• 1). Preheat oven to at least 109.4 degrees F (43 degrees C).
  
  
• 2). Place silkworms on oven tray and put oven tray into oven. Wait at least a half an hour. You can periodically check to see if all the silkworms have died before the one-hour marker since all silkworms might die before the designated time.
  
  
• 3). Pull tray with silkworms out of oven. Make sure all the silkworms have died before you take them out of the oven. The silkworms will look dark brown or dark yellow when they have died.
  
  

Boil

• 1). Put water in a stove pot. Place pot on stove and bring water to a rolling boil.
  
  
• 2). Place silkworm on ladle and gently put silkworm in boiling water. You don't want to make splashes with the hot water.
  
  
• 3). Keep silkworms in boiling water around 5 to 10 minutes. A dead silkworm will be dark brown or dark yellow. If there is a silk cocoon around the silkworm you will be able to see that the cocoon has opened.
  
  
• 4). Strain the silkworms with a strainer and let them air dry on paper towels.