Hamburgers: Hobo Gourmet

I found this recipe on cheapcooking.com, and I found another version of it on the Food Network website, because Paula Deen has a similar recipe. The only part that seems to fit into the title of "Hobo Hamburgers" is the part about cooking them over coals. I know I write about cooking, but I have never cooked anything over coals, and I'm not even sure how one would go about doing that.

Also, in my limited experience with hobos, I have found that tend to not keep things like lemon juice and Paula Deen's house seasoning on hand; but that could just be the hobos I've encountered in the Stroudsburg area.

This recipe is too much for hamburgers. I prefer to cook my hamburgers the old fashioned way, over a grill, or a frying pan. When I get a hankering for a hamburger, I usually don't want to wait over an hour for one. I'll take a quick, easy hamburger over a hobo hamburger any day.
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Time: prep 20 minutes, cook 45 minutes
Ingredients *

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup bread crumbs
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 2 tsp Paula Deen's house seasoning, or 1 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp garlic powder, 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
• 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
• 2 Russet potatoes, peeled and sliced
• 2 carrots, peeled, cut in half, then sliced lenghwise
• 1 large slice of onion, for whomever likes onion
• 4 slices bacon, cut in half, optional

Directions *
1. Preheat oven to 350
2. In a large bowl, mix the beef, lemon juice, seasoning, pepper, and cheese
3. Cut 4 square pieces of aluminum foil, about 8 inches long on every side
4. Shape the beef into 4 patties, and place each on a foil square
5. Place the potato, carrot, and onion sliced on top of each patty, and wrap with the foil
6.Bake at 350 for 45 minutes, or cook over coals

*Recipe taken from cheapcooking.com