The Simpler Things in Life
It’s funny how we can take so much for granted! We are about to embark on our second camping trip this summer, rustic camping, that is! It definitely takes a bit more preparation and creativity to come up with enough meals to cook over the fire. We hadn’t been camping in years until last fall, because we didn’t feel the need to camp after moving to the country. We had all that we went camping for right in our backyard. Well, after taking the plunge into the horse world, we decided to go camping with them.
The change of scenery was wonderful, from the beautiful trails, although a bit muddy at the time, to the surrounding trees and skyline. We all had a wonderful time, although I have to admit that after a few days, I was more than ready to come home. The thought of a warm wonderful shower was just too much.
We did reintroduce the kids to our pie cookers. It’s kind of funny, when they were very young, we camped almost every weekend, so, when I told someone to go get the pie cookers out of the camper, they just looked at me with the funniest look. “What is a pie cooker?” they said. I proceeded to explain to them what it was they were looking for and they finally found them. Well, the first pie cooker meal was a success, we made pizzas, then we made pies and more pies! Then when we ran out of bread, so they used the leftover buns, they turned out pretty good too!
Probably the most requested campfire meal was the hobo dinners. Here is the recipe:
Campfire Hobo Dinners
hamburger
onions
carrots
potatoes
seasonings(if desired)
cream of mushroom soup
The hobo dinners are cooked in foil, we use heavy duty foil. Make hamburger patties, cut carrots, potatoes and onions, set aside in piles. Tear off a piece of foil about 8 inches wide, this will be for one dinner. Place one hamburger patty, potatoes, onions, carrots and 2 tablespoons of cream of mushroom soup, then fold in to center and fold ends in. Repeat. Your fire should consist of hot coals, it is really a science to cook these properly, but boy are they worth it. I usually cook them for 20 - 30 minutes. Last time I cooked them on our tripod right over the coals and they were delicious. It’s very easy to burn the hamburger on the bottom if you’re not careful, to check them use tongs to pull them out of the fire and carefully open foil to see that the veggies are cooked and the hamburger done.
I don’t typically use cream of mushroom soup as I haven’t found one without msg, so, if you prefer, you can substitute spices of your choice.
Enjoy!
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July 03 2009 06:13 pm | Uncategorized