Using cooked meat or not, almost certainly not going to get hot enough to pasteurize and not airtight to prevent contamination.
So...sounds like a perfect incubator for bacteria.
40 3 ReplyI don't know where this is but it doesn't sound impossible to me. A quick Google shows that the FDA recommends 160 F for casseroles and that in direct sunlight a car can hit 160 if the ambient temp is >105 F. I know mailboxes aren't cars, but over a longer period in a smaller metal box, it seems like the math could check out
27 0 ReplyI live in Utah where it's been sinfully hot and dry for the last week. I fully intend to test this theory. I just bought a high temp probe that should get here tomorrow. I will provide an update once the testing has been completed.
42 0 ReplyUnless your mailbox has a bunch of windows, you won't be getting the big greenhouse effect
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So.. it might work great for posthummus?
7 0 ReplyIf you make hummus in a mailbox, and eat it later, you are eating it posthummusly.
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Do we all understand this is meant as a commentary on climate change, and not an actual recommendation to use your mailbox as a cooking implement?
...uh, folks?
35 0 ReplyThen explain "Dishwasher Salmon".
5 0 Reply"Oh shit my oven isn't working and I have company coming over..."
glances at dishwasher
"hmmm...."
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I would just assume you left me a lasagna when I delivered your mail
Imagine my anger realizing my free lunch isn't cooked
28 0 ReplyJust buy a damn solar oven and leave the mailbox alone.
20 0 ReplyWhy would I spend all that money to buy a solar oven when I've already got a perfectly good mailbox?
25 0 ReplyBuy one? They're ridiculously easy to make yourself
11 0 ReplyIn fact, if you have a mailbox then you already have one!
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No no, let him cook!
12 0 ReplyOh look, I got a subpoena but it's drenched in grease. And here's a letter from Aunt Edna, also totally soaked. Mailbox cooking is the best though.
13 3 ReplyI hope there's no stray dogs in your neighborhood, or you might have trouble getting to your mailbox at all when you come home.
9 1 ReplyIf the dogs are big, maybe the box won't be standing any longer.
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Pretty standard hotbox cooking. It's not the cleanest, but nothing criminal except the act itself.
7 0 ReplyPut it in a box for hygiene
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