Cooking with Your Car Engine
Next time you drive around town running errands, multitask by cooking dinner at the same time! In your car! Ben Carter cooked salmon en papillote by placing a salmon-filled parchment paper and foil pouch in a "cozy spot between the exhaust manifold's heat shield and the alternator." After 40 minutes, he was rewarded with a perfectly cooked salmon filet.
I'm not sure I'd want to try this with my car in fear of fish goo getting into places it shouldn't, but if I change my mind I'll have to pick up Manifold Destiny, a book dedicated to the art of cooking on your car engine.
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7 Comments:
When I lived down in Dallas (late 70's) -- it was all the rage to cook dinner in the car. During a particular heatwave one summer, I cooked a chicken in the back window of my car while I was at work.
I baked a bundt cake that way, as well (took a much shorter time, though... only a couple of hours!)
I just wanted to prove it could be done. The people that worked for me at the time were amazed!
Brownie at 12:05PM on 07/09/08
This is great! A little strange, but wonderful all the same.
Laryssa at 12:08PM on 07/09/08
Duff from Charm City Bakery cooked some potatoes and maybe something else on one of his episodes a few seasons back...
acidspit at 12:13PM on 07/09/08
(to be read in a sarcastic tone with yiddish undertones:) what all of a sudden gas is cheap?
blondee47 at 12:59PM on 07/09/08
Forget Manifold Destiny. You can't get it for less than $100.00 these days. But, do check out "the barefoot chef" - ounds and looks a bit like John Lennon.
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/thebarefootchef/mypage.htm). He cooks food on his muffler (and he's not adverse to "roadkill" either.)
vagabondblogger at 1:15PM on 07/09/08
i think they did this on jeremy clarkson's brit show top gear a couple years ago. gordon ramsay was the guest who tasted it and said it smelled too awful to even eat. oh that ramsay. -_-
beckyquan at 1:19PM on 07/09/08
I'm more worried about dirt and motor oil goo getting in my fish. The engine compartment pictured in the photo looks a lot cleaner than that of any car I've ever driven.
A cleaner atmosphere for cooking salmon is the dishwasher, or so I've heard. I've always been skeptical but the method keeps making the rounds. Has anybody given that a try?
holdthemayo at 9:31PM on 07/09/08