On Dec 6, 1:52*pm, James Silverton >
wrote:
> On 12/6/2012 2:39 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:> "Pete C." wrote:
> >> My suspicion is that the alcohol in the vodka serves to bring out some
> >> of the alcohol soluble flavor compounds in other ingredients in the
> >> recipe before cooking off. A bit like the alcohol based extracts like
> >> vanilla.
> > That's what I was going to say. *It seems
> > like the only reasonable explanation.
>
> I wonder if it does extract the flavor; I'll have to try. Like others, I
> could not see what vodka would add, especially since the "best' vodkas
> are just about flavorless.

That is what the vodka does, and I think I learned that here.
>
> --
> Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)
>
--Bryan