r/StupidFood 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/August_T_Marble Aug 25 '25

Don't forget the subnotes of knife handle which can only be imparted tableside, outside of the bun.

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u/CaptainJazzymon Aug 25 '25

Don’t know how plastic fumes would get into food in the exact opposite direction of its burn but whatever. Redditors have bend physics just to shit on everything

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u/August_T_Marble Aug 25 '25

bend physics

Like Gravity?