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bhh
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Jul 01, 2014

Meal in Foil

In browsing here, I'm reminded of a meal that my older sisters made in 4-H many, many, moons ago.

Hamburger patty, sliced or diced potato and carrot, some chopped onion if desired. Other veggies if you wish. With a family, everyone can make their own to their liking. Wrap in a foil wrapper and cook meat side down first on coals, then flip and cook on opposite side.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/meal-in-foil/
  • I refer to those as Cowboy Packets. Sometimes I add barbecue sauce. Or a pat of butter, maybe a grind or two from an Italian seasoning grinder.

    When I was a kid at summer camp in Prince William Forest Park near Quantico, VA, we used to hike as a group to a nature lodge a few miles away. When we got there around lunchtime,the cooks would have a batch of those ready to go onto the fire.

    Headed to Prince William FP in a couple of weeks, so maybe we'll have foil cooking that night.
  • Back in the early sixties, that's 19. I went to college at Westminster College, men's school, in Fulton, MO a rather rural area.
    We used to make these as hamburgers with large slice of onion, salt, pepper, etc..
    Then in the evening we would build a fire out in the country somewhere and cook them over the coals even occasionally with a few beers.
    Frequently with a young lady from William Woods College, an all women's college across town.
    Ah, the good old younger days!
  • Cub Scouts call them "foil cooking." Have been doing them for years, and LOVE 'em.

    Our favorite is sausage as a meat with white potatoes and vegetables of choice.
  • Boil large pot of water, add small, new unpeeled red potatoes, peeled carrots, a peeled and quartered onion, husked sweet corn and a ring bologna or sausage of your choice. Boil gently until done. So good eaten at the picnic table and even better with a great view (think Niagra Falls).
  • Our favorite meat was sliced smoked sausage. We would stop at a store and browse the produce for the vegetables, grab a package of smoked sausage and we were good to go.The variety is endless.
    One "trick" we often use is to sprinkle some powdered broth or onion soup mix on the vegetables.
  • We did a lot of 'hobo dinners' on our Weber Smokey Joe BBQ when we were traveling

    Chicken, pork, beef, root veggies, potato chunks, bell peppers, chunks of onions, whole garlic cloves, seasoning, splash of olive oil.........yummmmmmmmm
  • Shucks, being PC has even hit campfire cooking. Those are Hobo dinners.