"Oh no! Miss Cellania has completely run out of ideas, if she's down to posting recipes!"

Naw, this is still different. Lately, I've had a lot of fun teaching the kids how to perfectly roast a marshmallow over a bonfire and in the fireplace. We also are trying crystal rock candy, which is a hit-or-miss thing so far. They think that's adventuresome cooking, but they ain't seen nothin yet!

What happens when a bunch of geeks, mechanics, and slackers get hungry? I mean, besides calling Mom. If you don�t have a kitchen, you have to use your imagination, or whatever is lying around. There are some pretty resourceful folks out there!

Poached Salmon in a dishwasher.

Cooking chicken with a volcano.

Recipe for chili using a blowtorch.

Grilled cheese sandwich made with a steam iron.

Prison wine made in a toilet.

Beer in a coffeemaker.

Almost anything made by solar cooker.

How to cook an egg with a cellphone. Since I first published this, I found out it's an urban legend. Don't try it!

Cooking with a car engine is rather well known, thanks to the book Manifold Destiny, but I found an extra recipe thats about as odd as it gets, Manifold Stew.

A chemists recipe for chocolate chip cookies, with a critique from another chemist following. This is funny, IF you can follow it!

Here's a gallery of food that looks like other things.

This one's for the kids: How to make your own marshmallows.

For geeks who can't spare the time to even GO to the kitchen, here's an EZ Bake oven that plugs into your computer.

Recipes of the future, courtesy of the Electric Museum.

This is a great site for anyone who has read this far, Cooking for Engineers.

Recipes that make you afraid to go back in the kitchen.

This link will either scare you off microwaves, or arouse your curiosity. Remember, curiosity killed the cat. Unwise Microwave Oven Experiments.

Top Ten Signs You're at a Bad Barbecue
10. Everything on the grill has a long, thin tail.
9. To avoid burning, chicken breasts are covered in Coppertone.
8. The "cole slaw" is just mayonnaise and lawn trimmings.
7. The three-legged race is won by a three-legged guy.
6. Every couple minutes, the cook drops his pants and flips
himself with the spatula.
5. Host tells you the burgers are 20% beef and 80% critter.
4. The steaks have been sitting in marinade sauce all night,
and so has your Uncle Earl.
3. You have to sign a legal waiver before you eat the potato salad.
2. Things seem tense between your hosts, Frank and Kathie Lee.
1. The guests all have grill marks on their foreheads.

This may seem a little off-topic, but it wouldn't fit anywhere else. These recipes use normal cooking methods, but they might come in handy when you have something really strange to cook, like an alligator or armadillo or kangaroo.

Previously at Miss Cellania: Barbecue, Cooking, Cooking Food, Geek Cooking, and Recipes. Also see the Food category.

Thought for today: The worst thing about accidents in the kitchen is having to eat them.

This post was originally published on November 3rd, 2005. Then I posted it again on April 7th, 2006 saying (at the time) "I said I would post reruns on Fridays until I get a date. OK, now I have a date planned. But I have not yet GONE on a date, so there is a possibility that this won't come off. Just bear with me til then. OK?" Now in 2008, I can reveal that the date was fun, nothing lasting came of it, and now I've been dateless for a year and a half. I'm only posting reruns now because I'm busy blogging for money and my inspiration is running low.

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