\n</blockquote><p> Their <a href="http://www.houselogic.com/articles/cooking-compost-gross-or-handy/">handy slideshow</a> notes that "double-wrapping is the key" and that hard-boiling an egg takes just 22 hours if you can find a 195-degree spot in your compost pile. The larger your mound of decaying matter, the grander your culinary ambition can be: Apparently, some home-schooled kids from Boston used a local arboretum's 20-foot pile to bake a perfect molten chocolate cake.</p><p> [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHRvwNJRNag</p><p> For those of you who are still squeamish, there is also the example of Jean Pain (above), a French compost-ophile who "piped enough methane gas from his backyard compost pile to heat his home in Provence, France, cook his food, and run his car."</p><p> Have any of you tried this? Would you be willing to? I'm intrigued!</p><p> <em>Image: Compost thermometer, via </em><a href="http://greeningaustindaily.com/category/composting/">Greening Austin Daily</a><em>; story via </em><a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/03/would-you-cook-in-compost.php">Treehugger</a>.</p><br/>
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