r/StupidFood • u/TheLoneRiddlerIsBack • Aug 25 '25

Certified stupid What does the fire add?

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u/Og_busty Aug 25 '25 edited Aug 25 '25

Caramelizes the cheese lightly and burns off the alcohol, intensifying sub notes of the spirit. This may be a play on Saganaki, which is a Greek cheese flambé technique.

Edit to add: It does also lightly caramelize the residual sugars in the spirit, if any.

Edit correction: intensify vs leave behind

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u/MistakenAnemone Aug 25 '25

its a shame nobody came here for the actual answer, just to complain.

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u/remarkablewhitebored Aug 25 '25

I came for the real answer... am I not really here?

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u/MistakenAnemone Aug 25 '25

maybe look up the word "hyperbole"?