[Sca-cooks] Re: Flaming Subtleties (was Piecrust revisited, was, Books for Cooks)

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

Thank you! This is very good advice. (Sooner or later, I will have to 
deal with someone who loves the idea of flambe' ed whatever it is for a 
feast subtlety, and knowing these cautions will help...)

> Greetings
> Flaming = Flamb? same thing
> It has been my experience and training that you can flamb? almost anything. 
> Most flamb? is done for show and adding subtle flavor. It is more a 
> question of it being appropriate to the dish and presentation your using.
> I have seen and done such items as a bowl of dates, a platter of meats, an 
> entire pig on spits ,  Fish dishes , Plum Puddings,  and yes items that 
> could be called with wide interpretation great pies.  I  would agree there 
> is no reason why such could not have been done with dishes from our time 
> line. But there is little proof of such being done with many dishes . So I 
> would leave it to artistic flare.
> Also Flamb? or flaming requires a high alcohol or sugar content in the fuel 
> so until those liqueurs were developed , odds are  flamb? or flaming would 
> not have been  possible.
> 
>  However I would advise extreme caution in attempting flamb? for the first 
> time. As it can be very surprising if you have not dealt with it before. ( 
> Little fire balls , gouts of flame, small burst of burning fluid coming out 
> of areas you knew not of , and such. )Best to get into a large sheltered 
> area with no one near to practice,  until you get used to it.
> Although  during our time line such presentations were often carried out to 
> the head table.  Such as the print, showing a flaming boars head presented 
> to Henry the VII, I believe . Don`t have my book handy right now. To be 
> placed upon a small stand in front of. I would again suggest such not be 
> tried first in a hall of friends. Also Acquire 2 very strong and fast young 
> gentles with really good health insurance.
> Da 
> 
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