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Offline Doj

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cooking with alcohol
« on: April 07, 2008, 22:25:31 pm »
Hello

I know that there has been a post about this, but I can't seem to find it anywhere.

Just wondering if it is ok to give dd#1 who is over 2 food that had been cooked in alcohol.
My mom has a great recipe for ribs which involves boiling them in 1 bottle of beer and I wasn't sure if that would be ok for DD. I would think that all of it would be evaporated, but just wanted your thoughts.
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Re: cooking with alcohol
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2008, 22:39:33 pm »
Sounds fine as long as all the alcohol has evaporated. I cook with red wine a lot - when you add the alcohol, it sizzles a lot to start with, then calms down - that's the sign all the alcohol has gone :)
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Re: cooking with alcohol
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2008, 01:13:52 am »
Thanks!
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Re: cooking with alcohol
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2008, 01:55:52 am »
Any alcohol that you cook with is fine. The heat kills the actual alcoholic part :)
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Re: cooking with alcohol
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2008, 16:17:10 pm »
It is actually virtually impossible to cook all the alcohol out of food - below is an excerpt from a study comparing various cooking methods: 

A study conducted by the US Department of Agriculture’s Nutrient Data Laboratory calculated the percentage of alcohol remaining in a dish based on various cooking methods. The results are as follows:

 Preparation Method Percent of Alcohol Retained
alcohol added to boiling liquid & removed from heat 85%
alcohol flamed 75%
no heat, stored overnight 70%
baked, 25 minutes, alcohol not stirred into mixture 45%
baked/simmered, alcohol stirred into mixture:   
15 minutes -  40%
30 minutes -  35%
1 hour -  25%
1.5 hours -  20%
2 hours -  10%
2.5 hours -  5%

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Re: cooking with alcohol
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2008, 12:17:49 pm »
I slow cook hams in beer all the time and don't worry about it.
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