Can you drink red cooking wine?

Answer 1

Generally, yes. There are two schools of thought. Let's look at them. One idea is that you shouldn't cook with something you wouldn't drink. Use the good stuff. The other idea is that there are a lot of "cheap" cooking wines, particularly some from the Pacific rim (China, Viet Nam and the like) that actually have warning labels on them regarding drinking them. (They say not to.) A little sip won't kill you, but the warning is aimed at another group. It's those who would purchase the very cheap wines to substitute them for other "more expensive" ones 'cause they drink a lot of alcohol and they want as much as they can get for as little cash as possible.

Answer 2

Although the taste is unpleasant, you can get drunk on cooking wine. It is generally a table wine like red, white, sherry or Marsala with salt added. The salt causes the alcohol content to run a little below the regular 7 percent to 15 percent range. Still, enough glasses can produce intoxication.

Answer 3

It IS alcohol by way of the fact that it is made in exactly the same way as an 'expensive' wine. It is perfectly capable of getting you drunk if you consume enough... HOWEVER - during the cooking process - the alcohol evaporates, just leaving the taste of the wine in the food.

Answer 4

Yes, cooking wine has alcohol in it. Wine without alcohol in it is called Grape Juice.

Answer 5

Yes. Because rule one when cooking with wine is never use a wine you would not drink to cook with, The quality of the wine you use reflects in the quality of the final results and flavor.

Answer 6

It is absolutely fine. Cooking with any alcohol stops yeast, much like the reason why beer bread is perfectly fine for young kids to eat.

Answer 7

Most do contain alcohol.

Answer 8

Yes