AndrewD
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Recipe time: Coal-baked potatoes
Next time you have an open fire in winter try this recipe. When I was a kid we used to do it in the campfire, but we more often do it in the lounge fireplace.
Smear whole potatoes in butter (or bacon grease for extra flavor) and wrap them in a double layer of aluminium (tin / aluminum) foil and throw them deep into the fire buried by hot coals. [You really need coals, so wait until the fire is well established.] Bake for 50-60min until soft.
To serve, halve the potatoes, top with extra butter, salt and pepper or a dollop of sour cream and chives. And scoop out with a spoon and enjoy the smoky starchy goodness.
Follow up with some toasted marshmallows and you will be in campfire heaven.
Andrew
Recipe time: Coal-baked potatoes
Next time you have an open fire in winter try this recipe. When I was a kid we used to do it in the campfire, but we more often do it in the lounge fireplace. Smear whole potatoes in butter (or bacon grease for extra flavor) and wrap them in a double laye...
re: coal
Sounds like the perfect recipe for the summer time campfire! We used to do something similar when we did our overnight hiking except we did a beef patty and some veggies. Do you have a fire pit in your backyard or was this on a trip? -MW
This is the open fire in the lounge
Glass of port or muscat, baked potatoes, marshmallows, crackling fire. Both warming and relaxing on a cold weekend. Andrew
Given that my...
....fireplace has been raging over this chilly week, I'm taking this as inspiration....the tatties are wrapped and will be going in shortly.
Hope they turned out well ...
Perfect for that chilly Melbourne cold snap with the coldest temperatures in neatly a decade. Andrew
Mouth full of water ;)
I used to do this long ago with my grandfather in his cottage in hills Difference we didn't use Al foil we use to ram potato on sharp hazelnut stick and rotate them periodically also we rammed some big chunks of bacon Great times Thank you for memories la...