On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Davida Chazan - The Chocolate Lady wrote:

> >> They will bake cakes with explosives and use them to blow you up !
> >>
> >> Alert !
> >
> >Hmmnn.....
> >It is not a farfetched idea. Any extremely evil and but very creative
> >person can possibly do that .
>
> You have GOT to be kidding! The idiot said "bake cakes with
> explosives". Bake any explosive in an oven and I'm sure it will blow
> up before you can stick your toothpick in to check it.
>
> (Idiots!)
> --
> Davida Chazan (The Chocolate Lady)

Not so, really. Most commonly used high explosives are extremely
INsensitive to heat and friction initiation. That's why they require a
primer or detonator to set them off. GIs (probably of most countries)
have frequently used chunks of C4 and other explosives as cooking fuel, as
they simply burn, when lit with a match. I would be more concerned from a
chemistry basis, with changes to the explosive compound in the baking
environment (moisture, pH, slow, long duration heating, etc.)

On the other hand, the resulting cake would STIL require a detonator
("blasting cap") to do anything "interesting"!

Dave