Many recipes that are used around the holiday season require alcohol. For those of you that don’t want to consume any alcohol here is a chart that will let you know how much of the alcohol will burn-off and how much will still remain in the finished product.

Preparation Method	% Retained
Alcohol added to boiling liquid & removed from heat	85%
Alcohol flamed	75%
No heat, stored overnight	70%
Naked, 25 minutes, alcohol not stirred into mixture	45%
Baked/simmered with alcohol stirred into mixture:
15 minutes cooking time	40%
30 minutes cooking time	35%
1 hour cooking time	25%
1.5 hours cooking time	20%
2 hours cooking time	10%
2.5 hours cooking time	5%

Source: About.com

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1. 
   Amanda | Friday, December 26, 2008

   I so needed to know this! Thanks for doing the research for me. That pic is scary, does he have any arm hair left??

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   JJ Bagley | Saturday, December 27, 2008

   He’s a pro, he probably shaved just before the shoot.

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   Brian | Sunday, December 28, 2008

   whoa … that i didn’t know. awesome!

4. 
   Zaza | Saturday, January 3, 2009

   Great info.
   Thanks.

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