Camp Cooking #5: Campfire Popcorn (an attempt)

You'll have to let me know if yours turns out any better than mine.  Really, it seemed simple enough: heat + kernels in foil + time = tasty treat.  But the further along we got, the more, well, it just kind became.... Well, here let me show you:

First, gather your ingredients:

Popping Corn

Oil

Salt

Heavy-Duty foil, marshmallow fork (or stick), more luck than me

 

 

Place equal parts corn kernels and oil in the center of two large sheets of foil and add a dash of salt (you can omit the salt if you like - or put in in afterwards)

 

 

Next, bring the corners of your foil sheets together at the top - leaving the center with the kernels and oil wide and open - creating a kind of 'bubble' for the poped kernels to reside in (think of what Jiffy-Pop looks like when it's done popping).

 

 

Then, secure your marshmallow fork, or stick, to the top of your hobo-pocket of popcorn kernels. 

 So far, so good.  Or so I thought. 

 

 

What followed can only be described as the 5 stages of grief:

 

1. Denial

Nothing's wrong.... it'll pop. It has to pop.

 

2. Anger

Seriously.  Why aren't you popping?!?

 

3. Bargaining

If I put you closer to the coals, will you pop?

 

 4. Depression

All I wanted was some popcorn, was that too much to ask?

 

5. Acceptance

Well, crap.  That didn't turn out like I planned.

 

Yep.  We were hoping for a tasty, warm salty treat.  What we got was this:

 

 

 

So, I'll try another method next time.  It invloves a pie plate, 3 sips of wiskey, 

and a blow torch.  Heheh.

 

 

 

*Special thanks to RDB for taking the photos and RW for the "5 Stages of Grief" idea.  It takes real friends to laugh at your failures.  Wait a minute.....*