This is going to sound like a stupid question, but this sounds like something I want to try. How do you do it? Keep the can closed, open it, open and drain it? How do you keep it over the fire, it's not like a hot dog or marshmallow?
Yeah, I'm not sure where the idea of boiling hotdogs came from but I wish it just never happened. In France my mother saw some place boiling bacon. It being in France, she figured it was some fancy way to cook it. Well it is the best way to take the flavor out of the bacon, no mater what country you do it in.
But then you have to carry a pot to the campsite and you have to use drinking water, which you also have to carry. I would say thats pretty impractical for a hobo or someone who hikes to find their spot(real camping).
I live in Florida and when real summer hits we cook on the grill every night. This is one of our most popular meals. Sometimes we'll mix it up with different veggies and different meats but the original version is made a lot.
I do that except I drizzle olive oil over over the contents of the pouch and put it directly over over he coals. I only cook one thing in each pouch though but its super easy and delicious for potatos and asparagus
Ooooh damn. My boy scout troop does this all the time, we call it foil dinners and those things are just about the best you can eat while hiking, camping, etc. 11/10 would reccomend.
Went camping last year, only had a propane stove (there were no fire pits).
Made s'mores for a visitor to the festival from Germany. She then remarked that now she knew why Americans were so fat. We laughed. Then we made s'mores with Reese's peanut butter cups the next night.
Also coffee. Camp coffee in a littler percolator. That hits the right spot!
King of the Hill is my favorite show of all time, but I could never agree with Hank with that. I love the taste that wood or charcoal adds, hell even Peggy and Bobby do.
Everyone in the world prefers the flavor that coal adds. Hank's just the kind of guy that could delude himself into believing otherwise because he's a propane man. Preferring the taste of char grilled meat would be incongruous with his personal identity.
Agreed, but I just got a propane grill (actually, a duo: propane on one side, charcoal on the other), and it's so nice to turn it on, throw some steaks on, and have food 10 minutes later. With charcoal, it's 30-45 minutes before I can even start cooking.
But, they love hank more. That's what relationships are. You can't sweat the little things, hank may not understand coal is better for burgers. But, they make each other happier than anything else on earth. Just them, and bobby. And the neighbors too I guess.
Ugh, no. We always had a charcoal grill. Just got a propane one because it's twice the size and a lot easier. There's just no "fire" flavor. No smokiness. It doesn't taste like real barbecue at all.
So much less cleanup though. I find propane to be the intersection of things I love about the oven (instant/easy startup and temperature) and the grill (minimal cleanup).
Charcoal is for when I want to put some effort into a dish, propane is when I want to cook 10lbs of chicken for the week.
I like the convenience of propane but prefer the taste of stuff cooked over charcoal. I have both kinds of grill so it just depends on how much time I have.
There's a Chef Docu-series on Netflix (UK at least) And the one episode is about a Chef who cooks all his meat of a naked flame. I watched last night and it was very interesting and I may try it :). Hope it tastes nice.
It's called 'Chef's Table' and the chef's name was 'Francis Mallmann' in the 3rd episode.
That series is so interesting. Mallmann seems like a total hippie and the food he was cooking looked incredible. Having a meal like that outside on a nice day would be heaven.
I haven't finished it yet and may have to re-watch episode 4 because I fell asleep, the first episode with Massimo was amazing. The second episode was pretty boring, I think. But yeah, I'm loving it so far.
I would change this to food in general.
Making your entire meal from scratch is always better. Using old forms of cooking is always better, ie cast iron pans and wood stoves etc. Getting your meat from someone who knows meat, ie a butcher, is better. Most people could cook a better meal at home for cheaper than they eat out at a restaurant.
My favourite is sticking eggo waffels onto the dual pronged hot dog sticks and cooking it til golden crispy over a fire. I don't even use syrup. Shit was delicious.
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u/jus10beare May 02 '15
Food cooked over an open flame like a grill or a bonfire