Contributed by by Faustopheles (faustopheles@my-deja.com; http://faustopheles.mybdsm.html/)
For experienced cooks only. Please consult your USDA extension agent if you are not adequately trained in safe food handling.
Truss the sub up using the "twine" as you would a thanksgiving turkey. You may wish to stuff the sub at this point using your favorite sausage. Now use the pastry brush to baste a portion of the sub with the Kirshwasher. Do not allow the Kirsh time to evaporate before or after basting (Kirsh is barely combustable). Quickly place the unused Kirsh a safe distance away. Now ignite Kirsh with the BBQ lighter. Allow to burn for two seconds and extinguish immediately using the wet rag to prevent charing or damage to eardrums. Baste and ignite other sections, as desired. Season to taste and eat.
Editor's Note: Please note that this is in the "humor" section. The editor doesn't promote human cannibalism. Nor does the editor believe anyone should try fireplay without reading the author's additional notes (below, originally posted as a follow-up to the above recipe) and taking all due precautions. In the editor's opinion, BDSM is noly fun as long as it's done in a safe, sane, and consentual way -- and she has extreme difficulty envisioning a case where third degree burns would be an appropriate outcome.
Additional Notes on Fireplay, by Faustopheles:
One nice thing about using Kirsh instead of rubbing alchohol (besides the fact that it tastes better) is that the alcohol content is so low that it will probably self-extenguish before serious damage occurs. One can also dillute rubbing alcohol to similar concentrations (45%) and gradually increase the concentration.
I am not an expert on fireplay scenes by any means but I would like to add some safety notes which one might not find elsewhere; this is intended as supplemental, not primary, reading. I do have experience working with extreme heat (including molten metals) and cryogens.
Fireplay is considered by many too be one of the most dangerous forms of WIITWD. Before trying it, you should read the instructions and warnings on several different sites. Then, find someone with experience to demonstrate it to you and to supervise your play.
Before playing with extreme heat or cold (such as liquid nitrogen), you should understand heat, temperature, thermal resistance/conductivity, thermal inertia, and time (which, unfortunately, are not explained on any fireplay sites I have seen). Knowlege of conduction, convection, and radiation is also helpful as well as evaporative cooling and phase change enthalpy. In particular, if you wait until heat or cold is felt before removing the source, injury has probably already occurred. It can take several seconds for the sensation to penetrate down to the nerves.
Alcohol burns very cleanly and you will probably just get a blue flame which will not be very visible.
I also suggest you practice on yourself. Hold your hand over the kitchen sink with the water running (not just a trickle, either), apply alcohol, remove the container to a safe distance, ignite, wait briefly, then extinguish under the running water. Increase the burn time by a fraction of a second each time. Beware of alcohol which drips or otherwise ends up in places other than you intended; all of that alcohol may be ignited, not just what you intended to burn.
Using a wet rag or running water to extinguish the flame does have the side effect of reducing the amount of heat sensation which will be felt. You can experiment with clapping your hand shut or wiping the flames out with your other hand.
Hair can be nasty when playing with fire. It stinks when it burns and it can trap combustibles and hot substances and may even act as a wick.
A butane barbeque lighter can be used to play with direct application of heat/flame (no other combustibles). Keep it constantly moving!
Tops should beware of creating situations in which they are too busy trying franticly to extinguish fires on the own body (or removing hot materials from contact) to extinguish flames on the bottom's body.
Again, this is intended only as supplemental information. Here is some more reading:
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