On 2/3/2013 6:55 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I think it is also aka: Mulligan Soup
>>
>> I have a package of precooked hamburger in the freezer that I want to
>> use up. I've decided that my tastes have changed and I just don't
>> like beef in spaghetti sauce anymore. No matter how I spice it up
>> with garlic and oregano, it just tastes blah to me and I prefer
>> Italian sausage (even if it's "mild")... so I want to use this stuff
>> up. I ran across something called hobo stew, which seems to be
>> whatever you feel like adding to the pot - even corn and beans (both
>> green and dried).
>
> We made something like that at Girl Scout camp except that it was in foil
> packages and done on the grill. So even though they called it stew, there
> wasn't really any broth to it. Ground beef, potatoes, onions, carrots,
> celery, whatever else you've got.
>
>
I call those "campfire pocketbooks". Some friends and I made them a
couple of times while on camping trips. In the fire, not on a grill.
In our case we didn't pre-cook the ground beef. We formed them into
small hamburger patties to go into the foil pouches with the veggies.
Salt, pepper. The "pocketbooks" went directly into the wood fire. For
about an hour. The meat cooked, releasing juices and fat in the foil
pouch which in turn cooked the vegetables. Quite tasty for what it was

Jill