Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 16:19:22 -0500

From: Bob Haas rahaas[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HAMLET.UNCG.EDU

Subject: Re: Pocket Stew



On Wed, 8 Nov 1995, Wayne Glowka wrote:



Some time ago, we were having a discussion about what to call that

concoction of meat, potatoes, carrots, and onions steamed up in foil on

camp outs in Boy Scouts and the like. I just ran across a name (that I

have never used) for the mess in Lynda Barry's _The Fun House_ (New York:

Harper & Row, n. d.):

Wayne,



We called them foil-packs, but I think Lynda Barry's description is much

more apt.



Bob