Cut a wedge-shaped section out of the length of a banana. Place marshmallows and chocolate chips or pieces of chocolate bars into the cavity of the banana. Wrap the banana boat in foil and heat 4 to 6 minutes by the fire. Other foods that can be placed in the banana boat are pineapple, maraschino cherries and nuts.
When cooking inside an orange, use an orange with a thick skin because it's easier to remove the meat from the orange. To prepare the orange, cut it in half and place your fingers between the meat of the orange and the skin. Slide your fingers back and forth to loosen and separate the meat from the skin. A spoon can also be used to remove the meat of the orange. Eggs, muffins or cakes cook well in the shell. With cakes and muffins, fill the shell two-thirds full of batter. Place the shell on a square piece of heavy-duty foil, bringing the foil up around the orange and coming together at the top of the orange. Leave enough room for the food to rise in the shell. Place it on the hot coals for 10 minutes or until the food is cooked. Gingerbread or chocolate cake are fun to make this way.
Cooking hambuger or other items that can be flavored by onions is quick an easy using this method. Take a large onion and peel off the outer, non-edible layer. Cut the onion in half and pop out the centers, saving the centers for cooking later. If you have trouble removing the center where the root is, cut off the root. Place the food to be cooked in the center of the onion halves. Wrap each half in foil and place them on a bed of coals to cook. The cooking time will vary depending on what you are cooking; for example, an egg placed in one half of an onion and wrapped in foil will take 15 minutes to cook. Hamburger takes 15 minutes on each side.
You can do it over a campfire or in the oven! They're super-tasty, I used to love doing this when we went camping!
Can be grilled or roasted right in their skins and served as a side dish or peeled and cut into 1-inch rounds and added to soups and stews. (Give them about 20 minutes of cooking time.) Ripe plantains (maduros), with mostly or all-black skin, can be sliced and served with savory dishes like stews or rice, for a quick side dish. Or try this favorite of mine: Roast a maduro in its skin, then make a slit through the shorter curved side of the skin and into the flesh of the plantain. Open up the plantain, leaving it in its skin, and spoon some well-seasoned picadillo or the filling for tamales into it. Serve just like that.
Ohh sounds super yummy. I'm not a big banana fan, but I like them sometimes. The other other stuff you mentioned sounds good too.
