[Jamestown1630]

This week, Hobo Packs; or, if you're fancy, STUFF en papillote :-)

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[SMGFan]

Hi

May I suggest you considering checking out a new cook book by Freddie Prinze , Jr. ? http://www.backtothekitchenbook.com/backtothekitchenbook/index

[disndat]

My wife makes 8 or 10 hobo packs at a time and freezes them. I take them to work for lunch.

[kalee]

I have made these two recipes for shrimp. I use this technique often in the summer for all sorts of things.

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/shrimp-en-papillote

http://www.foodnetwork.co.uk/recipes/shrimp-en-papillote.html

[Calvin Locke]

You forgot to mention the classic reference, “Manifold Destiny”. Especially good for driving to a picnic, with the meal cooking along the way.

[FreedomPoster]

I have a ton of oregano I need to clear out of the herb garden, it is taking over one of my big raised planters.

Suggestions?

[Excellence]

After years of searching, I finally found the recipe for oatmeal hamburgers I lost years ago. I’ll post it when I get to my computer in the morning.

[pugmama]

This is a nice and easy menu. The fish (in paper) gets great review, as it is very moist.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/easy-entertaining-with-michael-chiarello/8-series/my-first-dinner-party.html

[Uncle Miltie]

Keeping it simple tonight with the last of the year’s fresh spinach:

1) Fry Hard and Hot in a 12” cast iron pan:

* 1 Onion, chopped
* 6 Slices Bacon, chopped to 1/2 inch pieces
* 8 Mushrooms, sliced
* Pepper
* XVO
* Continue until everything browns nicely

2) Continue to Fry and add sequentially:

* Huge bushel of spinach, as much as a 12” cast iron can take
* 6 cloves garlic diced
* 1.5 TBS Brown Sugar
* 1.5 TBS Balsamic
* Heavy shaking of smoked paprika

Yum yum yum!

[mylife]

[miss marmelstein]

Not a camper myself but two books that have recipes and wonderful memories of camping are Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ “Cross Creek Cookery” and “Our Daily Bread” chapter in “Cross Creek.” She recounts a wonderful meal on a fishing trip deep in the Everglades in which she baked rolls in a spider on the tiny boat. She’s a heavenly writer much forgotten today, it seems.

[Excellence]

Here is the Oatmeal Hamburger recipe:(makes 8 to 12 hamburgers, but the recipe is easy to cut in half. Also, I’m not above using dried garlic and onion in a pinch.)

OATMEAL HAMBURGERS

1½ to 3 C walnut pieces
2 C rolled oats
½ C bread crumbs, dry
3 or 4 eggs, slightly beaten
½ C skim milk
1 large onion, chopped fine
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp sage
1 tsp salt
Ground black pepper to taste
Oil for browning
3 C vegetable stock

Grind walnuts in blender
Mix with other ingredients
Form into patties
Brown in oil both sides
Add stock and simmer, covered, for 25 minutes
Serve on hamburger buns with all the regular fixings.

A note on chopping onions, I use an apple slicer/corer on the onion, then go from there. It’s faster and gets rid of the core.

[Hoffer Rand]

I introduced my daughter to the en papillote method, for several reasons.

1. It’s super versatile, tons of recipes, using different proteins
2. She likes to entertain, but has two toddlers, so prep time is always a challenge, best if she can do it when they’re napping
3. This allows her to fix in advance, then put them in the oven right before dinner, so she’s not stuck in the kitchen cooking when company is there
4. Super easy clean up, did I mention the two toddlers?