Car-B-Que

Thiss Contra Costa Times story passed on by Doug Powell of the KSU Food Safety made me smile today . From DP:

The author says she decided to combine her love of food and transportation for a Thanksgiving twist. The goal: to cook, or at least warm, a Thanksgiving side dish on the way to Grandma's house.But why, you ask? Why the heck not? If you're spending $3.40 for a gallon of gas, why not put some of that wasted heat to good use? It saves time, it saves energy, it will impress family and friends
The story says that engine cooking became popular in the 1940s and '50s when engines ran hotter and engine compartments had more wasted space to hold foil-covered potatoes, hot dogs and other road food."You have to take food safety into account," Rockey said. "The internal temperature has to be over 140 degrees, otherwise you leave yourself open to bacterial growth."

TK: After the FDA finishes its guidance on GAPs and GHPs for the food industry, it can get to the brochure on how to cook turkey under the catalytic converter of a 1997 Toyota Camry. I will be waiting.....