Car Cooking

One of our fun posters on my kids group just started sharing this idea and others jumped in with their recipes and advice. I love everything being shared and I have to share with you all! I'm going to try this on the 4th as we are traveling to Alamosa (2 hour trip) for the 4th for a cookout with family and I'm bringing........ a car cooking recipe! (laughing...I can't wait to see their faces) Here are a few of the posts:

Savannah said: You make your foil packets before leaving home. I put in steak
bits, marinaded in beer, a quartered onion, some carrots, s&p, Worcestershire
sauce, plenty of garlic, maybe another splash of beer, and a good lump of
butter. I wrap up potatoes that way as well, and put it all in the cooler.
When you get to where you're going, you lay your foil packets on the engine (
which will be nice and hot by now, ) and close the hood while you get yourself
sorted out. While you're finished putting up your tent and all, they should be
ready.

Susan said: Seriously?

Savannah said: It is most *certainly* something I've done! I did it with baked potatoes, and
they were done in ... oh, I dunno, around a half hour? Think about how hot that
engine is!


Denise said: That is good, I didn't do it on the "car" but we cook a lot on open fires
and we do the banana, choc chips, fresh strawberries and mini marshmallows
and MMMM they come out hot and tasting like a banana split.
Get the book "foil cooking" and you can do it on a "car" open fire or oven.
Also theres couple good camping cookbooks.

Any thinner piece of meat and potatoes and carrots and onions and stuff
works
BUT use the BETTER FOIL!!!!!


Leena said:
They have several sandwiches you can make while camping. No not the reg. lol You
get a hard loaf or bread like garlic, spread with spaghetti sauce, after cut in
half, add pepperoni and some hunks of mozzarella. Wrap in foil, and heat until
cheese is melted over indirect heat. Works best if you can put a cast iron stick
or 2 large rocks on top.to smoosh it down. You can use other ingredients too.


Savannah said: Well, let's seeeee ......... No, you do not leave the engine running. I'm
thinking about the last time I did it; we drove from here to Cullman, which is
about fifty miles, to the rest stop there. By the time we got there, the engine
was *plenty* hot, and I thought I'd do something simple - baked potatoes. I
brought them from home, already wrapped in foil, and pricked all over ( to let
the steam escape . ) If you really are in a hurry, boil the potatoes a little
bit before you leave home. Close the hood, but not quite all the way. Wait 20
minutes or so ( depending on the size of the potato, ) and eat 'em up!
I think "foil packet cooking" is neat, too - I do a wicked little kebab-in-foil
thing - the trick is to pour a little beer in the packet, so it can steam. If
you don't have beer, apple cider is *really* nice. And I do a fruit one, too -
it has pineapple, mandarin orange sections, and a banana in it - Yummo! If you
want to get the hubby interested in it, start of with the potatoes, it's nearly
impossible to botch that one : )
I found you a couple of websites on the subject :

http://www.ehow.com/how_2294790_cook-cars-engine.html?ref=fuel&utm_source=yahoo&\


- and

http://www.wisebread.com/cooking-great-meals-with-your-car-engine-the-heat-is-on



Savannah said: Corn-on-the-cob is a prime candidate for on-the-engine cooking. Shuck the corn,
and put in the center of a piece of foil large enough to wrap around the bundle
completely, or the juices will leak out. Give the cobs a good sprinkling of H2O
( so that they can steam, ) and apply butter, salt & pepper, and anything else
you fancy - Parmesan cheese is nice, and so is rosemary. Let sit 25-30 minutes,
turning once halfway through.
Now, as to how to hold them without getting all messy. I keep my good corn
holders in a drawer, sticking out of a cork. Don't take your good ones in your
pic-a-nic basket, you might lose them! Instead, I've scarfed up a handful of
golf tees; I just drive them into the ends of the cob - you will probably want
to use a tool for that ... but then, you *did* bring your hammer along, didn't
you?! You didn't?! What were you *thinking*?!! Okay, then use the bottom of a
can of something : )

Leena said: With the husks we pull ours back, butter them, and pull them back
up. They taste great and no chance of drying out. Here in cali they have a corn
guy who puts mayo on the corn and then Parmesan cheese. The kids can't get
enough of them

Leena said:

Sandwiches like that have been on many food network shows about grilling. You
need to start with hard bread though as it softens with cooking.

Savannah shares her Campfire Potato Chips recipe: Guess what I dug up? Yay! I remember making these, and they are ooooooso yummy.
Slice a couple of potatoes as thinly or thickly as you desire. Spread out on
aluminum foil so that none are touching each other. Spray them all with Pam.
Flip them over, and spray the other side. Toss the slices into a bowl ( ideally
a Tupperware one with a lid. For that matter, you could do it in a little paper
bag. ) In the bowl ( or bag ) you've already mixed up the following :
1 teaspoon paprika
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons powdered dry mustard ( I swear by Coleman's )
2 teaspoons ground red pepper
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon sage
1/2 teaspoon each cinnamon & cloves
1-2 teaspoons salt
Of course, you can adjust this according to how spicy or not spicy you want it.
Shake or toss well to coat. Transfer to foil, and make a packet, trying to keep
it flat so the slices don't overlap. Put the packet on the fire, and grill for
oh ... about 20 minutes or so, then flip it over, and give it another 20. Now,
this will not make a crunchy chip, it's more like cooked potatoes - but *oh*!
What a tastee side dish. Serve with grilled corn ( with or without husks :D ) or
a nice corn salad. Have some strawberry-applesauce with it.
Did that make any sense? It's clear that I'll never make a living formatting
recipes, eh?


Denise shared her Orange Cake recipe:
My kids liked the banana splits but also
Take an orange, slice bottom to make flat so It will sit.
Cut off top and scoop out some of the orange, take Martha Washingtons cake
mix (little blue box, very cheap) follow directions on the box, then pour
some cake mix in orange but NOT TO TOP!.
Cover with foil and place sitting up in the fire and wait about 8-10 min
open up to see if done (just like you would a cake) and let cook then eat,
The cake taste like "Orange cake"

Leena added to the Orange Cake recipe: I bet that you could put little pieces f pineapple in the bottom, wit a bit of
brown sugar and have upside down cake. Out here I think the mixes are Jiffy cake
mixes.




Maybe this should be title: She said She said Now, we have one gal getting ready to do this today so we're all waiting to hear what she says. What do you think?

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Foil cooking for scouts: http://sne.tripod.com/foil.htm


http://www.angelfire.com/ia3/camping/recipes.htm#foil


http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/CookingSchool/StepByStepRecipes/DinnerRecipes/


http://www.reynoldspkg.com/reynoldskitchens/en/tips_category.asp?cat_id=1688


http://www.chuckwagondiner.com/foil.html