Ive been hearing for quite some time now that alcohol evaporates about a minute or so after adding into any sauce. Is this true?
I have reason to believe its not. And if its not…recipes that have traces of alcohol in them…are they now haram? Its not like that alcohol will give you nasha or anything.
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not all alcohol, like I am sure that in beer battered chikcen, some amount of alcohol is still there.
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Alcohol is Haram in Islam...period! [Al-Quran]
PS: I have drunk 0% alcohol imported beer in some islamic countries...but still got high...hmmmm
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depends on the entree but in general it takes a long long long time, I posted some info here earlier about how long it takes for it to evaporate.
if its naturally ocurring trace alcohol in something that may be one thing, adding wine to the sauce is another, because then you can add trace elements of pork, or crap, or some dude from burkina faso, whats the diff 
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**alcohol is considered najaasat/najaasah/najis [unclean] in islam so once it touches ur clothes u’ve to wash it. if thats the case with clothes then eating [traces] of it is daffo Haraam. when it is poured on the food during cooking u see flames coming out and that food is charred slightly that means chemical change has taken place which is irreversible. the alcohol gets ingrained in the food.
why hover over a grey area? why not simply stay clear of it?**
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ingrained in the food? :D
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The reason for cooking with alcoholic drinks is?
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The reason for cooking with alcoholic drinks is?
Adds a certain flavour.
But as to your question Reha, it does not evaporate completely. I've read articles online that state about 3% to 5% alcohol still remaining after a few hours of cooking.
Also, I would abstain 100% to start off with.
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if alcohol makes everything it touches najis, how do muslims eat leavened bread? the fermentation def produces some alcohol in the dough..
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Well that's not exactly true Queer.
Alcohol in insignificant amounts isn't exactly prohibited. And when I say insignificant I mean when mixed with other substances. So a 0.1% in leavened bread wouldn't exactly cause intoxication. Its a fine line but its common sense I suppose.
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This is good to know because I was invited to dinner with our coworkers and the food was preordered. Later when I went to the website to look at what I had it did say it had wine in it. I thought the wine probably burned off but it's good to know for future. Thanks for sharing!
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if alcohol makes everything it touches najis, how do muslims eat leavened bread? the fermentation def produces some alcohol in the dough..
good point. alcohol is the by product of yeast "eating" any sugar. put some sugar(any form of sugar/dextrose/fruit) water and yeast together will make alcohol.
alcohol burns off from 78 degrees upwards. obviously you need to give it time at that temp to let it all evaporate. it will evaporate off at lower temperatures but slowly.
if you dont want to add alcohol to your sauce you can get rum/whisky or other drink flavoring/essence/extract (which is 100% non alcoholic).
also aliitle bit of red wine never hurt anyone infact it is ment to be good for your heart.
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**Since alcohol is tasteless, then there is no need for adding ‘alcoholic’ drinks to food. **
I mean if flavor is all what is intended then use flavor, rather than trying to and making fool those who like to abstain from alcohol.
Those people who fall for this trap after knowing that alcoholic drink was used to prepare their meal are really stupid and dumb by falling for ‘adding to flavor’ notion.
Come one,… this is a trick/gimmick restaurants play with people to make it look like the food cooked with alcoholic beverage is something cool-n- out-a-world…so they will be happy to pay the ludicrously jacked up price for the meal and go home proud that they had 'beer battered chicken or had anything cooked with wine. 
There is no shortage of stupid people who love to pay for false advertisement and glamor. 
Agree with rest of your post.
Lesson: Never eat something YOU YOURSELF did not choose to order. Be firm and do not fall in to trap. If you eat willingly whatever someone ordered, then there is no need to blame others. Right?
Do you know the few studies on it were paid for by the wine companies and those were mostly done in France …the wine country ?
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Err alcoholic drinks have flavour? You don’t literally add alcohol, you know that right? 
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I admit back in the day I always kept a bottle of red wine in the house to cook certain dishes. My justification was that the alcohol would evaporate and because I was not using it for intoxication purposes it was fine (after all I drink cough medicine when I'm sick and that contains alcohol). I only stopped when I found out there were non alcoholic wines on the market that tasted just as good in the sauces, so now I use those.
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The prices are not inflated just becasue alcoholc drinks are added, look at the menu and you will see non-alcoholic dishes at the same price.
alcohol in its pure form is infact tasteless, but we are not talking about that we are talking about adding red wine or brandy or rum and these are not tasteless.
antioxidents are good for you. red grapes and fruit are good for you. really its proven science. science and religion sometimes conflict but we all can still all get along and appreciate each others views.
lol “France the wine country”, i wonder how they view Pakistan
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I am all okay if someone does not eat meals prepared with wine or other alcoholic beverage for whatever reason but giving as a matter of fact statements about something that you have no knowledge of or ever experienced is ludicrous.
Seafood prepared in white wine is very delicious and has a distinct flavor that you cannot get without it. I am not a big fan of meat cooked in red wine though.
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**alcohol is considered najaasat/najaasah/najis [unclean] in islam so once it touches ur clothes u've to wash it. if thats the case with clothes then eating [traces] of it is daffo Haraam. when it is poured on the food during cooking u see flames coming out and that food is charred slightly that means chemical change has taken place which is irreversible. the alcohol gets ingrained in the food.
why hover over a grey area? why not simply stay clear of it?**
Wait so does this mean I can't use my cologne since that has an ample amount of alcohol in it too?
Since alcohol is tasteless, then there is no need for adding 'alcoholic' drinks to food.
Haha I just love your blanket statements.
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You did not read my post right.
If flavor is what is intention then why not add just flavor, why add alcoholic beverages?
Second: Anyone who claims there is really an appreciable change in taste is just fooled by false advertisement or trying to show as being ‘cultured’. Great taste can still be achieved without adding alcoholic beverages.
You made several points. Read above.
You could not even describe what it would taste without wine. So how is your experience be valid?
Not all colognes have alcohol and not all colognes have ethyl alcohol.
I hope you do not ‘drink’ colognes my friend. 
Yes, there is no need to add any alcoholic drink to food items for flavor. Just add flavor if one really will die without so called flavor. People ‘taste’ something just because they are told.
Next time talk to a person who had that meal and ask if there wold really be a difference noted had that person not be told or was served meal without additional alcoholic beverage.
This is called fools falling for ‘delicacy’ or power of suggestion!
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Um you can get good healthy nutrients and antioxidants from dark chocolate, pomegranate etc.
I dont' see what the big deal is, what purpose is there to actually cook with alcohol, unless you really dont' care about dietary prohibitions (in which case...this discussion would cease!)