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Joseph Littleshoes[_2_]

wrote:
> On Mar 14, 7:59 am, sf > wrote:
>
>>I think they're referring to the old "cooking" wines, which were
>>salted. Probably to keep the help from hitting the bottle.....
>>
>
> They're still around, and still bad. Even Chinese rice wine -- Shao
> Xing -- comes in a "cooking wine," i.e., salted, version. In a good
> market like the Ranch 99s in SoCal you will find that bad stuff on the
> grocery shelves. You have to go to the separate section where they
> sell wine and liquor to get the real Shao Xing wine, unsalted. In
> states where grocery stores can't sell booze or wine I suspect you can
> only get the salted kind. In that case, I'd opt for sherry
> instead. -aem

If im being specifically Asian with a recipe and it calls for rice wine
i substitute Japanese sake.
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JL