Freaking out - had champagne cooked ravioli !!!!!!

firstkid · August 2013

Gals.... My DH got home some ravioli from the restaurant hez been to for dinner. I realized later from the website menu that its cooked in champagne butter sauce , by that time I was half way though the dish [was starving]. This is our first baby and my totally freaking out .... Would never wanna harm my lil one.

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Tallulahsmom · August 2013

Your fine. The heat usually cooks away the alcohol. https://www.parentsconnect.com/pregnancy/health/pregnancy-eating/food_alcohol_pregnancy.html Your allowed very small amounts of alcohol while your pregnant. (Not that I would ever drink while pregnant) I do cook with alcohol all the time. I just make sure the food is cooked long enough to cook away the boos.

Armyratt · August 2013

More than likely the alcohol was cooked off.

JessWeck · August 2013

The word "cooked" should always give you the green light when your pregnant. When you cook something in alcohol is "cooks" out the actually alcohol part but leaves back the great flavor. So its ok to eat things that are cooked in alcohol. Those ravioli's sound yummy

firstkid · August 2013

I hope it's all cooked away as the sauce was still runny and they claim it to be " champagne butter sauce" ... I hope all the liquid that was there is not champagne

mfransdell · August 2013

Champagne butter sauce sound amazing.

firstkid · August 2013

Champagne butter sauce sound amazing.

It was indeed absolutely delish !!!

laurakaz13 · August 2013

Really? Come on now. You must know that alcohol used in cooking is practically gone once cooked/heated for enough time. Also, you could drink a glass of champagne and your baby would be fine.

PalmettoBaybee · August 2013

Joy2611 said:

Holy overreaction, Batman.

Like, seriously.

Uh, this. FWIW, you could have drank a glass of champagne and you'd still be overreacting. Unclench.

ahare2009 · August 2013

Keyword...COOKED. When alcohol is cooked it evaporates.

ASmallWonder · August 2013

Major overreaction. If they don't have to card you when you order it, there's little to no alcohol in it when they serve it. Kids could eat it.

RedPeppah · August 2013

I didn't freak out when I had my favorite dessert (bread pudding in a rum sauce), so I'd say you're safe. Just as everyone has indicated, most alcohol is cooked off in the process.

theseaword · August 2013

So, this definitely isn't anything to worry about, and pps are right that even if you drank the champagne, your baby would be fine. However, the whole "alcohol burns off during cooking" thing is an oft-repeated partial myth. Some of the alcohol will burn off, but how much will greatly differ depending on what you're eating. There's a lot of articles if you search. One snippet from the Sun Sentinel:

Exactly how much alcohol will remain in your pan depends on so many factors that a general answer for all recipes is impossible. In 1992 nutritionists at the University of Idaho, Washington State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture measured the amounts of alcohol before and after cooking two burgundy-laden dishes similar to boeuf bourguignonne and coq au vin, plus a casserole of scalloped oysters made with sherry. They found that anywhere from 4 percent to 49 percent of the original alcohol remained in the finished dishes, depending on the type of food and the cooking method.

Cranang · August 2013

Joy2611 said:

Holy overreaction, Batman.

Like, seriously.

No sh!t. There's a huge difference between "being careful" and "total overreaction."

firstkid · August 2013

It's not about "overreacting" but since this my first child I'm living Ina world of ?'s ...everything seems like a big " can I do this?" ... Thanks all for your replies .. I' m not all that worried now.

zou bisou · August 2013

I love vodka penne. Just putting that out there. Champagne butter sauce raviolis sounds divine.

PetuniaFeatherbottom · August 2013

Wow some people are rude. It's ok to be concerned when you think you made a mistake. Over reacting would be going to the ER or something right away. The point is, you're fine, and don't worry about your meal.

PetuniaFeatherbottom · August 2013

Oh I didn't see in her post that she thought she gave her baby FAS... I saw that she was concerned about accidentally having alcohol in her food.

Kfran84 · August 2013

Kld2014 said:

I can't remember exactly where I head this but the person said "Were you carded when you ordered it?" If not then you should be ok.

Right, this or, "Were you drunk after you ate or drank it?"

I guess I should really be tripping out about that half glass of wine I had the other night.