Hi all, in the weeks leading up to our trip, we had one conversation more than any other - What are we going to eat? We really only needed to worry about Saturday night. When you have one group on Diet A, one group on Diet B, then us on Diet C (who am I kidding, no diets here!), it can be a bit of a challenge. Diets really go out the window while camping, however you don't want to go crazy!
We decided on hobo dinners, or in a policitally correct world, foil dinners - Boise! Am I glad we did! My parents grew up on these during boy scout and girl scout camping trips. I've had similar meals on my own grill, but these are 10x better! We fired up the fire pits about 4:00 so they'd have plenty of hot coals by dinner time. About 45 minutes before we were ready to eat, we started preparing our feast.
Simply put, a foil dinner is a dinner wrapped in foil (duh!). You roll out some foil, spray some Pam cooking spray - VERY IMPORTANT!! -, slop some meat/veggies on it, roll it up, then place it directly on some coals in the fire. What do you put in these packages? Anything you want! We had chopped steak, shredded carrots, shredded potatoes, squash/zucchini, sweet potatoes, and onions. We pre-cut everything (except for the potatoes) for easy preparation. Throw some some seasoning salt and worcestershire sauce and you've got something special.
The packets were on the fire for about 25 minutes, flipped once somewhere in the middle. Some of our "leftover" packages had to be left on for a bit longer. It can be tricky getting them out of the fire - long tongs are recommended. Mine was a bit charred on one side and I wouldn't have it any other way!
This meal is enjoyable to both make and eat. It's great for the family...the kids had a great time keeping track of everone's packages in the fire (we had 15....hard to keep track of all of 'em!). My mom also had some biscuits out of a cannister (Pillsbury), put them on a foil-wrapped branch (again, sprayed with Pam), and threw them over the fire as well.
Yummy!
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