Tin Foil Dinners

Czubek · 09-08-2010, 07:54 AM

Hamburger, canned peas, canned corn, canned taters, cheese, onion, squash and whatever else wrapped up in foil and put on a charcoal grill or open fire. It's fun to let everyone make their own.

Brian

Karl/PA · 09-08-2010, 08:34 AM

aviator · 09-08-2010, 08:41 AM

Salmon.

chop up some black olives and tomatoes, place on the meat side of the salmon, add salt, pepper, sprinkle some olive oil and wrap in aluminum foil skin down, leave room for steam, place on grill for a few minutes and enjoy.

RTO · 09-08-2010, 10:19 AM

A large sweet onion with a few cuts in it to allow olive oil, Worcestershire sauce and butter to seep inside is a tasty side for a foil cook out.

GARANDNUT · 09-08-2010, 11:14 AM

several whole garlic cloves;
3 or 4 Yukon Gold potatoes cut into small cubes;
One onion cut into wedges;
olive oil;
pinch of kosher salt;
fresh ground black pepper;
several sprigs of fresh rosmarry;

roll up in foil and cook over coals until the potatoes are soft. You can add a chicken breast or two to the packet and pour on some white wine.

RetVet · 09-08-2010, 11:25 AM

Sounds like silver turtles..... that's Boy Scout speak.

Sanders · 09-08-2010, 12:06 PM

Ever cook your tinfoil dinners on a car engine block?

I used to cook my lunches on the engine of my drill rig - double wrap whatever it is in tinfoil and place on the engine. Different places on the engine are hotter than others.

I have yet to try this while driving cross country, but I recall a website I read several years ago that had recipes for even steak and potroast - and driving times for cooking them.

aviator · 09-08-2010, 12:57 PM

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and driving times for cooking them.

Hah!....sounds interesting.

Sanders · 09-08-2010, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by aviator

Hah!....sounds interesting.

Here's one from here: http://www.wisebread.com/cooking-gre...the-heat-is-on

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Cruise-Control Pork Tenderloin - Cooking distance: 250 miles
I like this one because it's soft and tender, and is a great treat for the end of a long journey (hey, I'm a Brit...250 miles is along way to me).

Ingredients:
1 large pork tenderloin, butterflied
3 tbsp Dijon mustard
2 tbsp dry white wine
1/2 cup red onion, minced
2 tsp rosemary (fresh), crushed
Salt & pepper
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Blend together all of the ingredients (except the pork) and spread across the inside of the pork tenderloin. Close up the pork, triple-wrap in foil and place on a medium-hot part of the engine. Turn once (125 miles) during cooking.

Czubek · 09-08-2010, 01:54 PM

Did canned chili, stew and a couple other things in a basket I made that sat above the exhaust manifold in a Mack F700L. Don't ask how I know, but don't open the lids completely, just a couple small vent holes are sufficient... Never tried anything any more elaborate than that, though. That cruise control pork tenderloin sounds yummy.

Brian

baboon · 09-08-2010, 02:03 PM

My parents use to do hobo potatoes on the campfire in foil that I still have found memories of. Myself I can't figure out why anyone would put most things in foil that they grill @ home. I thought grilling was about cooking over a nice bed of coals for a char or getting some smoke.

09-08-2010, 07:54 AM	#1
Czubek slug Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stover, Missouri Posts: 33,622	Tin Foil Dinners Hamburger, canned peas, canned corn, canned taters, cheese, onion, squash and whatever else wrapped up in foil and put on a charcoal grill or open fire. It's fun to let everyone make their own. Brian __________________ 3 Here at the Dirty Dozen's Bunker, we have no problems, only solutions.

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09-08-2010, 08:41 AM	#3
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,393	Salmon. chop up some black olives and tomatoes, place on the meat side of the salmon, add salt, pepper, sprinkle some olive oil and wrap in aluminum foil skin down, leave room for steam, place on grill for a few minutes and enjoy. __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Pesident Ronald Reagan

09-08-2010, 10:19 AM	#4
RTO Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Flarda Posts: 29,565	A large sweet onion with a few cuts in it to allow olive oil, Worcestershire sauce and butter to seep inside is a tasty side for a foil cook out. __________________ 3 Make America Like Florida

09-08-2010, 11:25 AM	#6
RetVet Statistical Error Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Homeless Posts: 43,655	Sounds like silver turtles..... that's Boy Scout speak. __________________ ^^^ For entertainment purposes. Use only as directed. ^^^ III

09-08-2010, 11:14 AM	#5
GARANDNUT Pontificator Maximus Join Date: May 2006 Location: between the hills Posts: 8,728	several whole garlic cloves; 3 or 4 Yukon Gold potatoes cut into small cubes; One onion cut into wedges; olive oil; pinch of kosher salt; fresh ground black pepper; several sprigs of fresh rosmarry; roll up in foil and cook over coals until the potatoes are soft. You can add a chicken breast or two to the packet and pour on some white wine.

09-08-2010, 12:06 PM	#7
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,463	Ever cook your tinfoil dinners on a car engine block? I used to cook my lunches on the engine of my drill rig - double wrap whatever it is in tinfoil and place on the engine. Different places on the engine are hotter than others. I have yet to try this while driving cross country, but I recall a website I read several years ago that had recipes for even steak and potroast - and driving times for cooking them. __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

09-08-2010, 01:54 PM	#10
Czubek slug Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stover, Missouri Posts: 33,622	Did canned chili, stew and a couple other things in a basket I made that sat above the exhaust manifold in a Mack F700L. Don't ask how I know, but don't open the lids completely, just a couple small vent holes are sufficient... Never tried anything any more elaborate than that, though. That cruise control pork tenderloin sounds yummy. Brian

09-08-2010, 02:03 PM	#11
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,307	My parents use to do hobo potatoes on the campfire in foil that I still have found memories of. Myself I can't figure out why anyone would put most things in foil that they grill @ home. I thought grilling was about cooking over a nice bed of coals for a char or getting some smoke.