Heart: Pocketbook Stew

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Pocketbook Stew

 

Recipe By : Heart of the Home, Ann Jackson (1995) p64

Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Grill Vegetables

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 block of tofu or tempeh -- marinated and sliced

3 potatoes -- to 5; sliced

2 onions -- to 3; sliced

4 carrots -- to 5; sliced

- in sticks

margarine

salt and pepper

aluminum foil -- torn in 9x9 " pieces

 

Lay the foil down on the table, sunny side up. Lay a piece of tofu or

tempeh on, along with 3 or 4 slices of potato, a few slices of onion,

2 or 3 carrot sticks, salt and pepper, and a top with a pat of

margarine. Roll up the sides of the foil. Try to make it real tight

all over so the juice doesn't all run out when it starts to cook.

Place on medium coals. Check after about 45 minutes depending on the

size of the fire.

 

When you have finished wrapping everything up, if you have any one

item leftover (Onions, carrots, potatoes) just wrap it up and add a

pinch of salt, pepper, and margarine and put it on the coals to cook.

These usually end up being the surprise hit of the night.

 

If there is an origin for this recipe, it must be the Girl Scouts, as

it's the first thing any scout every cooks out. I remember helping a

group of 10 year olds get their Outdoor Cooking Merit Badge. After

the whole ordeal was over we were sitting around gnawing burnt

marshmallows off sticks. I asked one little girl if she remembered

the name of what we had for dinner. She had a confused look on her

face and said, " I think it was called Pocketbook Stew " . Close, but no

cigar.

 

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Per serving (excluding unknown items): 1085 Calories; 2g Fat (2%

calories from fat); 29g Protein; 248g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol;

174mg Sodium

Food Exchanges: 13 Starch/Bread; 10 Vegetable

 

NOTES : The easiest things are always the best. I like to make this

when kids are around; it's so easy they can do it by themselves.

Also, this is a great fireplace dinner. One night we made a bunch of

these little " pockets " and a few of them got lost back in the coals.

When I poked up the fire the next morning, I found them, still

warm..boy what a breakfast...

 

These can be cooked anywhere--on the outdoor grill or on the coals of

a campfire. They're virtually impossible t ruin, and like most things

you cook over a fire, they even taste good burnt.

 

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