howtodothings.com — Have you ever watched a movie where people cooked food with their car? An easy way to do this is to place a piece of meat directly on your motor and watch it cook, but it probably won't taste right. Here is how you can cook food with your car in way that will actually make you want to try it out.
Oct 23, 2007 View in Crawl 4
Closed AccountOct 24, 2007
You know, they actually use carbon monoxide to make meat look redder longer.
scarhawkOct 24, 2007
I've never seen this done on a movie....but when my family moved from NH to Texas (and back again a couple years later) we often did this for lunch or dinner. Its pretty economical compared to eating out- just get a big bag of frozen burritos at a grocery store, wrap them in aluminum foil and put them under the hood. I was too young to remember/care where he put them in the engine compartment, but we had a big van, so there was a lot of room. As long as you wrap it well at all, no taste problems either.
lilrabbit129Oct 24, 2007
Radar gun to heat the beans? That's pretty awesome.
lilrabbit129Oct 24, 2007
Its no worse than being next to the road breathing these things in. Plus the tin-foil, if wrapped well enough, should keep almost all contaminants out.
alpinestars777Oct 24, 2007
"Check out the most popular book on this subject: Manifold Destiny, for tips on average driving times and how best to approach different dishes. (Manifold means car engine...if you didn't know that, it might help explain things.)"1. Manifold does not = car engine (if you didn't know that)2. The heat exchange taking place does not do the same thing as your microwave.3. Your brake lines are a contained system and it would be tough to "interfere" with them.4. Exhaust manifold (very hot) will cook it much quicker than the intake manifold (not that hot).
toprankOct 30, 2007
If I remember right, we tried this in the Army up in Alaska with a 5 ton dump truck. Burnt the hell out of the MRE first time.