sf wrote:

On Sat, 17 May 2008 20:12:16 +0000 (UTC),
(Steve Pope) wrote:

In the 70's in the San Fernando Valley local workers would,
according to anecdote, suspend chickens in front of military
microwave horns at the Lockheed plant. This was before microwave
ovens were a common feature in people's kitchens.

OK, you got my attention...... exactly WHY did they do that?


You made it sound like no scientific experiments were being conducted.
So the real question is: were those chickens alive or not?

Killed/cleaned chickens one would assume, but the whole thing
is secondhand, so who knows. But I've never heard of roasting live
chickens as a culinary procedure.

Steve