A little tip from me: Instead of opening a bottle of white wine for the 1/4 cup you need in a recipe

[evan]

use apple juice instead.

I am the 'red wine type' so I don't normally have white wine in the house. I buy apple juice that is a little on the acid side, and I make sure there's no sugar added. Over here, they sell apple juice in two cup bottles, so I don't have to buy a whole quart just to make a dish.

I have used apple juice in everything from cakes to paella, chicken stew and fish sauces and it works like a charm!

It's cheaper too smileys/smile.gif

 

[rozinva]

I use vermouth and keep it in the refrigerator.

 

[cynupstateny]

I use the quarter cup and drink the rest (so I don't waste it)!

 

[desertjean]

I can't stand the taste of wine. (or coffee, for that matter)

Difference between them is that I can cook with wine and it works. I cannot stand anything that has coffee or any of it's secret identities in it, especially chocolate. It ruins it for me.

Because this means we rarely have an open bottle of wine sitting around I usually buy the 4 packs of 8 ounce bottles. My wine drinking husband says they taste fine so they are ok for cooking. (He'd rather I open a whole bottle so he can enjoy it, LOL.)

 

[fressca]

Tiptoeing to to say... I'm with Cyn!

 

[joe]

I use vermouth and keep it by the stove. But the apple juice sub is good to know.

 

[CathyZ]

I use vermouth and don't keep it in the refrigerator.

 

[marilynfl]

fressca, does your "tiptoe stealthiness" change depending on how much wine you drink?

 

[angak]

you can also freeze wine in ice cube trays to use in cooking later.

 

[shaun-in-to]

Or in half-pint mason jars. We don't drink much white but that's where any leftovers go.

 

[cheezz]

Or get some of those little bottles at the liquor store - like they sell on the airplane

 

[pat-nocal]

Lalalalalalaaaaa, not listening. If we do that how will we have anything to cook with? )

 

[fressca]

Definitely! More wine = less stealthy every time!