re: [CH] Would Alcohol preserve vitamin C in Chilli?

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Michael Bailes wrote:

<<Would Alcohol preserve vitamin C in Chilli?
If you chopped fresh chilli into rum for a cold cure for example>>

With Vitamin C being a water (& probably alcohol) soluble antioxidant, I doubt
it.  Over time, Vit. C doesn't so much "spoil", as it does combine with
atmospheric oxygen (oxidize).  Way back in my college days, as a student slave
at the local University Research Institute's laser lab, I used to use Vit. C
as an antioxidant in photographic developer solutions.

I suspect that the Vit. C would be better preserved if the chiles were chopped
& submerged in oil (or something else that would act as a barrier to
atmospheric oxygen).  But then, of course, you might have that slight problem
called botulism.

I think it would all depend on how tightly closed you kept the jug of "spiced"
rum.

Jeff Johnson
Germantown, OH

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