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Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard
They could cook the food using rocket-... No that's probably unhealthy.
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I did a little digging about this idea, and if my sources are valid, liquid hydrogen was a rocket fuel. Cooking the food by burning liquid hydrogen should (assuming I remember my chemistry correctly) lead to the chemical reaction:
2H2 + O2 -> 2H2O
Dihydrogen monoxide, despite its scary name, is safe to consume.
However, you would also need a really strong oven, because rocket fuel produces enough force to lift a huge rocket into space. Additionally, you wouldn't want to cook it for very long, considering that the reaction produces a temperature of about 5,500 F.
TL;DR: If you manage to cook something with rocket fuel, it shouldn't have any harmful byproducts.
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