Quote (Ylem122 @ May 22 2013 03:02am)

dosnt sound very safe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamb%C3%A9

"The alcoholic beverage must be heated before lighting it on fire. This is because at room temperature, the liquid is still below the flash point, and there are not enough alcoholic vapors to ignite. By heating it, the vapor pressure increases, releasing enough vapors to catch fire from the match."

"For safety reasons, it is recommended that alcohol should never be added to a pan on a burner, and that the cook uses a long fireplace match to ignite the pan"