On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 9:55 AM Robert Lauf via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > 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> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>