On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:31:05 GMT, Steve Wertz
> wrote:

>On 31 Dec 2006 11:06:48 -0800, wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
>Kingsford ingredients
>
>Kingsford sends a form letter in response to consumers' questions
>about the ingredients. According to the form letter sent in
>August, 2000, Kingsford contains the following ingredients:
>
> * wood char
> * mineral char
> * mineral carbon
> * limestone
> * starch
> * borax
> * sodium nitrate
> * sawdust
>
>I don't know why you'd use them to cook food. Use lump charcoal
>instead (pure charred wood).
>
Because you have to go on a wild goose chase to find lump around here.


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