Ruth and tweetsters, again I apologize for the lateness of this post, but
I've been gone and my server has been down. As I stated in an earlier post,
my info. is that one not use a microwave, but a conventional oven to bake
the pellets at 300 for 45-60 minutes after wrapping the pellets in tin foil.
Let cool, unwrap and safe to handle. Specifically, do not use a microwave
oven. Apparantly, there are some other problems associated with the
microwaves themselves with regard to the chemical reaction in the pellet
itself and the possible contaminents inside the oven too. I have no idea if
these claims are facts or not, but I have read in many places that
conventional oven heat is the ticket.

Darryl Thompson
Edmonds
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>At 05:04 AM 9/28/99 EDT, Bryan Mathews wrote:
>>One advisable warning: if you plan to
>>keep some of the better pellets for collection, you might want to keep them
>>with some mothballs or you might be invaded by little friends.
>
>I was told to microwave them on high for a couple of minutes to kill the
>moth larvae, etc. I don't have a microwave so I used the one at work. I
>waited until late afternoon after most people were gone - didn't think I
>wanted to explain that one to non-birders. Yes, they do smell bad when heated.
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>Ruth Taylor
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W.Darryl Thompson