food with alcohol

[johnny679]

Hello this may be a silly question and before you tell me to look on the internet I have and I have noe not found any information about this . I am at stage 2 level damage to the liver , Is it okay to eat food that has been marinated in alcohol or say for example smoked pork , which has been marinated in alcohol ? Is it pretty much the same as drinking alcohol ?
or dishes which have alcohol added in the sauce . I would appreciete any information .
Thank you

[katla]

I suppose you could cook the alcohol for over two hours (per chart) in advance and store it in the fridge till you wanted to cook with it.

[johnny679]

Thank you for the responses , have a great christmas all

[Marcia2202]

The hubby and I have been able to find some very good tasting alcohol free wines, which we drink on special occasions.  The alcohol has been extracted after manufacture. I'm sure that they would taste good in cooking.

[Interfurgen]

for some even the smell of booze bad. I love wines. I think any thing that, will hurt my liver,is not good. why go throw tx not drinking. then start cooking with it. the egg nog looks good the smell of hard cider, wow!! TX was the so much fun all the bad news we heard about are liver. know i have to have upper G.I.'s because of a bad liver. We live on great good meals , and tell any that listen of how tx is working for us. So why cheat!!  Grape juice does the same in cooking. sorry got on my soap box. Hey christmas is here so we can stop taking are happy pills and give our ( LOVING) family a great time. Happy Christmas everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GoofyDad]

I believe that even if it's a good dose of booze in the cooking, once in a while you're going to be OK. I'd be more careful when on tx (that's just me) but after that, even if you get like a quarter of a glass of wine... that's just not going to affect you. Even if your liver's noit in the best shape.

Getting stinking drunk? Bad idea. Habitual drinking? Likewise. A little snort poured into the main course? I just wouldn't sweat it. Probably true that being overweight, not exercising, regular sugar in the diet are all worse things.

[katla]

So happy to be able to contribute something useful. I just had a terrible experience on another forum and feel totally deflated.

Happy new year all!!!!

[roostermom]

When is it ok to have a glass of wine on a special occasion post treatment if you are undetected?

[R Glass]

I’m not trying to convince anyone that they should or shouldn’t use alcohol with cooking. If it makes you nervous, don’t use it. There are alternatives.
I choose to use it and seriously don’t see enough alcohol used to make a difference. ”. As far as damaging the liver, I don’t see it.
I respect what Boobert stated “i'm 10 years sobor next month and vowed never to taste alcohol again”.

[crossroadsec]

katla is right. I just read up yesterday. No rum sauce on the bread pudding.. :( Going for the vanilla. I DID find Bailey's international creamer. LOL. I never drank much, but love cooking w/ wine or liquers. No mo.
Going for the greek yogurt.
Karen

[Boobert]

Thank you & Merry Christmas and A Very Happy New Year to you also!!

[flcyclist]

Thanks for posting the link katla.  This is one of those common misconceptions that if heard over and over, then it must be true.  

[katla]

Here's the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture alcohol burn-off chart.

"Depending on the method..., the temperature, the time and even on the size of the pan anywhere from 4 percent to 49 percent of the original alcohol remained in the dish."

http://www.oasas.ny.gov/admed/fyi/fyi-cooking.cfm

[belle19]

good for you!  10 years sober is a great milestone.  happy holidays.  belle

[Livinontheedge]

Interesting.    I am very fond of Tiramisu, which has rum in it as well and is not cooked out, so that's a great question.    

[Boobert]

I agree with R Glass 100%, but in my case being a recovering alcoholic anything to do with booze I stay away from. Not because I'm worried about some rum cake damaging my liver but just because i'm 10 years sobor next month and vowed never to taste alcohol again. No Jello shots as stated above.

[R Glass]

Between the Evaporation and the Small amount of Alcohol used, I really don’t think there would be enough alcohol to make a difference. Unless you’re making Jello Shots.

[orphanedhawk]

Back before I knew I had hep C, I loved wine, even tried making it once.
I was always a light weight, one glass and I was tipsy.
Well, the wine I tried to make wasn't very good to drink but it made a fabulous reduction sauce.

I believe cooking did indeed take the alcohol content away because it sure didn't effect me other than as tasting delicious.

[OdinLovesLife]

Does heat change the structure of the alcohol? You often read that too much heat can destroy food nutritional value and create toxic by products. I asked a doctor about alcohol in food once and she dismissed it as nothing but I wonder if that was ill informed?

[flcyclist]

That's a very good question.  Although we commonly think that all the alcohol is evaporated during heating/cooking, that may be a bad assumption depending the amount of alcohol, length of cooking, temperature, etc.  

See the following:
"The idea that all or most of the alcohol is evaporated when reducing wine is largely apocryphal.  You would actually need to simmer wine for a number of hours to approach complete vaporization of the alcohol.  For example, ten minutes of simmering will only eliminate about half the alcohol."

http://www.foodreference.com/html/a-cooking-wwine2.html

I'm curious what others have to say also.