KOMPAS.com – Celebrating New Year’s Eve by burning a number of foodstuffs can be a fun event. You can not only grill corn, but also satay, sausages and meat.
However, lighting charcoal certainly has its own challenges. If you use kerosene, there are concerns that it will affect the taste and aroma of the food being burned.
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Thus, here are several ways to light charcoal without using kerosene, as reported on the page Loofts, Delicious DishAnd Kompas.comMonday (30/12/2024).
Please remember to be careful when lighting charcoal.
1. Paper and cooking oil

To light charcoal, you can use waste paper that is no longer used. For example, shopping bags made of paper or charcoal wrapping paper.
Make a roll out of the paper, similar to a donut. Then add a little cooking oil.
Arrange the roll of paper in the grill, then place one or several pieces of charcoal in the center of the roll. Burn the scroll.
If the charcoal pieces start to burn and turn gray, add a few more pieces of charcoal.
Make sure the charcoal is dry if you want to use this method.
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2. Kitchen tissue

If you often drain fried food or clean up oil splatters with kitchen tissue, you can use the tissue to light the charcoal.
Apart from kitchen tissue, you can also use waxed paper or wrapping hamburgers, sandwichesAnd hotdog.
This type of paper will burn faster than regular paper. Use the donut-like paper roll method as previously mentioned.
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3. Candles

Reported Kompas.comFriday (29/12/2023), candles can also be used to help light charcoal.
Place one to three candles near the charcoal. Light the fire, then let it burn. The candle can last to light the charcoal.
However, this process takes a long time, around 30 minutes. Take advantage of a fan to speed up the process.
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