Which is the safest method for performing a flame test? — Laboratory Chemistry Question

Dissolve the metal salt in methanol, then squirt the solution into a lit Bunsen burner from at least 1 meter away.

Dissolve the metal salt in methanol, then pour the methanol into a crystallizing dish, igniting it with the flame from a Bunsen burner.

Soak a wooden splint in an aqueous solution of the metal salt, then heat the splint on top of a ceramic hotplate.