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- From: claudiak@i88.isc.com (Claudia Kale (STG))
- Subject: Re: Alcohol in cooking, help
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.193845.10786@i88.isc.com>
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:38:45 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec18.213124.13000@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com> sharen@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (Sharen A. Rund) writes:
- >In article <1gq7chINNq25@rave.larc.nasa.gov> m.l.morris@larc.nasa.gov (Michelle Morris) writes:
- >> My husband is severely allergic to any alcohol in food or drink.
- >>Unfortunately, many of the recipies I want to try call for some
- >>sherry, brandy, wine, whatever. Up til now, I've left the alcohol
- >>out, but I'm wondering if I'm missing something in the taste.
- >>Does anyone know what I can use as a substitute?
- >> Thanks in advance.
- >>
- >
- >for cooking - the heat will absorb the alcohol - also,
- >there are a number of flavored extracts you can buy in
- >order to get the rum, etc flavor - Paul Mason used to sell
- >a set of 'flavored cooking sauces' that were like a cooking
- >sherry, etc that had no alcohol to them
- >
-
- I seem to remember that earlier this year, a food chemist posted a
- reply to question very similar to Michelle's (was this you Shankar?).
- He replied that once in the course of his work, he had actually
- prepared a traditional beef burgundy (with *surprise!* burgundy) and
- analyzed the product for alcohol content. He found a significant
- amount of the alcohol had *not* evaporated, despite the stew having
- been simmered for a couple of hours. So if memory serves me correctly,
- and your husband is severely allergic, you may want to stick to
- de-alcoholized wines in your cooking. I do hope the person who
- posted this information all those many months ago will correct
- me if I've misremembered.
-
- Just a thought,
- Claudia
-
-