Cooking Popcorn on a Fire in a Paper Bag

[Bruce Friend]

OK guys and gals,

A lady in my church stopped me the other day and asked me if I knew how to
cook popcorn on a campfire in a paper bag. I admitted that I had seen it
done but could not remember the details. I have looked in several places on
the web with no success. Would some kind soul help me out?

Bruce Friend
SM Troop 191, DeGraff, OH

[Michael R. Brown]

In article <7iahrt$2so$1...@cletus.bright.net>,

"Bruce Friend" <fri...@bright.net> wrote:
> OK guys and gals,
>
> A lady in my church stopped me the other day and asked me if I knew
how to
> cook popcorn on a campfire in a paper bag. I admitted that I had seen
it
> done but could not remember the details. I have looked in several
places on
> the web with no success. Would some kind soul help me out?
>

I've cooked eggs in a paperbag, but not popcorn. You would not want to
do these over a fire, but over hot coals (you want heat, not flame).

In cooking eggs in a paperback, you use a small paperbag, like those
used for lunches. You lay strips of bacon on the bottom (the grease
from them will protect the paper), then crack the egg over the bacon.
Close the bag and hang it from a stick over the coals. The heat from
the coals will cook the bacon and eggs. Once done, you fold back the
paper and eat.

Believe this is covered in the book, Roughing it Easy, which is
available in a revised edition. It first came out in the 70s or so, and
is a classic, so to speak.

As for popcorn, maybe the same principle is used: oil in the bottom of
the bag would protect the paper and cook the popcorn. Would think
Jiffpop would be more practical. Comes in its own aluminum pan to cook
over the coals.

Hope this helps.

Michael R. Brown
Venturing Crew #1838

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[Cub Leader]

I don't know about using a paper bag, but I know that I have seen a "recipe"
for popcorn, using aluminum foil. You put a little oil on the bottom, then
about a tablespoon of popcorn, fold the edges, remembering to allow room for
expansion, and cook over the fire, shaking it so it doesn't burn.

NJW

Bruce Friend <fri...@bright.net> wrote in message
news:7iahrt$2so$1...@cletus.bright.net...

> OK guys and gals,
>
> A lady in my church stopped me the other day and asked me if I knew how to
> cook popcorn on a campfire in a paper bag. I admitted that I had seen it
> done but could not remember the details. I have looked in several places
on
> the web with no success. Would some kind soul help me out?
>

[Bill Sheehan]

Yes but the paper bag is much easier to dispose of. You don't have to
pack it out, and recycle it. You could burn the bag in the fire.

[Susan Kelley]

Pour a teaspoon of vegetable oil in the bottom of a paper bag. Add a
tablespoon of popcorn. Roll bag top. Stick the bag on a metal or
wooden stick and hold over the fire. Don't let the bag get too close to
flames or heat or it will ignite.

You also might suggest that she try hobo popcorn (same thought but a
square of aluminum foil with oil and popcorn folded loosely). Lay
aluminum foil in warm coals.

Good luck.

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