corked wine

[nextqueen]

can you cook with corked wine? or would this be just so bad as the wine is off? opened a special bottle given to me, a 1994 wine and it was so disappointing.

[Count-A-Strong]

No. It would taint the food.

[gingejbee]

I agree. You should only cook with wine that you would drink.

[follyfancier]

and it could also make you ill

[McMouse]

//a 1994 wine and it was so disappointing//
If you were disappointed because it was corked then you shouldn't cook with it. There's many a wine that has been recommended to me and it was a disappointment when I tasted it......though perfectly drinkable by someone it suited.

[DTCwordfan]

Definitely not - have yopu had it a long time - of not, walk it back to the retailer...many of them will replace it......

[NazNomad]

Reduce it, and use it as a marinade. The 'taint' will virtualy disappear with the reduction process.

[NazNomad]

+L

[nextqueen]

are you sure naznomad, it wont make me ill?

[NazNomad]

"TCA does not pose a health risk (at least in the levels found in wines). It just imparts the aromas and flavors that are objectionable when found in sufficient quantity."

...from http://www.cellarnotes.net/corked_wine.htm

[nextqueen]

thanks naz, will give it a go then. any ideas what i use the marinade for?

[woofgang]

sorry i disagree with naz, it probably won't make you ill but I wouldn't cook with it in any way shape or form.

[NazNomad]

Porquoi?

[woofgang]

because of the taste!

[ChuckFickens]

Apparently if you pour the wine into a bowl lined with cling film it will remove the TCA

[NazNomad]

I disagree ... sorry.

[follyfancier]

I still don,t think you should cook with it either,I had very bad stomach ache just by tasting a few drops once when a bottle was corked

[nextqueen]

mmm, im now torn.