One More Way to Cook a Turkey: On Your Car Engine

Of course, this requires that Grandma lives more than 5 minutes away. In fact, she would need to live about 4 hours away, and it requires at least one stop for you to flip the turkey. But the whole idea is not entirely half-baked; it comes from a book called (amazingly!) Manifold Destiny: The One! The Only! Guide to Cooking on Your Car Engine!

The authors offer this recipe for "To Grandmother's House Road Turkey," a recipe which admittedly is only a turkey breast. Cooking a full turkey would indeed take quite a trip.

On a certain level, of course, we think this sounds insane. But on the other hand, perhaps it's actually a great green way to cook your turkey? Think of all the electricity you save, and the gas mileage redeemed by this double-duty!

• Get the recipe: "To Grandmother's House Road Turkey" at USA Today

• Find the book: Manifold Destiny: The One! The Only! Guide to Cooking on Your Car Engine!, $11.97 at Amazon.

How are YOU cooking your turkey this Thanksgiving?

(Images: USA Today/EatTurkey.com)

I'm a vegetarian - is there a recipe of roasted vegetables? ;-)

posted by Astur on November 25th 2009 at 9:16am
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There was a PBS gardening show a long time ago and a man cooked a ham in his compost pile. He surprised his family by digging it out and serving it to them on their customary Christmas garden walk.

posted by Kate (NC) on November 25th 2009 at 10:58am
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Can we say carcinogens? It doesn't seem safe.

posted by charise on November 25th 2009 at 1:58pm
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I thought the car thing was bad until I saw the compost pile one. [shudder]

posted by jamuka on November 25th 2009 at 10:12pm
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There's a movie, too!

http://www.cookingonthecar.com/
http://www.youtube.com/cookingonthecar

There's no connection to the book as far as I know, other than the fact they cover the same subject.

posted by dhaugen612 on November 26th 2009 at 11:23am
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