Pouch cooking

[Fly320s]

I like it.   

I watched the Good Eats cooking show with Alton Brown the other day; it's one of my favorite shows.  That show was a special on pouch cooking, which is cooking food that is enclosed in some sort of pouch, such as aluminum foil, parchment paper, banana leaves, corn husks, etc.

So, tonight, my wife and I gave it a try.  It's easy.  We made oriental-style fish and veggies served over rice noodles.  For our first try, it was pretty good even though I overcooked the noodles.  I think we are going to be doing lots of this style of cooking.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

in the summer i do pouches on the grill

[Bogie]

Uh... In kollidge, the local stupormarket sold a lot of salisbury steaks in "boil in bags." A few minutes on the hotplate, and you had dinner. Or toss it in with the rice.
 

[never_retreat]

in the summer i do pooches on the grill

What breads barbecue the best?

[Azrael256]

Wow, if this becomes popular, all those years as a Boy Scout may suddenly pay off.  Kinda strange to see people thinking of foil packs as high-class eatin'.

[crt360]

Wow, if this becomes popular, all those years as a Boy Scout may suddenly pay off.  Kinda strange to see people thinking of foil packs as high-class eatin'.

Yum.  Meat, potatoes, onions, baby carrots, and ashes.  I cooked a few of those meals when I was a scout. 

[jackdanson]

Yum.  Meat, potatoes, onions, baby carrots, and ashes.  I cooked a few of those meals when I was a scout.

That's good stuff, I made some potatoes/onions in foil tonight.

[Doggy Daddy]

Uh... In kollidge, the local stupormarket sold a lot of salisbury steaks in "boil in bags."

Anybody seen these "boilin' bags" lately?  I really miss the "stuff on a shingle" I used to make with the creamed chipped beef bags.  I think the nuker has made them obsolete. 

[K Frame]

Yep, Boy Scouts all over again.

If you had foil, you had dinner!

[lupinus]

Yum.  Meat, potatoes, onions, baby carrots, and ashes.  I cooked a few of those meals when I was a scout. 

You forgot the burnt 'n charred cabbage leaf!  It wasn't a foil pack meal with my scout troop if there was no sacrificial cabbage leaf beneath it all    Anyone else do the pouch cooked Bisquick biscuit?  Bisquick mix, water till it looks....doughy, and whack that in a pouch of it's own(minus cabbage leaf).

In all seriousness though pouch cooking has been popular in many cultures for a very long time.  The Italians have been doing it in folded parchment for ages, I forget the name of their particular technique at the moment unfortunately.

[seeker_two]

When I make fajitas on the grill, I put the peppers & onions in a foil pouch with a liberal helpin' of butter, wrap tightly, and grill along with the meat....great stuff.... 

...and Alton Brown is the Master of All Cooking Sciences....his show has given me lots of ideas....   

[Fly320s]

Wow, if this becomes popular, all those years as a Boy Scout may suddenly pay off.  Kinda strange to see people thinking of foil packs as high-class eatin'.

I wouldnt call it high-class eatin, just something new to me, although we did make it a bit fancy by using salmon, leeks, carrots, snow peas, water chestnuts, and good seasonings. We also made a thai curry and coconut milk sauce for the rice noodles. Yum.

[AJ Dual]

When I think of "My pouch is cooking", I'm thinking more of Gold Bond Powder. 

But wrapping up food and tossing it in the campfire? I thought this was something everyone knew, or could figure out for themselves even if they've never heard of it. 

[freakazoid]

When I think of "My pouch is cooking", I'm thinking more of Gold Bond Powder.   

lol. I almost fell out of my chair trying to not laugh. 

[makattak]

You know how sometimes your first glance at words doesn't work right?

Glancing at the threads I read: "Pouch cooking on small engines"


At the very least it would have been an interesting thread...

[Gewehr98]

I've done that, on both automotive and snowmobile engines. 

[mtnbkr]

When I think of "My pouch is cooking", I'm thinking more of Gold Bond Powder. 

No no no.  Gold Bond is like thousands of tiny gnomes with icy fists pounding your pouch.

Chris

[Fly320s]

You know how sometimes your first glance at words doesn't work right?

Glancing at the threads I read: "Pouch cooking on small engines"


At the very least it would have been an interesting thread...

There is a cook book for that. "Manifold Destiny.".

[AJ Dual]

No no no.  Gold Bond is like thousands of tiny gnomes with icy fists pounding your pouch.

Chris

Naw... Stick with green. Don't use the blue unless "you're into that sorta thing..."

[roo_ster]

No no no.  Gold Bond is like thousands of tiny gnomes with icy fists pounding your pouch.

Chris

Go 'Green!

[Balog]

Alton Brown is a genius. His show is just about all I ever watch on tv anymore.

[Matthew Carberry]

I now look at meat animals in a whole new way.

Love me some Good Eats.

[Brad Johnson]

I like Good Eats because you learn something about the why and not just the how.

Brad

[Matthew Carberry]

I like Good Eats because you learn something about the why and not just the how.

Brad

And his distaste of "uni-taskers".  Lateral thinking abounds on that program.

[Balog]

And his distaste of "uni-taskers".  Lateral thinking abounds on that program.

And his extensive use of power tools. The drill motor pepper grinder was inspiring. :D