firing vs flambé

firing

noun
  • The act of adding fuel to a fire. 

  • Cauterization. 

  • The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay, etc., to produce pottery. 

  • The dismissal of someone from a job. 

  • The fuel for a fire. 

  • The discharge of a gun or other weapon. 

flambé

noun
  • A showy cooking technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited. 

  • A flambéed dish. 

verb
  • To cook with a showy technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited. 

adj
  • Decorated by glaze splashed or irregularly spread upon the surface, or apparently applied at the top and allowed to run down the sides. 

  • Being, or having been, flambéed. 

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