easy foil pocket potatoes

told ya i'd be back to make you wanna whip us these super easy potatoes (haha love that i talk as if swarms of folks are just waiting to hear from me... it's cool, i know nobody's listening!)

anyway, there's a story behind these-- and it's the reason i can't take credit for these. My hubby's family has a couple cabins that they built out in No Man's Land (Adams County, Ohio if ya'll ever heard of it haha). They call this area "The Farm"... and no, there are no farm animals or even crops for that matter.

Every summer, his Dad and uncles throw a huge pig roast and tons of people come out, bring their chairs, coolers, tents (truckbeds in some cases) and spend the day socializing with friends and family while waiting on this big pig to roast.

I considered my first invite out to The Farm to be a pretty big deal. Nothin like bringing along the shy, new girlfriend to meet all the family out at The Farm. It's almost like a test of character: how can she handle peeing in an outhouse?, is she good at poker?, and most importantly, will she go snipe hunting? (that's a story for another day but let's just say they try to lure the "new kid" out into the middle of woods with mustard and onions on their thumbs... they tell them this attracts the "snipe bird" which will then fly into the garbage bag you're holding. they get ya out in the middle of the woods and when it's real dark and scary, they leave you freaking out, only to have another hidden family member jump out of no where and scare the "you know what" out of you!)

I survived my first trip to The Farm. More importantly, I made it out for another trip... and this time it was for the annual pig roast. Dustin's uncles line up any volunteers and we work assembly-style to create these little pototo pockets for a group of more than 50 people. Their version involved dicing up a potato, throwin in a pat of butter, and then sprinkling a dash of garlic powder and onion powder before wrapping up the foil and throwin it in around the roasting pig.

Dustin and I have re-created this and changed it over the last few years. I probably never make it the same way twice... but it's a quick and easy staple to add to any backyard grill out... because after all, the attention should be on the protein, right? Who wants to slave away for a potato?

These pockets included diced up red potatoes (I diced these up pretty small because Dustin was too hungry to wait... so let time be your guide), finely sliced onions, freshly grated garlic, a dash of paprika, a couple thin pats of butter, a drizzle of EVOO and salt & pepper. I like them nice and browned but you could certainly take them off sooner. Note to self-- I think this is a great one to get kids involved with... just chop everything up yourself and let the kids do the assembly.

Voila!