Mussels in white wine for a child?

[Divinespark]

Would you serve mussels in white wine to a nearly 11 year old? Strange question, but the child in question likes mussels, occasionally, the mussels in butter was supposed to be delivered but got the white wine instead lol.

Yes I would. The alcohol content would be too small to be any issue at all.

They’ll be totally fine

Yes why on earth not?

Absolutely

Yes if they like them.

I'm not sure which way the voting is but if they like mussels the rest is a non-issue.

The alcohol evaporated in cooking.

Depends if wine is added at the beginning (and alcohol burned off) or added at the end (and alcohol still there)

Of course. It was one of my kid's birthday meal of choice when 7. No alcohol remains after cooking. Very healthy and tasty meal.

Perfectly fine to serve a child.

Yes. My son loves this. I use wine in quite alot of the dishes I cook so hes had wine in food from being fairly little.

Sure if they'd eat it! The alcohol cooks off anyway

Totally fine

Perfectly fine. Lucky kid, good taste!

Yep definitely, the alcohol will cook off.

I don’t understand why this would be a problem?

There’s no reason a child can’t eat mussels.

If the wine is the issue, the amount of wine in their portion would have been very small and most of the alcohol would have evaporated during cooking. Loads of sauces and things have booze in them and you probably wouldn’t even be told about it in a restaurant unless you asked.

Also, they’re 11. An 11-year-old can eat exactly the same things as an adult. So I’m a bit confused as to what you think might be wrong?!

Absolutely fine! Child has good taste too 😊

Yes. My DC both loved mussels and would eat them cooked in white wine when they were much younger than this.

You put red wine in bolognaise, it's the same thing.

I don't know why you'd even question it? Surely it's the child's choice.

You say it’s being delivered.. so I’m assuming it’s ready made? In which case it will have practically no alcohol in it anyway.

If you were cooking it fresh it would have a bit more alcohol in (it doesn’t all evaporate) but it would still be fine.

Yes, why not? They're delicious! The alcohol content in the small amount of wine used to steam the mussels cooks off when heated and you're left with the floral notes and citrus aromas.....

If they like it, why not. Alcohol doesn't survive heat.

I've cooked with wine all my children's life. Even if the alcohol hasn't evaporated fully it's not going to hurt.

However yesterday I was given a sherry trifle that actually made me worry about driving! But nothing from a shop is going to be like that.

Thank you !

Yes I would. The alcohol in the wine evaporates when the sauce is made.