Anyone doing fireplace cooking/grilling?

[s219]

Both great ideas. About how long do you cook the large potatoes?

I normally give the big ones a squeeze after 30 minutes (wearing welding gloves) and keep checking every 10 minutes until they feel soft. I think exact time is too variable, and am not sure it's ever quite the same.

 

[Egon]

I love cooking potatoes in the fireplace. I wrap them in foil and then put them on the coals, rotating periodically. Small potatoes are done much quicker than expected, and will dry out if you're not paying attention. After I pull them out and remove the foil, I put a few pats of butter on the potatoes, then salt/pepper, and they are insanely good.

I'd like to try cooking scallops on a cedar shingle (or other charred wood of your liking). Seems like it would be a natural for a fireplace. Hopefully it won't stink up the house like a New England low tide.

The potato can be sliced in half and the butter added prior to wrapping in foil. Jabbing with a fork is one way to tell if the potatoe is done.

Tin foil wraps can be made with lots of different ingredients. ( spiced potato, sliced onion, sliced sweet pepper, sliced garlic, spices, butter all layered )