On 7/18/2010 4:37 PM, Gorio wrote:
> cshenk;1506179 Wrote:
>> "JL" wrote
>> Gorio wrote:
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>> At my local mega food store yesterday I saw they had Kikko rice wine
>> vinegar for 50 cents per bottle with a little coupon on the bottle.
>> Keep--
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>> I wonder if that is any relation to the Japanese "mirin" i hear such
>> good
>> things about?-
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>> Related but not the same. Mirin is a wine. Rice wine vinegar is a
>> vinegar.
>> ;-)
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> Mirin is the wine, this stuff would be the vinegar obtained from "rice
> wine gone bad" as any vinegar is. Easy as heck to make your own
> vinegars. My knowledge of Asian goodies is limited. I just use this
> stuff for Thai sweet chili sauce.
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> Unfortunately, I've had a batch of wine go bad once; and I ended up with
> 5 gallons of vinegar. Great vinegar, though.
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> Kikkoman is made in Walworth, WI; so I wouldn't use the stuff for much
> beyond what I use it for. 50 centavos a bottle is the attraction, here.

I guess you wouldn't buy a Honda because it's made in Marysville, Ohio.
Kikkoman is a Japanese company that has roots going back more than 4
centuries. However they do not do all their production in Japan.

> 10 oz bottle , it says distributed in San Fran (if your "SF" denotes
> your geography.) There will be a coupon on the neck of the bottle for
> $1.50.
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> My real name is Greg, by the way. Greg"orio", ya know? I go by Gorio in
> the Spanish speaking world.
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> Sorry if I rubbed you the wrong way. Sheldon just needed the response he
> wnated. I don't use a ton of EVOO, since I've curtailed my Italian
> cooking. My latest fave is unfiltered sunflower oil. MMM.
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