I think the kids would get bored with FM 21-76

I didn't cook this under the hood, but---
 

for all you '65 & later Corvair owners, there's a heat outlet at the floor in the back seat that blows really hot- going up a 12,000 foot pass in Colorado, I stuck a can of Chun King chow mein back there at the bottom of the hill. Spun it 180 degrees at 6,000 ft and dinner was piping hot when I got to the top.

I could teach you but you said you don't go to the golf course anymore:D

We were dumb, thinking we would snare a muskrat on a run in the shallows near shore. Caught a duck. Made a hell of a racket, too. Oh well, any port in a storm.

This started with steam trains Pre civil war.
 

This started with coast to coast steam trains Pre civil war.
Note: the black gang (coal shovelers) on steam ships used this to some degree also.

Steam train crews survived on this during the civil war, living in the engine.

Poor truckers used this before World War 1, but WW1 military front line convoy is where this became popular.

Engine cooking became the only alternative in WW2 during the Red Ball express, there where very good news reels on this, some are still available through the public library.

Korea, and Vietnam revived this unique cooking style.

I have heard reports that it has been revived again in Kuwait..

Note: Artillery crews are said to have used hot cannons to cook their food, as far back as the French revolution.

:) Thank you for bring back good memories of my grandfathers stories.:)

My dad told me about them doing that (in the days before the MRE).....and one guy who forgot to poke a vent hole in a "C" ration can........BOOOOOM goes your lunch.

Fast food ???
 

Cooking on your engine - YouTube

Gadget Guy - Cooking on your engine at a Car-B-Q - YouTube

Cooking while Driving - MYVIRGINKITCHEN - YouTube

ROADTRIP! - Cooking on Your Cars Engine - YouTube

Real Food: Engine Block Cooking - YouTube

outback Engine cooking - YouTube

Vandwellers 103 - Cooking in the engine bay - YouTube

Engine Block Cooking - YouTube

Cooking Steak With A 1970 Chevelle Malibu 4dr 307 ci Engine - YouTube

Engine Cooking - Roastbeef sandwiches - YouTube


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A friend of mine in Ohio cooked eggs on his engine on a cross country trip. There are pics somewhere on benzworld. :)

Oh sure, NOW you post these recipes AFTER I bought a Prius!:P

What's this? John Doe, MedMech, and BHD? Memory lane.

I drove a cornpicker in Eastern WA back in '75. Tractor pulled contraption towing a hopper. Went down the row and clipped corn on each side. We'd do this thing where we'd put an ear between the exhaust manifold and block, do one row, turn it around for another, then husk it and apply butter. Yummers, what you call farm fresh.

Have you ever wiped you a$$ with corn husks? I have. :D

Thanks for sharing. :)

I wouldn't be agin it. Would work way better than nothing. And help with the composting. But no, I have not done it yet.