Historic Hood River
“Foil Dinner”
1-31-2023
Notes
Usually it’s the images with people in them that bring back the memories, but think this image will be evocative to anyone who ever went to overnight camp. It looks like the girls at Camp Yallani were learning to make dinner on the campfire by wrapping everything in aluminum foils and tossing it in the fire “until done”. I’m guessing the county health inspector wouldn’t need a thermometer to verify these girls has successfully cooked their dinner.
Seeing this reminded me of scouring the woods for twigs and branches to make a fire, cooking hamburgers over the fire, putting out the raging flames with sand, and finally eating very gritty hamburgers with ample ketchup to cover taste of dirt.
Jeff Bryant
That milk carton looks easier to open and drink from than the ones I remember.
L.E.
Arthur, it sounds like you needed Yallani camp counselors and aluminum foil.
Another good laugh to start the morning.
JKG
The classic hobo dinner. At least that’s what my mom called them. Not sure we can even say that anymore…
Stever
From the WW web :
"Hobo Dinner Recipe
Required:
aluminum foil
paper towels
long fire tongs
Ingredients:
Serves One:
1/4 lb. hamburger
1 potato
1 carrot
katchup or BBQ sauce
1/4 onion, optional
Seasoning: salt, pepper, …
Notes:
Create a foil wrapper for each person by sandwiching a wet paper towel between two squares of foil. This will help even the heat and prevent burning.
Instructions:
Wash, peel, and dice the vegetables.
With clean fingers, pull the hamburger into bits and place on foil wrappter.
Season hamburger and add vegetables and sauce as desired.
Fold foil into a flat package sealed well.
Place the dinner on coals.
Cook for 10 minutes, then flip and cook 10 more.
Unwrap and check one dinner to see if they are done. "