Flaming Cocktails [modified]
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I was reading an article in wikipedia about cocktails[^] and I came across Flaming Cocktails. About a week back my knowledge of alcoholic drinks was zero (never drank before in my life). Then I got interested in cooking with alcohol and bought alcohol for the first time in my life on Friday. But this whole concept of Flaming Cocktails sound nice and I am getting tempted to prepare one. Does anyone has any tips on how to prepare one? What kind of alcohol to use and safety precautions (apart from the obvious ones)? -- modified at 13:02 Wednesday 9th May, 2007
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I was reading an article in wikipedia about cocktails[^] and I came across Flaming Cocktails. About a week back my knowledge of alcoholic drinks was zero (never drank before in my life). Then I got interested in cooking with alcohol and bought alcohol for the first time in my life on Friday. But this whole concept of Flaming Cocktails sound nice and I am getting tempted to prepare one. Does anyone has any tips on how to prepare one? What kind of alcohol to use and safety precautions (apart from the obvious ones)? -- modified at 13:02 Wednesday 9th May, 2007
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:-D
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I was reading an article in wikipedia about cocktails[^] and I came across Flaming Cocktails. About a week back my knowledge of alcoholic drinks was zero (never drank before in my life). Then I got interested in cooking with alcohol and bought alcohol for the first time in my life on Friday. But this whole concept of Flaming Cocktails sound nice and I am getting tempted to prepare one. Does anyone has any tips on how to prepare one? What kind of alcohol to use and safety precautions (apart from the obvious ones)? -- modified at 13:02 Wednesday 9th May, 2007
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
Then I got interested in cooking with alcohol and bought alcohol for the first time in my life on Friday.
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Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
But this whole concept of Flaming Cocktails sound nice and I am getting tempted to prepare one.
<Fatherly voice> "Son, you may want to slow down a bit. Spend a few weeks cooking with alcohol, then a few years drinking the non-flaming variety before moving up to the big leagues." </Fatherly voice>
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson
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I was reading an article in wikipedia about cocktails[^] and I came across Flaming Cocktails. About a week back my knowledge of alcoholic drinks was zero (never drank before in my life). Then I got interested in cooking with alcohol and bought alcohol for the first time in my life on Friday. But this whole concept of Flaming Cocktails sound nice and I am getting tempted to prepare one. Does anyone has any tips on how to prepare one? What kind of alcohol to use and safety precautions (apart from the obvious ones)? -- modified at 13:02 Wednesday 9th May, 2007
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
About a week back my knowledge of alcoholic drinks was zero (never drank before in my life). Then I got interested in cooking with alcohol and bought alcohol for the first time in my life on Friday.
Is there anything special that made you take this 'manly' decision? :rolleyes:
"Hmmm, I wonder if this guy knows about the VCF? That's what all the cool programmers are using according to Jenna Jameson." - Jim Crafton.
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Flaming brandy is always nice, thrown over some sort of dessert. I knew a fellow at a bar in Prague who used to experiment with flaming drinks. He started with a bunch of different liqueurs. Each would have to be deposited carefully with a spoon, so that, based on density and (I guess) surface tension, each would sit easily in the glass on top of the next liquor down. The top level would be either a liqueur that flamed nicely, or even better, vodka, which burns really well (you've heard of the molotov cocktail of course - VODKA!). Mixing cocktails is an art, however. I would start off making something simple like a dry Martini (years to perfect) or an Orange Blossom, or a Gin Gimlet. The quality of the liquor makes a big difference to the overall quality of the drink. For instance, Grey Goose is a great vodka, but for a Martini you might want to go with Ketel One or (my favorite) Three Olives instead, since they have a stronger flavor. Temperature is also important, and learning how to crack the ice in a shaker is also essential. After that, you might want to move on to drinks involving egg whites, which were very popular during the flapper era. Only approach flaming drinks after mastering all these others, else you might do permanent injury to yourself. Good luck with your new vice, my friend. People who start down this path ultimately either find themselves waking up one day in an alley with no money and no friends, or else they end up in the White House.
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I was reading an article in wikipedia about cocktails[^] and I came across Flaming Cocktails. About a week back my knowledge of alcoholic drinks was zero (never drank before in my life). Then I got interested in cooking with alcohol and bought alcohol for the first time in my life on Friday. But this whole concept of Flaming Cocktails sound nice and I am getting tempted to prepare one. Does anyone has any tips on how to prepare one? What kind of alcohol to use and safety precautions (apart from the obvious ones)? -- modified at 13:02 Wednesday 9th May, 2007
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
never drank before in my life
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
Flaming Cocktails sound nice
You've never drank before and you're getting ready to play with fire? :omg: I recommend you chill out. Try some Bailey's[^] on the rocks. It's my favorite liqueur.
- Your choice of lifestyle is an abomination. - But I've been this way since I was a child. - The scriptures say it is of the Devil! - But who am I hurting by being this way? - It's EVIL! You must renounce this behavior! - What if it's NATURAL? - There's no proof of that! BEING LEFT HANDED IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
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Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
About a week back my knowledge of alcoholic drinks was zero (never drank before in my life). Then I got interested in cooking with alcohol and bought alcohol for the first time in my life on Friday.
Is there anything special that made you take this 'manly' decision? :rolleyes:
"Hmmm, I wonder if this guy knows about the VCF? That's what all the cool programmers are using according to Jenna Jameson." - Jim Crafton.
Flaming cocktails is more the desire of the kid within me?:)
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Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
never drank before in my life
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
Flaming Cocktails sound nice
You've never drank before and you're getting ready to play with fire? :omg: I recommend you chill out. Try some Bailey's[^] on the rocks. It's my favorite liqueur.
- Your choice of lifestyle is an abomination. - But I've been this way since I was a child. - The scriptures say it is of the Devil! - But who am I hurting by being this way? - It's EVIL! You must renounce this behavior! - What if it's NATURAL? - There's no proof of that! BEING LEFT HANDED IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
Al Beback wrote:
You've never drank before and you're getting ready to play with fire?
Aren't these different things: drinking and fire.
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Al Beback wrote:
You've never drank before and you're getting ready to play with fire?
Aren't these different things: drinking and fire.
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
drinking and fire.
it is generally recommended that they be different, but not required. The outcome is, generally speaking, less pleasant if they are combined though.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I was reading an article in wikipedia about cocktails[^] and I came across Flaming Cocktails. About a week back my knowledge of alcoholic drinks was zero (never drank before in my life). Then I got interested in cooking with alcohol and bought alcohol for the first time in my life on Friday. But this whole concept of Flaming Cocktails sound nice and I am getting tempted to prepare one. Does anyone has any tips on how to prepare one? What kind of alcohol to use and safety precautions (apart from the obvious ones)? -- modified at 13:02 Wednesday 9th May, 2007
Yes, if you hesitate don't proceed. My cousin had a nice ring on his forehead for weeks after he burnt it with a flaming shooter he hesitated on. I burnt the palm of my hand doing the same once. Either do it quickly or not at all. Otherwise, enjoy! It's great fun walking around a pub with a shot glass full of sambuca stuck to your forehead...
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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Yes, if you hesitate don't proceed. My cousin had a nice ring on his forehead for weeks after he burnt it with a flaming shooter he hesitated on. I burnt the palm of my hand doing the same once. Either do it quickly or not at all. Otherwise, enjoy! It's great fun walking around a pub with a shot glass full of sambuca stuck to your forehead...
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
Paul Watson wrote:
sambuca
I had to look up wikipedia for sambuca.
From Wikipedia:
The flame is then extinguished and the Sambuca is quickly drunk whilst still warm. One popular method of extinguishment is placing the palm of the hand over the top of the shot glass, where suction is created causing the shot glass to "stick" to the hand. This is also potentially dangerous; if the flame is allowed to burn for too long, it will heat up the shot glass also - resulting in burn injuries to the hand
That sounds adventurous. All I need to do is to buy Sambuca. I hope it is available in the US.
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I was reading an article in wikipedia about cocktails[^] and I came across Flaming Cocktails. About a week back my knowledge of alcoholic drinks was zero (never drank before in my life). Then I got interested in cooking with alcohol and bought alcohol for the first time in my life on Friday. But this whole concept of Flaming Cocktails sound nice and I am getting tempted to prepare one. Does anyone has any tips on how to prepare one? What kind of alcohol to use and safety precautions (apart from the obvious ones)? -- modified at 13:02 Wednesday 9th May, 2007
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I plan on drinking flaming drinks right after I swallow swords and pierce my nose with a six inch nail.
__________________ Bob is my homeboy.
Jeez, you bunch of old women make flaming cocktails sound way more dangerous than they are. I've only burn my hand from them, not lost my tonsils or had a nail through an eyeball.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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Jeez, you bunch of old women make flaming cocktails sound way more dangerous than they are. I've only burn my hand from them, not lost my tonsils or had a nail through an eyeball.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
Yeah, it's the people that don't realize that their drinks are on fire that get burned badly. My cousin did that and ended up with burns on his face and down his throat.
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Yeah, it's the people that don't realize that their drinks are on fire that get burned badly. My cousin did that and ended up with burns on his face and down his throat.
Ahah, Its really nothing special. Anyway I'd recommend a B-52, get: - a small spoon - a shooter glass - Baileys - Tijuana (Coffee liquor) - Absint - a straw - a lighter Fill up 1/3 of the glass with baileys, then, grab the spoon, putting it inside the glass concavity down and the tip touching the glass wall a bit above the baileys, and gently put the tijuana ontop of the spoon so it flows slowly through the glass wall, to create a second layer till 2/3 of the glass. Repeat last procedure with the absint till the glass is completely filled. Now, light it up, may take a while and the flame is blue, so you'll see it only in darker rooms, grab the straw and plunge it into the glass while frenetically sucking, or the strw will melt. Have fun :laugh:
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