Lower the heat to a slow simmer and cook 15 to 20 minutes, until the tomatoes have lost their raw taste and the sauce is smooth.

The wine is cooked only about 10 minutes, just until it loses its raw taste and melds with the seasonings.

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This eliminates any raw taste the spice may have.

Add garlic, parsley and pepper flakes, and cook over medium heat until garlic loses its raw taste, 1 to 2 minutes.

"The longer you cook, the less flavor you have, and the more you get the raw taste of the heat from the pepper," he said.

Polenta should be cooked 20 to 30 minutes, to a soft mush, with no "bite" or hint of a raw taste.

The sweet-sour sauce had the raw taste imparted by wine or other alcoholic beverage added too late in the cooking for the alcohol to burn off.

During the last minute or so of cooking, add the garlic (this cooks the garlic just enough to remove its raw taste).