#MEwx Hot and muggy again with Burger and VEgie packets

Good morning Augusta

This morning we have partly sunny  skies with isolated showers and isolated thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds during afternoon hours. Hot with highs around 90. Southwest winds around 10 mph. Heat index values in the upper 90s this afternoon.

Tonight we'll have partly cloudy conditions during evening hours, becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 76.5°F, the humidity is 87% and the dew point is 72.3°F.

The wind direction is Northwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.2 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.68, the Absolute pressure is 29.48 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun/clouds.

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with bright, hazy  and sunny skies again.

The UV rating is  2 out of 16, The moon is 0.2% illuminated, the moon phase is a New Moon, Sunrise is 5:14 am↑ 60° Northeast, Sunset is 8:16 pm↑ 300° Northwest, Moonrise is 4:47 am↑ 56° Northeast, Moonset is 8:38 pm↑ 302° Northwest  and we'll have 15 hours 2 minutes of daylight today.  

We didn't receive any rain here  over the past 24 hours.

This one isn't "too hot" to make in this heat wave, is it?

BURGER & VEGGIE PACKETS

4 servings

1 lb Extra-lean ground beef

1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp garlic pepper

½ tsp onion powder

2 cups frozen sugar snap peas, carrots, onions and mushrooms (from 1-lb. Bag)

32 frozen steak fries

4 frozen half-ears corn-on-the-cob

½ tsp garlic pepper

Heat oven to 450. Cut four 18x12 inch sheets of aluminum foil.  Mix beef, Worcestershire sauce, 1 tsp garlic pepper and the onion powder.  Shape mixture into 4 patties, about ¼ inch thick.  Place 1 patty on center of each foil sheet.  Top each with ½ cup vegetables and 8 steak fries.  Place 1 corn next to each patty.  Sprinkle ½ tsp garlic pepper over vegetables.  Fold foil over patties and vegetables.  Seal edges at top, making tight ½ inch fold; fold again.  Repeat folding at sides.   Allow space on sides for circulation and expansion.  Place packets on large cook sheet.  Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until patties are no longer pin in center and juice of beef is clear.  Place packets on plates.  Open end of each packet to release steam; then open top of packet. 

 

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