For example, if I was to cook chicken soup and pour nearly a cup of wine with it for taste, would it count as alcohol? If I was to be tested in the near future for alcohol, would I test positive? Would it be appropriate for children to drink this soup?
Keep in mind that this is not wine made especially for cooking. It's like any other alcoholic beverage.
Also, other examples include rum cake or beer-battered fish. Do they produce the same effects as drinking the alcoholic it is cooked with straight from the bottle?
Thank you.
2007-02-02 10:55:25 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Most recipes that call for wine and such do not leave a high amount of alcohol after it is cooked. Beer battered fish I wouldn't worry about at all. Desserts depend on the preparer because you can get rum substitute and it depends on quantity and if they were put in before or after being cooked. For food, if you let it cook long enough the alcohol will evaporate out, but there might be trace residues in them. As far as a alcohol test goes, eating some breads causes you to have a slight hit due to the yeast and if you ate right before you could but not enough that you wouldn't be able to explain.
2007-02-02 11:03:18 · answer #1 · answered by daniel p 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Almost of the alcohol cooks off so it is okay for kids.
If you are concerned, you can omit it from a soup or stew recipe. You should add another liquid in its place, like more broth or water and adjust the other seasonings to make up for it.
Wine can be used to add flavor or to help tenderize the meat in a stew. Wine can also add color to a dish (coq au vin - uses red wine) or be used to deglaze a pan to make a gravy.
Home cooks are always advised to pour wine or liquor into another cup rather than pouring directly from the bottle.*
By adding beer to a batter, one is hoping to create a lighter, fluffier batter because the beer is carbonated. Beer will also add flavor.
As for a rum cake - again, the purpose is to add flavor. However, sometimes cakes are soaked in liquor and one can get a slight buzz from consuming such cakes.
*Sometimes, liquor is used to create a dramatic flash effect (flambe or crepes suzette). This is dangerous because the flame can follow the stream of liquor to the bottle causing it to explode.
A note re: cooking wines. Do not bother. Many of them do not taste good and have salt and preservatives.
2007-02-02 19:00:36 · answer #2 · answered by Treadstone 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wow, every single person is wrong on this one. Why wouldn't they have conducted a simple google search rather than give the wrong answer??
The alcohol *can* burn off, depending on how long you cooked it, the temperature, and the strength of the alcohol. Here are a summary of the USDA's results on Alcohol Burn Off:
http://www.ochef.com/165.htm
Preparation Method to 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%
2007-02-03 01:53:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The alcohol cooks off, for the most part, but my mother is a recovering alcoholic, and she was advised to avoid this, so I would assume a trace amount remains. Most children do not like the taste of foods cooked with wines, etc, and I don't see the benefit in getting them used to the taste personally.
I like to cook with wine-especially chicken-it seems to have a tenderizing effect.
2007-02-02 19:05:18 · answer #4 · answered by melouofs 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you cook it properly the alcohol cooks off, doing this just adds flavor. It is completely safe for you and the children and you won't test postive for it in your blood. The key to to cook the alcohol off. I cook with regular wine that with alcohol and I also make beer bisquits. It is not the same effect as drinking it. Enjoy the flavor, nothing wrong with that
2007-02-03 00:15:22 · answer #5 · answered by SIDECAR 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was told that the alcohol burns off while cooking. It may be just for flavor, I'm not sure. But I also wouldn't take a chance by serving foods cooked with it to kids. Better safe than sorry.
2007-02-02 19:03:58 · answer #6 · answered by Bud's Girl 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As long as you cook it long enough for the alcohol to cook off it will be fine. Don't add wine to the soup and then serve it. you would have to cook it enough for the alcohol to evaporate.
2007-02-02 19:03:49 · answer #7 · answered by Terra T 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
most alcohol is evaporated when it is heated while cooking, so you shouldn't have any show up in a test. how ever if it is added cold or you are drinking it as an appiteezer then of course it will test positive
2007-02-02 19:03:10 · answer #8 · answered by ben wa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the alcohol is usually cooked off when u make something. there r no effects of alcohol in the food
2007-02-02 19:04:30 · answer #9 · answered by krazy_alzan 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Alcohol is a natural flavor enhancer. It cooks off when heated.
2007-02-05 23:19:50 · answer #10 · answered by Angry-T 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋