What is the secret of making great Bisquick pancakes?
Damned if Joel Furr, or for that matter, ANY of the Scouts of Boy Scout Troop 44, could tell you. Without exception, during the years Joel Furr was a Scout, his troop always took a big box of Bisquick pancake mix along on camping trips (in addition to the other food). This was the case for two reasons. First, one of the Troop’s Assistant Scoutmasters was Arthur “Torchy” Walrath, author of the official Boy Scout Cookbook. Torchy could do amazing things with Bisquick and the Scouts always made sure to have the raw materials close at hand, just in case Torchy came along on any given camping trip. Second, Bisquick was sort of a last-ditch emergency ration, just in case something bad happened to the other food that had been brought along. Without fail, something would happen to the bulk of the food — often, the reason was simple: it was all eaten on the first night in a fit of orgiastic gluttony — and by the final morning of the camping trip, the Scouts would be reduced to eyeing the box
