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Andrew Barss

wrote:
: I pulled some logs off my log pile to turn into lumber to make a
: cutting board, but naturally there are bugs in the wood... So, since
: this project will be a cutting board and in contact with food, what is
: the best way to kill the bugs and not kill me from cross contamination
: :-) ?

: In the past I've put smaller pieces of wood in a microwave to zap the
: little suckers who might be burrowing away inside. The wood I have
: prepared for the cutting board won't fit in a microwave...

Personally, I'd put the stuff right back on the woodpile (or
maybe directly into the fireplace), go to a wood store, and buy
proper kiln-dried lumber without bugs in it.

But I'm funny that way about insects in my food.

-- Andy Barss