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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 10/3/2004, you wrote:

> Well, if it wasn't for those damn sleeked-down hoods on vehicles 
> now-a-days, you'd be able to set that ole Dutch oven on the engine block 
> and have your dinner cooked when you finished driving - after checking it 
> at a rest area half-way to where ever ... now where did I read that .... 
> mumble mumble ...

A can set on the valley between the intake manifold and the valve cover 
will be heated nicely in about 30 miles.  Just puncture a small hole in the 
top and wedge it in place.  I used to heat our sons baby food on the heater 
core of the van.  When I was on the farm I would heat food on the tractor 
engines and cool a Pepsi in the NH3 overflow valve.

Don Bowen
Awl Knotted Up Woodworking
Valley Center, CA             http://www.braingarage.com