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Default Cooking with a blowtorch

On Dec 17, 11:33*am, zxcvbob > wrote:
> 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


Just watch for exhaust gas buildup in the house. Carbon Monoxide and
all its friends.