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Default Substitute for sake?

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:19:26 -0500, "James Silverton"
<not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not> wrote:

> Nancy wrote on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:09:39 -0500:
>
> NY> see the answer when I look. Can I substitute something for
> NY> the sake?
>
> NY> I'm car challenged and just going to the supermarket is
> NY> enough.
>
> NY> 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.
>
>James Silverton
>Potomac, Maryland
>


james, i know you cook a lot of asian stuff, so out of curiosity, what
brand of sherry do you use? (i'm getting to the end of the shao-hsing
wine if been using. i don't think it would drink it by itself.)

your pal,
blake