A useful halachic note.

[xiphias]

So, fellow Jews: have you ever sat there and thought, "Well, but HOW could I burn my chametz? It's not like bread and Chereos are actually all that inflammable."

I had a brainstorm.

190 proof grain alcohol is chametz.

Okay, there's a possibility that it's only kitnyot, if it's made from corn. But still.

Soak a piece of bread in grain alcohol.

Burns like a charm. If there was a problem, it was that I had to use about a quart of water after the thing was charcoal just to make CERTAIN it was out. . .

Comments

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

But it's the rules. Gnomi and Mabfan burned more stuff than I did. I just burned it better.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Do I sound like I disapprove? I just wish I'd gotten to see this!

[dillonpuff.livejournal.com]

heh

next time I vote making up some home-made napalm

that'll show people what's up :)

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

What's cool about my method is that everything I'm burning is chametz. That's not a requirement -- you are allowed to burn things other than chametz, so the napalm method is useful.

Possibly.

Because napalm is made with gelatin, which is, itself, treif. That may not be a problem, since it's not to be eaten. But it would seem, I dunno, a little emotionally weird. I don't think it would break any of the rules, though.

[dillonpuff.livejournal.com]

well, I admit ... the aspect of it being chametz as well is pretty clever in my book :)