"Peter Aitken" wrote:

Noooooooooo!!! There really is no substitute because sushi rice is defined
by the vinegar (and sugar). It's widely available, why the need to
substitute?

When I lived in the subarctic (no joke), the (only) store couldn't get
anything that wasn't on the shipper's very short list of supplies. We
were lucky if we could get peppercorns or turkey, let alone rice wine
vinegar.

(This is starting to sound like an "uphill both ways in waist-high
snow - AND WE LIKED IT!" story. Sorry.)

Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that sometimes people who live in
urban areas with lots of amenities forget that for a surprisingly
large number of people worldwide, it's not just difficult to get
things that we take for granted: it's impossible.

BTW, although it might not have been posted when you replied, the
originator of the question lives in Colombia, South America. I suspect
few small towns in that country have an Asian market.

wd40