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• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They are not actually that expensive. You just feel posh when you use one.

  My girlfriend came with one, it’s great for grilled cheese. But I’m not allowed to use it anymore because I set fire to a chocolate bar.

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  • tal@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But I’m not allowed to use it anymore because I set fire to a chocolate bar.

    Huh. TIL.

    kitchenroar.com/flammable/chocolate/

    Chocolate, or more so cocoa, is highly flammable. If it catches fire, the blaze is difficult to extinguish since cocoa powder contains 10 to 20 per cent fat and has a huge surface area. Yes, chocolate is flammable. Most solid foods possess at least some level of flammability because they are organic, and chocolate is no exception.

    See, I don’t see how one would have known that without having actually experimented and set a chocolate bar on fire, though.

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• tal@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butane_torch

  Culinary

  Butane torches are frequently employed as kitchen gadgets to caramelize sugar in cooking, such as when making crème brûlée. They may be marketed as kitchen torches, cooking torches, or culinary torches. Use of the butane torch in the kitchen is not limited to caramelizing sugar; it can be used to melt or brown toppings on casseroles or soups, to melt cheese, and to roast or char vegetables such as peppers.

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