<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Remember Brownie stew or Boy Scout foil dinners from your childhood? Last weekend, I was visiting with my son & daughter-in-law. We got a sudden impluse to make foil dinners because it was simply too hot to cook indoors & they don't have a grill. It was fun and easy and GF! Here's what we did for 10 people: We cleared a 32 inch circle in an empty flower bed & surrounded it with cement landscaping blocks. Then we poured in nearly a full bag of charcoal briquettes & lit them. While the coals were getting started, we assembled the dinners. In each sheet of heavy duty foil, we placed a generous sized hamburger patty, diced red potatoes & carrots, chopped onion & green peppers, salt & pepper. The foil dinners were sealed closed using the "drug store wrap." When the coals were ready, the foil wraps were placed directly on the coals for about 13 minutes on each side, then were removed from the heat and allowed to "rest" for another 10 or 15 minutes. We then opened one end of the wrap & dumped the contents onto a plate. They were delicious & fun for the whole family. [We used about 4 pounds hamburger, 10 potatoes, 10 carrots, 2 large onions, one pepper for 10 people.] I repeated this at my home Saturday. Instead of making a fire pit, I used my old charcoal bar-b-que, without the grill. I skipped the pepper and added a sprig of fresh rosemary to each dinner. The aroma was irresistable. I found I needed about 7 charcoal briquettes under each foil dinner. If you decide to try this, make sure you use heavy duty foil. One of mine sprung a leak & the juices put out a couple of the coals underneath so the veggies in one of my dinners were firm. ~Valerie in Tacoma ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! *Support summarization of posts, reply to the SENDER not the CELIAC List*