Carmen Dioxide wrote:
>
> Katra > wrote >
> > The baking section in most grocery stores carry brandy or rum "extracts"
> > which, while not totally substituting for that ingredient, at least help
> > with the flavor.
>
> Extracts often contain alcohol. Alcoholics have been known to drink
> vanilla extract when they cannot get their hands on anything else.
>
> > Why are you worried tho'? If you cook with alcoholic beverages, the
> > acual ETOH (alcohol) cooks off and evaporates, leaving just the flavor >behind.
>
> Which CAN trigger a binge in the alcoholic.
> >
> > Nobody is going to get drunk off of your pies. ;-)
>
> Not the point. See above.


Then make Pumpkin pie... ;-)
Or Lemon Meringue.
Or apple pie.

If you can't make it right due to alcoholic worries,
don't make it.

Just my 2 cents, YMMV.

K.

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