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.

Bear in mind that when you heat the booze before flambeeing, it is the fumes
that ignite, not the sauce it is added to, so it stands to reason that those
alcohol fumes would have evaporated whether it was burring or not. The flames
keep the liquid hot, so more alcohol evaporates.