summer, fun.

i just got back from a weekend as cook's help on summer fun, one of the anglican camping tasmania junior school camps.

des and kate were the wonderful cooks. kate was armed with her mother's tried and true catering recipes, and we set to work.

i've been a leader on camp before, but the vibe is very different in the kitchen. you kind of feel like you're there to support the leaders, or at least that was how i felt. our kitchen was a bit of a safe haven for leaders needing a break sometimes. not that it happened often - it was an amazingly talented group of leaders with stamina that i envy.

matt also bought heaps of red bull for the leaders to consume... this may have helped a bit.

anyway, the stove doesn't work as of this afternoon. we cooked awesome nachos, but when it came to starting the oven for dinner, the fuse just kept blowing. so we wound up spending an hour cutting chicken meat off drumsticks. then we cooked the chicken for 53 people on two electric frying pans, and des used the bbq to cook rice and veges. it was an exercise in creativity!

but enough meat was lost from cutting up the drumsticks that we didn't have enough for everyone, so the last 8 people had to have scrambled eggs for dinner (des's specialty- apparently the secret is to not add milk). the kids and leaders were really gracious though, which we truly appreciated.

please pray that the oven is fixed by tues, otherwise it's likely the camp will have to be cut short. this would really suck because the team has really clicked, both with each other and the kids, and i think it will be a great camp.