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"John T" writes:
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| I aways thought the theory was to do with rats, and as Kay says too much fat
| can do harm to the compost gremlins, to say nothing of the salt and other
| things that is probably added.

The original old wife's tale was, indeed, rats - but there seems to
be no basis for it.

People whose waste food contains large amounts of fat and salt have
problems that are rather more serious than composting ones ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.