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What’s on the menu for the revamped Cooking merit badge, served up later this year?
Cooking MB is set to become Eagle-required on Jan. 1, 2014. Any Scout who has already earned Cooking will not need to re-earn it. His existing, Cooking merit badge will count toward the Eagle rank beginning on Jan. 1, 2014.
A Scout who has sewn the green-ringed Cooking merit badge onto his sash may replace it with a silver-ringed version beginning on Jan. 1, if he chooses. It’s not required.
Release date for redesign?
The revamped Cooking MB is due before Thanksgiving 2013. Hey, just in time for all those Scouts to help Mom and Dad prepare their family’s feast.
What are the big changes?
The new requirements will merge four sets of materials into the improved Cooking MB:
Types of cooking
To better prepare Scouts for life, the new Cooking MB will focus on three kinds of cooking: indoor, outdoor, and backpacking. That makes sense, because not every meal is prepared outside, and encouraging a complete understanding about food will make for better-rounded Scouts.
And the emphasis on healthy cooking will make sure Scouts don’t become too well-rounded, so to speak.
What else is new?
Other expected additions include:
Ref: Bryan on Scouting, http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org, 13 March 2013
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