I am involved in Cub Scouting. My husband is the Cub Master and I have served on Committee and as Tiger Cub Den Leader playing such roles as popcorn chair and Blue and Gold Banquet coordinator. I also serve as the food consultant of sorts for camping food and pack meeting food activities. This next week we are having our annual Thanksgiving meeting and we have decided to do a "Thanksgiving meal in a foil packet" activity. Cooking in foil packets is a camping technique we use with Cub Scouts for campfire cooking. The boys cook a meat and veggies in a packet made of foil over coals until done. Once the meat is done the rest is done. Today I spent lunch experimenting with our newest venture in foil packet cooking. Here is what I did...
I made small patties out of ground turkey and a bit of salt and pepper.
Then I chopped sweet potatoes into cubes
and I premixed some stuffing mix - to go with turkey (Used Albertson's brand for $.99 a box)
You will need sliced onion as a barrier under the meat in the packet to add moisture and to keep the meat from burning on the bottom. Then you add it all into the folded foil packet.
We also added a marshmallow on top of the sweet potatoes and I recommend a pat of butter, too. The last one I did had the butter and it was MUCH BETTER.... 'cause butter is just better, right? LOL
My daughter folding her own packet... it is BEST to use heavy duty foil for this.
My son getting ready to put his on the fire...
The fire...
The finished meal after cooking.... just open and enjoy! :)
The marshmallow, btw, disappears but the flavor is there. The heat melts it completely.
The bottom picture is a packet of potatoes and stuffing we made extra for us to share - almost done but I opened it to show progress...
You can be creative and add more spices to the meat or some cinnamon and brown sugar to your potatoes.
You could also add some fresh green beans or other veggies as you choose, too.
The final step in all of this is adding one ice cube to the packet to make more moisture and steam for quicker cooking.
On a good hot fire it takes about 25 to 30 minutes to fully cook the meal in a packet.
If you have any questions feel free to ask and I will do my best. I will also be taking pictures at the meeting as the boys do this, too.
Happy camp cooking!!!
I made small patties out of ground turkey and a bit of salt and pepper.
Then I chopped sweet potatoes into cubes
and I premixed some stuffing mix - to go with turkey (Used Albertson's brand for $.99 a box)
You will need sliced onion as a barrier under the meat in the packet to add moisture and to keep the meat from burning on the bottom. Then you add it all into the folded foil packet.
We also added a marshmallow on top of the sweet potatoes and I recommend a pat of butter, too. The last one I did had the butter and it was MUCH BETTER.... 'cause butter is just better, right? LOL
My daughter folding her own packet... it is BEST to use heavy duty foil for this.
My son getting ready to put his on the fire...
The fire...
The finished meal after cooking.... just open and enjoy! :)
The marshmallow, btw, disappears but the flavor is there. The heat melts it completely.The bottom picture is a packet of potatoes and stuffing we made extra for us to share - almost done but I opened it to show progress...
You can be creative and add more spices to the meat or some cinnamon and brown sugar to your potatoes.You could also add some fresh green beans or other veggies as you choose, too.
The final step in all of this is adding one ice cube to the packet to make more moisture and steam for quicker cooking.
On a good hot fire it takes about 25 to 30 minutes to fully cook the meal in a packet.
If you have any questions feel free to ask and I will do my best. I will also be taking pictures at the meeting as the boys do this, too.
Happy camp cooking!!!
LOVE this idea -- I will still have to use plain 'taters, but the others might go for 'orange potatoes', as well as adding beans.
ReplyDeleteI grew up eating traditional '202's' as we called them (meat, carrots, potatoes and onions) {Technically they were "202 Special's", my dad's scout troop number was 202.}
How neat! My boys are still really small but I will definitely be filing this away in my mind for the time when we can all eat sans the pickiness! Excellent idea! Thanks for sharing this with us!
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