On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 08:55:52 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 21/04/2013 12:34 AM, sf wrote:
> >
> > Got some green bananas from the grocery store today and cooked them
> > the way you said. I've never eaten Bananas Foster, so I didn't know
> > what to expect. Maybe I did it wrong, but I wasn't impressed.
>
>
> Green? I suggested slightly under ripe.
> The core of the dessert is the butter, sugar and rum. I prefer other
> fruits done in this manner.
>
> > What impressed me was how the rum instants burst into flames when it
> > hit the pan. I always had to use a match when I used electric and it
> > was never so spectacular!
>
>
> It is best to do it with the lights low so you can see the flames.
> Alcohol tends to burn mostly blue. Doing it with the lights on makes it
> hard to see the flame. You miss out on the pyromanaical thrill and the
> visual warnings about where it might be hot when you think the flames
> have stopped.
>
Okay, I'll try it again with riper bananas this time. It was the
banana part I didn't like, everything else was fine.

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