# Probation and Cooking Alcohol.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probation-and-cooking-alcohol/825902>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 10, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probation-and-cooking-alcohol/825902 "2018-12-10T18:42:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![KMS94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ad7895/32.png) [@KMS94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KMS94)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probation-and-cooking-alcohol/825902/41 "2018-12-13T01:11:43Z")

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> [@muldoonthief](#):
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> Your cite says that the 40% remaining alcohol applies to goods that are baked for 15 minutes. Goods baked for 2 1/2 hours only have 5% remaining alcohol. Stews & chili simmer for at least 2 hours IME, so they’ve probably closer to 5% than 40%

Rum balls aren’t even baked. My dad used to plow the driveway of an elderly neighbor, and every Christmas time she would treat us with a batch. They would make my eyes water, holding the container in my lap on the ride home!:eek:

> **[Rum ball](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum_ball)**
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> Rum balls are a truffle-like confectionery cake of cookie butter flavoured with chocolate and rum. They are roughly the size of a golf ball and often coated in chocolate sprinkles, desiccated coconut, or cocoa. As their name implies, these treats contain rum. Because they are not baked, the alcohol flavour and kick are not neutralized during preparation. Rum balls are especially popular during the holiday season.
> Rum balls are a popular Christmas treat in England, Australia, Canada, Germany, New...

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