> wrote in message
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> Someone told me that when cooking with charcoal, I should wait for them
> to turn white before cooking (they told me to wait about 45 minutes),
> and the reason was because black charcoal leaches something toxic. Any
> comments or suggestions?
>

Don't use chopped and formed charcoal and you won't have that problem. Use
real charcoal.


Ms P