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Default Substitute for sake?

kilikini wrote on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:29:21 -0500:

k> James Silverton wrote:
??>> Nancy wrote on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:09:39 -0500:
??>>
??>>> see the answer when I look. Can I substitute something
??>>> for the sake?
??>>
??>>> I'm car challenged and just going to the supermarket is
??>>> enough.
??>>
??>>> Thanks, nancy
??>>
??>> Very dry sherry seems to work for me. In fact, I have used
??>> Amontillado, "Cocktail" or "Very Dry"....pretty obviously
??>> the usual bottle of cheaper sherry that I use for cooking.
??>>
k> I don't know, dry sherry seems a little salty. I'd suggest
k> mirin, maybe? It's another type of sweet rice wine.

To each their own taste of course but I have never personally
detected a salty taste in sherry. I do keep a bottle of mirin
around and use it frequently but you have to careful with it as
a replacement for sake if there are other sources of sweetness
in the recipe.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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