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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 11:43 am    Post subject: Previously Unknown Use for a Beetle - "Car-B-Q" Reply with quote

At a car show this past Sunday, the best story I heard was from a former Cub Scout. He told me that his Scoutmaster was an old German man with a Beetle. He would take the troop on trips in the Beetle, and told them to each bring a few potatoes, each one wrapped in aluminum foil. Before starting their trip, he would place the potatoes in the engine compartment. By the time they arrived at their destination, their potatoes would be fully baked and ready to eat! Laughing
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 11:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.wikihow.com/Cook-Food-on-Your-Car%27s-Engine
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 12:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's great, Glenn. I especially like the recommended cooking "mileages":

"Carbecue cooking times are usually written in terms of miles, rather than minutes. Here are some examples from recipes found online:

Shrimp: 30-50 miles
Trout or Salmon: 60-100 miles
Chicken breasts: 60 miles at 65 mph
Chicken wings: 140-200 miles
Pork tenderloin: 250 miles
Sliced, peeled potatoes: 55 miles "
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 5:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've made aircooled nachos before... they were actually pretty good.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 12:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My dad Would do that to our food on road trips to heat up our food , But we had a Chevy tropic traveler Van he would pull the dog house back and put food on the valve covers and just over the headers in disposable aluminum trays to heat em up some times stuff would get burnt ,some times it tasted a Exhausty , GOOD times ,thanks for bringin the memory back Smile
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 8:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Worked at a gas station early 80s, rt 70 Lakehurst N.J. Early Saturday mornings were a trip, all the fisherman from Philly heading to Point Pleasant would stop and fill up. would check there oil and they all had there soup or fried chicken on the manifold to stay warm.
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