"Jim Carlock" wrote in message . com...

Also, soap (either shampoo or dish detergent) is supposed to
kill cockroaches. A friend across the street told me about the
soap a couple weeks ago but I haven't tried it. He indicated
that it kills a roach instantly.

Sounds utterly ridiculous!

But I will give you a recipe guaranteed to work on roaches:
3 parts flour
1 part boric acid
1 part bacon grease
1 part minced onion
enough water to make a paste

Stir all ingredients together and roll into marble size balls. Place
anywhere the roaches can find them. Boric acid is deadly to roaches
but it is not toxic to children or animals.

Bob S.