Adopey.123 net.cooks utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!dopey.smb Tue Mar 2 11:26:45 1982 Flaming about desserts This one may belong in net.booze.... Take a pineapple, hollow it out, and fill with 151-proof rum. Surround it with balls of assorted fruits, and ignite the rum. (If you have trouble lighting it, put a small amount in a spoon, heat the spoon with a match, and then light that portion; pour it into the rest.) The idea is to spear the pieces of fruit (with long forks...), dip them in the flaming rum, and -- while still aflame -- put them in your mouth. It *does* work (if you close your mouth quickly); I've seen it and done it (though that was before I grew some facial foliage). But it's been my experience that unless it's done in a large group where one person starts doing so first, most people will blow out the flames first. Note: there is no warranty, expressed or implied, with this recipe. I categorically refuse to accept any claims for damages, either from eating flaming balls of fruit, or from the after-effects of consuming 151-proof rum. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.