Baked Potatoes and Onions on coals

[trust me]

This is a river trip favorite. I get asked to do these every time:
Build a fire and get your charcoal going inside a stone ring. While that is going, split your large baking potatoes and Vidalia onions (any will do). Also shave off the onion top and bottom buttons where the layers all attach. Smear some margarine inside the tater and onion halves, then slap them back together and double wrap with aluminum foil. When your charcoal is going good, spread it out evenly and toss the spuds and onions on top. Potatoes take a full hour, onions about 45 minutes. Turn them occasionally and keep flame to a minimum to avoid burn spots.
I like to throw a screen over the charcoal and start my pork chops or steaks at about the 30 minute mark, and everything gets done at the same time.

Of course you can do ears of corn as well, but the taters and onions are what I get requests for.

[Auk1124]

You can do cabbage this way too and it is fantastic.

[GSP]

.and don't forget the mushrooms!

[C.L.Button]

I do Sweet Potatoes with Onions, butter, and allspice the same way. They go great with 1" thick Pork Chops. Do that wrapped Apple deal for desert.

I'm gettin hungry,, is it lunch time yet ??? :D

UMMMMMMMM good,,,

[Remington12]

Add a beef bouillonn cube to that onion while it's wrapped up and it will make it killer! Sliced yellow squash & zuchini with butter wrapped up makes the women think you are a chef!

This kind of talk gets me in the mood... I grilling this weekend no matter how hot it is!

[GSP]

Sound like it's official. Hot coals, alum foil and butter ranks up there with a crock pot and the bacon grease/corn meal combo. You can throw a work boot in a crock pot and it'll come out tender and good! What can't you dip in corn meal and fry in bacon grease that ain't good?:cool: :D

Thanks for bringing this'en up Trustme. I wrap potatos and throw it in the coals of the fireplace on Sunday afternoons in the winter. Good stuff.

[the griz]

Whin I was a teenager we used to go to a friends cabin every weekend in the winter to camp and hunt. We would raids Dad's cellar and smokehouse.

cut a large potato in half butter butter well both sides, place a large slice of onion in the center and a slice of salt or smoke cured bacon. double wrap in foil and place in the fireplace coals. takes about 1.5 - 2 hours but gosh they tasted good.

[Auk1124]

Once upon a time, certain road construction workers were known to borrow a few ears of sweet corn from gardens near the road, smear butter on em, wrap em in foil, and run them through an asphalt paver. Tastier than it sounds (or so I'm told). :D

[Remington12]

Auk,
I knew of a baked potatoe recipe that you wrapped up a potatoe in a brown paper bag and dropped it into tar and then opened it up before it cooled. There is a seafood restaurant near Myrtle Beach that served them this way.

[Bowcrazy]

Sounds like the old rozin baked potatoes......can't remember where you got those??

Why not just butter the foil and put everything in together. That which would take a little longer to cook, just cut in smaller pieces. Toss in a little garlic salt, A1 sauce, or favorite barbecue sauce.