Cooking with alcohol

Alcohol is used in a variety of ways for meal preporation. Many foods contain alcoholic beverages that are later incorperated into the meal itself, rather than being drank. This include:

• Beer Butt Chicken
• Beer Bread

Everclear is sometimes used in Flambay dishes, where alcohol is poured on top of a dish and then lit afire as part of a visual presentation, and also helping to add caramelization and charring flavors to the meal.

Also as an alternative to cooking with propane or kerosene on boats, alcohol stoves have been very popular in the past, but are known to be dangerous due to the operator not knowing how much odorless vapor is being released, often resulting in explosions below deck in the galley. Propane and Kerosene are scented, negating this issue.