Becca wrote:
>
> Many years ago, people were cooking on the engines in cars, while the
> car was being driven. Does anybody remember that?

In 1968 my uncle John was doing that with my grandfather's
van. I think it was a Ford. It had a convenient hatch
which could be opened to expose the engine. He drove it
with the hatch on, of course, but he opened the hatch
to put on and remove the food.