Hobo Burger Packets

What am I doing with these? Ugh! Ugh! Ugh

This is a poor man's pot roast, is what this is. What do we get for 20 bucks? Wah! Wah

And ugh! Bearsy-dokes and goatsy-dokes and little lambsy-divey. Dear Paula Deen, the lovely cooking queen

Y'all, this is Cooper Boone. Hi. So are you singing now full time? I am

I'm doing my third album, and I'm still doing food. Get out. You didn't send me one

It's not out yet, honey. You've got to wait. This is from something that we call the Dean Family Table

which means we're going back. We're going to a recipe that was something that you used to make

for Jamie and me and Dad years ago. Oh, OK. This is, Cooper, this is a recipe

The hobo packet, the whole thing behind this is, it's cooked in tinfoil in the oven

It's a really simple meat and potatoes dish. So with this, we're putting all the raw ingredients in together as one and just put it over the campfire

Yes, yes, yes. Oh, I love that. All right, so... Do you want me to kind of like, do you want these in balls or do you want this just kind

of broken up? No, we're gonna make it in patties. Oh, patties. So you just dump that whole thing in there

Okay. All right honey you want to mix this with your hands or a spoon I mix it with my hands I all washed up Okay I going to beat you up an egg All right Beat it Oh you know I sing until I blue in the face You going to have to kick me out of here

I'll sing forever. All right, there's your egg. Yes, ma'am. Your egg is going to make it a little lighter

I love getting my hands dirty. Mm. I do, too. Oh, love it

My mama always said that's the best kitchen utensil you got. It is

It's so true. Best tools God gave you. That's exactly right. It's like the grown-ups version of playing in mud, you know? Yeah

God put these spoons on the end of our arms for a reason

Amen. Cooper, you were a psychologist for real? I hear what you just said. For real. Yeah

You know what? I think it would be so hard to listen to problems all day long. It is

It's hard. I think... And not bring them home. I'd want to bring them home

It was a blessing for many, many years, but then I started listening to my good advice

I stopped seeing my therapist because I just felt so guilty all the time. I was like, I'm just the same guy

Every time I thought I'd be like, hey, man, same problems. Ain't changing that one

Exactly the same. I know. Isn't that wild to get to the point where like, Here's my money. I'm really bored with myself

I'm either a great patient or a lousy one. So you write your own music

I do. Yeah. I started going down to Nashville and sort of, you know

met people down there. And I was taken in underneath their wing

by this major songwriter, Angela Cassett. And she taught me everything I know That wonderful The rest is history Highlight of my life No kidding I once played drums on stage at the Grand Ole Opry Did you really Certainly did Was anyone there Nobody was there

That's what made it so cool. All right, we got to make some patties

Yes, ma'am. Give us a, where are we pulling? I cut up four red potatoes, one Vidalia onion

and three carrots. Three carrot sticks that were peeled. The potatoes are in slices

The Vidalia onion is just cut in half and it's sliced into little rings. Nice

And the carrots are exactly what you'd expect. We're going to do like a hamburger steak. Got it

A little sour curry. Got it. Yes, yes. So we're just going to take our potatoes that Bobby has sliced us

And this is a great quick meal, you know, for the weekend

You can throw this on the grill, Mom and Dad. Or it's a camping. This is a great camping meal

Great camping meal. We're just going to put a few carrots. I love it because it's so simple

And some onions, yes. You know? But who doesn't love, yeah, who doesn't love a hamburger steak

And this is fun for the children. Vegetarians. All right. There's one down

And like I said, the children would have fun doing these. Yeah. I'm going to smash that out just a little bit, Cooper

And in with my potatoes We see you next time Potatoes All right, into the oven at 350 degrees

Yeah. Yeah. Here we go. For how many days? Thank you very much

Oh, and look, they're ready. Be careful. Oh, magic. Grab it. It would be so funny if you grabbed the bottom rack

the ones that are raw. Ooh! It smells really good. How nice does it look, right

Do you know what that smells like? Like a pot roast. It smells like pot roast. Exactly

A little bit like a pot roast. This is a poor man's pot roast. I love it. Hey, Bobby, grab a fork

Eat the thing. All right. Try it. Mmm. Mmm. What do you think

It's good. Let me ask you this, Cooper. Does it put a song in your heart

It puts a song in my heart. Which one? Whatever song you want me to sing, dear Paula Deen

Oh, Cooper. The lovely cooking queen. Are you making this up as we go

I am