Tinfoil Dinners

a.k.a. "Hobo Dinners"

This takes me back to when I first made these, at girls' camp in North Dakota.

What you need:
tinfoil
hamburger (uncooked)
potatoes (peeled/chopped)
onion soup mix
butter (optional)
salt
pepper

For the hungrier crowd, use 1/2 pound of ground beef, otherwise for the little kids 1/3 or 1/4 lb. will be plenty. Lay out your tinfoil, it needs to be big enough to be able to wrap the food. Add potatoes- the smaller they're chopped the better they cook. Add a small amount of onion soup mix and a thin slice of butter (maybe 1 tablespoon worth?). Wrap in tinfoil, make sure it's folded over twice or three times, or gathered tightly at the top so it can steam. (you don't want hard potatoes and raw meat.) Bake them on a cookie sheet in the oven for 1 hour at 375 degrees.

Other suggestions: you can make this more of a shepherd's pie by adding a few tablespoons of tomato soup, or change the flavor by adding a small amount of cream of mushroom soup or cheese and broccoli soup