byakee wrote:

> Hubby's dad started him on these: on a large sheet of foil, arrange
> ground beef with diced potatoes, onions and carrots. Season well (we
> like salt, pepper, garlic, and Worchestershire, amoung other things).
> Fold and seal foil to form a packet, cook on a cool part of the fire
> for 45-60 minutes. I'm sure you could add things like green peppers
> if you wished or even subsitute chicken for the beef. FIL called
> them "Hobo dinners". What's nice is that you can get all the prep
> work done, then relax by the fire while they cook.

Paula Deen had that on her show, she called them Hobo something, too.
They looked good, like individual meatloaves, unless I'm confusing it
with something else.

nancy