Jayne's Recipe for:

Campfire Eggs in a Paper Cup

Eggs (kept cold in cooler til ready to cook)

Wax paper cups

Good fire with hot coals

Metal tongs

To amaze your family you’ll need fresh eggs and wax-covered paper cups

This trick only works with paper cups, so do not try to substitute with anything else! Put an egg in a paper cup and  add enough water so the cup is nearly full. (Larger cups will take much longer to boil.) Then put the cup near but not in the fire, preferably in hot coals.

At this point, the tops of the cups may very well catch fire. Although the effect is quite spectacular, the cups are actually perfectly fine. The water keeps the rest of the cup from burning. The paper heats quickly and in turn heats the water very quickly. Within a few minutes, you'll have a boiled egg!

To remove the eggs from the fire after a few minutes of boiling, use large metal tongs.