fats grobnik wrote:

> in movies i've seen waiters in restaurants lighting a steak on fire
> before serving it off the pan.
> it looks so cool. how is this done? what causes the flame? is it
> gasoline?
> and once it's lit, how do you kill the fire?

And what does THIS topic have to do with classical music?
(Do you ever pay any attention to where you are
cross-posting your idiot questions?) SFAIK they use brandy
or some other high-proof alcoholic beverage. (Gasoline is
poisonous, you dolt!) Since the amount of liquor used is
finite, and the food itself is moist enough so it will not
burn, the flame dies of itself, once the alcohol is consumed.