking life, while having a bigger dinner at camp. Great opportunity to identify wildlife and flora, as well as practice fire building and axeyard work.

Cost: $25 Payment Link: https://scouts13.org/troop-13b-boys/troop-13b-trading-post/

Party Penguins Patrol Print

Budget Per Scout: $15

Planned Attending: 6

Theodore D Grey G Ziggy G Patrick L Sam P Sean M

Menu:

P!nk Pantherz Patrol Print

Budget Per Scout: $15

Planned Attending: 6

Reid H William L Lowell S Réné S Duncan W Nolan W

Menu:

Lemon Cream Cheese Dump Cake Irish Chicken (One Pot) Mountain Man Breakfast Mountain House

Adult Patrol Print

Budget Per Scout: $15

Planned Attending: 3

  • Rob Landrigan
    (110684112)
    YPT: 02/17/2026
  • Justin Gillis
    (13010608)
    YPT: 03/03/2027
  • John Lynch
    (133174941)
    YPT: 07/02/2026

Menu:

Bacon and Eggs
Bacon and Eggs
Breakfast
Author:

Eggs
Ingredients:

  • Bacon (1lb per 5-6 people)
  • Eggs (2 per person)
  • Butter 
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Loaf of bread(optional)

Procedure:

  1. Place the slices of bacon in the pan over medium-high heat. You don't want to crowd the bacon slices. If your bacon is spattering all over, the heat is too high.
  2. Cook your bacon, turning it every couple of minutes until it reaches the crispiness you desire.
  3. Drain the bacon on a plate layered with paper towels.
  4. Once all the bacon is cooked, turn your heat down to medium-low. Don't drain the bacon fat. You are going to fry your eggs in the bacon grease.Keep a small bowl of bacon fat in your refrigerator to be sure you have enough bacon fat to fry the eggs.
  5. You want about 1/4 inch of fat in the pan.
  6. Use a slotted spatula to remove the eggs from the pan and then blot each egg with a paper towel before putting it on the plate. That way very little of the fat is actually served with the eggs.
  7. Serve with toast

Lemon Cream Cheese Dump Cake
Dessert
Author:

Lactose
Ingredients:

Serves 10

  • Lemon Pie Filling: 1 can (16 ounces)
  • White Chocolate Chips: 1 cup
  • Cream Cheese (cubed): 4 ounces
  • Lemon Cake Mix: 1 box (15.25 ounces)
  • Unsalted Butter (thinly sliced): ½ cup

Procedure:

  1. Choose a 12-inch skillet/dutch oven and butter it
  2. Pour in the lemon pie filling.
  3. Evenly distribute the white chocolate chips over the filling.
  4. Scatter the cubed cream cheese across the mixture.
  5. Carefully cover everything with the lemon cake mix, ensuring all the filling is covered.
  6. Slice the butter into about 16 small pads, arranging them evenly on top of the cake mix.
  7. Bake for 1 hour or until the top is golden brown and the filling bubbles up, signaling a perfectly baked cake. Toothpick should come out clean. 
  8. 10 coals on bottom, approximately 16 coals on top.

Irish Chicken (One Pot)
Dinner
Author:

Duncan W

Gluten Free
Ingredients:

SERVES: 10 PEOPLE

DRY RUB

  • 2.5 teaspoons thyme
  • 1.67 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 0.83 teaspoon salt
  • 0.83 teaspoon onion powder
  • 0.83 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 0.42 teaspoon pepper 1/2 teaspoon

IRISH CHICKEN

  • 13.33 chicken thighs (or cuts of choice)
  • 8.33 slices bacon cooked and fat reserved
  • 0.83 head cabbage roughly chopped
  • 6.67 potatoes peeled and sliced into 1/4 inch rounds
  • 1.67 medium onion sliced
  • 0.83 cup chicken stock
  • salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

DRY RUB

  1. Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl. Set aside

IRISH CHICKEN

  1. Sprinkle the dry rub evenly over the chicken pieces. Set aside.
  2. Cook the bacon until crisp. Remove to paper towels to drain.
  3. Brown the chicken pieces on both sides. It doesn't have to be thoroughly cooked. It will finish cooking in the oven. Remove to a platter.
  4. Drain almost all of any remaining fat from the pan. Place the cabbage in the pan and saute for 2-3 minutes.
  5. Add the potatoes, onions, and chicken stock to the pan. Stir well to combine, add scraping from the bottom of the prep pan for flavor.
  6. Add 1/2 stick or more Irish butter for flavor. 
  7. Arrange the chicken over the vegetables in a Dutch oven. Bake at 375 for 45-50 minutes until completely cooked through. Approx 11 coals on bottom, 17 coals on top. 

Mountain Man Breakfast
Breakfast
Author:

Lactose Eggs
Ingredients:

SERVINGS: 12

  • 1 pound mild pork sausage (such as Jimmy Dean®)
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 medium red bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 (2 pound) package frozen shredded hash brown potatoes 
  • 12 large eggs, beaten
  • 1 (16 ounce) package shredded Cheddar cheese

Procedure:

CAN BE PREMADE AT HOME:

  1. Add sausage, onion, and garlic; cook and stir until sausage is browned and crumbly and onion is translucent, 5 to 7 minutes.
  2. Stir in hash browns and bell peppers until well mixed. Cook, stirring occasionally, until hash browns are hot and peppers are tender, about 15 minutes.

AT CAMP: 

  1. Pour beaten eggs into the Dutch oven, allowing them to seep down to the bottom.
  2. Cover the Dutch oven and place it directly onto 5 to 10 hot coals.
  3. Place another 12 to 18 hot coals on top of the Dutch oven lid. Let cook until eggs are firm, about 40 minutes.
  4. Open the lid and sprinkle with Cheddar cheese.
  5. Cover and continue to cook until cheese has melted, about 5 minutes.