This is true and comes from long ago. My Dad had a model A ford, and one of
the things to do is to wrap food in aluminum foil and place on the head and
exhaust manafold. Then go for a drive. When you get to your picnic spot - the
food is hot and ready.

Joel Walker wrote:

> has anyone ever seen that book about cooking food while driving ... using
> the heat of the muffler?? :) no, really. there's a deal where you can make
> a little over that fits over/by/on/near the exhaust pipe/muffler and cook
> all sorts of stuff. and the guy wrote a cookbook! i can't recall the name
> but i think it's been discussed in the archives a long time ago. anyway,
> it was stuff like "for biscuits, drive around the block four times". :)
>
> joel