Note also that the power in your home oven is very non-uniform, which is why they use a rotating plate to try to smooth it out. So the power level will vary somewhat with the radial position on the plate. I spent some years inventing microwave systems that eliminate this problem by sweeping the frequency of the MW signal, and it works great but these machines start at $200K or so. Obviously they are for industrial and not home use! We briefly looked at using these machines to kill anthrax, back when someone was putting it in the mail. If you cook something enough to denature the proteins (presumably the goal for making food less allergenic) I would think the first thing that would be destroyed is the DNA. This is what leads me to believe that only drying is involved. But it's intriguing that the directions include mixing the nuked pollen with some fresh pollen, so I for one have no idea what's actually happening there. If you have a kitchen dehydrator, you might try a brief campaign in that. When I have dehydrated my hot peppers to the point that they can be easily crumbled, then stored in the refrigerator over winter, I find that I can retrieve some seeds to plant the following spring and they are still viable. So the dehydrator clearly doesn't destroy the DNA or the embryo. Just thinking out loud. Bob _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>