I am fully aware that I shouldn’t drink alcohol while on Ritalin, however I do sometimes cook with it, so I was curious on if that’s a major problem, as the relative quantity of alcohol is much lower than when drinking it. Say for instance a sauce that’s 1/5 Sake (15% alcohol) of which you then use around 30-40ml. That’s barely any alcohol, so should I be worried and maybe not take my meds when I’m planning on making food containing alcohol, or is it fine if I just avoid beers and wines and such?
Edit: The consensus seems to be that it’s fine, especially if it cooks longer, because it’s a low amount and at high heat the alcohol cooks away anyways. Thank you everyone for your input!
You make a great point. Obnoxious clarification - Ethanol evaporates about 5x faster than water. The exact details depend on the % of ethanol to water, and the distillation type.
Distillation will force most of the alcohol off first as only some of it is bound to the water, depending on the method and concentration before an azeotrope is found. The azeotrope is where the water and alcohol are bound and can’t be further separated by distilling and boil off together. It’s around 95% ethanol 5% water.