On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:46:28 -0800, sf wrote:

> On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:55:34 GMT, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:50:12 -0800 (PST), dsi1 wrote:
>>>
>>> Aloha shoyu is the most popular brand.
>>>
>>
>>i had to google aloha to see why you used the word 'fake.' i'm guessing
>>it's this:
>>
>>INGREDIENTS & NUTRITIONAL FACTS
>>Ingredients: Water, wheat (gluten soy beans), salt, sugar, caramel Coloring
>>and sodium benozoate, a preservative.
>>
>>sounds like chun king. is the stuff even brewed? in a couple of places it
>>said it tasted 'sweet' rather than bitter like kikkoman.
>>
> Gad, I hate kikkoman.

kikkoman isn't bad - you just have to bear in mind it's japanese style, not
chinese. at least it's widely available. you could do a lot worse.

your pal,
blake