On Aug 2, 11:44�am, PeterLucas > wrote:
> Goomba > wrote in news:6fjd3oFbvh94U1
> @mid.individual.net:
>
> > When using alcohol to deglaze a pan or into a sauce, I'm wondering what
> > the difference in taste is if you do or don't set it ablaze? I mean, how
> > does burning it change the flavor?
> > Anyone know?
>
> IIRC, the burning doesn't change the flavour, it just gets rid of the
> alcohol, so you don't get shitfaced while you're eating.

There's no difference whether lit or not, because only the alcohol
vapors burn, if unlit they simply disapate into the atmosphere...
flambeing is purely for show, it changes the flavor not one iota.