Flaming Non-Dairy Creamer
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"Would you like some cream in your fire?" People eat this stuff? Makes you wonder what the non-dairy is in powdered non-dairy creamer.
Oct 18, 2005 12:13 AM
Re: Flaming Non-Dairy Creamer
The term "powdered" would be enough to persuade me not to eat it.
Tsk... You crazy Americans and your crazy cuisine.
Tsk... You crazy Americans and your crazy cuisine.
By: gypo
Re: Flaming Non-Dairy Creamer
Yea... look whoz talking.
After you burn the creamer, it smells like toasted marshmallows.
After you burn the creamer, it smells like toasted marshmallows.
By: Mazztek
Re: Flaming Non-Dairy Creamer
I wonder if she's single? She's definitely sexy and daring...
By: diryde
Just about anything powdered fine enough will burn...
if diffused and given an ignition source. Flour, corn meal, metals, etc.
"Almost all organic material or un-oxidized metal, when in a dust cloud, will ignite at a temperature below 500 °C approximately the temperature of a recently extinguished match. Companies in pulp and paper, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and milling operations that handle powders and bulk solids are susceptible. Food dusts such as sugar, starch, flour, and cocoa are also major causes of dust explosions."
"Almost all organic material or un-oxidized metal, when in a dust cloud, will ignite at a temperature below 500 °C approximately the temperature of a recently extinguished match. Companies in pulp and paper, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and milling operations that handle powders and bulk solids are susceptible. Food dusts such as sugar, starch, flour, and cocoa are also major causes of dust explosions."
By: biggeek
Re: Flaming Non-Dairy Creamer
I did this back in the mid-90's with packets of Taco Bell's non-dairy creamer. It's really not the creamer that's igniting, it's the oxygen trapped between the granules. If the creamer is poured too thick, it snuffs out the flame. If it's too thin, there are barely any sparks. You have to pour it just right to get the effect you want. The science behind this also explains why flour mills of olden days would explode; it wasn't the flour itself, but the oxygen trapped in the clouds of flour dust.
Another fun Taco Bell fact: If you place an old, dull penny into a packet of Fire sauce, it'll come out shiny and clean after a few minutes.
Another fun Taco Bell fact: If you place an old, dull penny into a packet of Fire sauce, it'll come out shiny and clean after a few minutes.
Re: Flaming Non-Dairy Creamer
It's really not the creamer that's igniting, it's the oxygen trapped between the granules.
That is incorrect. Oxygen is combining with the organic materials when there is an ignition/energy source and enough surface area to facilitate a reaction. Oxidation of organic materials creates an exothermic chemical reaction.
In other words, Oxygen itself never "ignites," it combines chemically with another substance in a reaction that gives off heat and light.
That is incorrect. Oxygen is combining with the organic materials when there is an ignition/energy source and enough surface area to facilitate a reaction. Oxidation of organic materials creates an exothermic chemical reaction.
In other words, Oxygen itself never "ignites," it combines chemically with another substance in a reaction that gives off heat and light.
By: biggeek
Re: Flaming Non-Dairy Creamer
If the creamer is poured too thick, it snuffs out the flame. If it's too thin, there are barely any sparks.
This is a function of surface area. A cloud of dust particles has a much much larger surface area for atmospheric oxygen to react with than a pile of the same amount.
If the dust is above a particular density, the exothermic combustion becomes self-sustaining... The result being a flashover.
This is a function of surface area. A cloud of dust particles has a much much larger surface area for atmospheric oxygen to react with than a pile of the same amount.
If the dust is above a particular density, the exothermic combustion becomes self-sustaining... The result being a flashover.
By: biggeek
Re: Flaming Non-Dairy Creamer
...but pennies don't taste as good as the corn chips.
Re: Flaming Non-Dairy Creamer
It's the vinegar (slightly acidic solution). Mild sauce works as well.
Have you tried dimes in the chalupas? For a nickel, I will.
Have you tried dimes in the chalupas? For a nickel, I will.
By: spam_vigilante
Re: Flaming Non-Dairy Creamer
You know, you dont have to put spare change in food
from Taco Bell for it to give you the screamers..
hehe
from Taco Bell for it to give you the screamers..
hehe
By: exit550
