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Default Cooking with a blowtorch

Steve B wrote:
> I have seen the small propane torches used in restaurant cooking to toast
> marshmallow toppings, and other things. I have seen them used to make foods
> more appealing during photography sessions. I have one of these, and I
> have propane and MAPP gases. Does using these small torches impart any
> taste to the foods? Would you use propane or MAPP?
>
> Steve
>
>



Use propane. MAPP is more expensive and might have a taste. (I use
an electric heat gun in the kitchen sometimes to brown things. Have
used a propane torch before to roast peppers)

Bob