February brings around the Cubs district cooking competition, so it was time to prepare.
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| Its preparation night! |
A couple of weeks before the competition, the church hall was readied for a large group of cubs to cook a menu consisting of Chicken Korma, Pilaf Rice, Chapatti and Mango Lassi. It could have been a disaster! It wasn't. As usual all the cubs excelled themselves with their application and eagerness to prepare and cook and join in. And by the end of the night we had 4 lots of Chicken Korma to taste! And they were all very tasty... not all perfect, but all perfectly eatable! But then came the hard part - choosing our team to represent the group in the competition.
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| The team cooking at the competition |
The team were chosen - May Davenport, Luke Oliver, Alex Gould and Amy Tapper - and off they went along with Carl and myself on the 10th February to the 306th Scout Hut in Blackley to begin the competition.
They had one hour to prepare and cook the meal and then to present it on a table ready for the judges. And off they went.... chopping, frying, kneading, pulping and seasoning! Amidst all this activity we had two peeling accidents with both Amy and Alex deciding to peel their fingers rather than the Mango!
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| The Team - Alex, Luke, May and Amy. |
Then it was judgement time! The table looked perfect.... now it was just up to what the judges thought. After lots of tasting and deliberation the results were out... 224th were in 5th position. The winners (for the second year in a row) were 306th.
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| The judges (Boooooo!) |
The team had no need to be disheartened though. They had cooked well (Carl and myself tasted the food and we are both still here to tell the story!) and most importantly they had worked as a team and represented the group in the best possible way.
Well done team.
Phil
Assistant Cub Leader
