What’s the point of cooking with alcohol?

Question

What’s the goal and why adding something like vodka if you’re just going to cook it out anyway? Why add it if it’s all going to evaporate in the end?

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Answer 1

I am not sure about vodka because vodka doesn’t have much flavour after the alcohol is removed but wine, beer and whiskey all have distinctive flavours that add to the food even after the alcohol is boiled off.