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Originally Posted by J. Clarke
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?-
Related but not the same. Mirin is a wine. Rice wine vinegar is a
vinegar.
;-)
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.
Unfortunately, I've had a batch of wine go bad once; and I ended up with
5 gallons of vinegar. Great vinegar, though.
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.
My real name is Greg, by the way. Greg"orio", ya know? I go by Gorio in
the Spanish speaking world.
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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Wow! I wasn't aware that Kikko had such a history. I just know they brew their soy sauce (at least in the USA) in Walworth, WI. I like the soy and have slready used the rice vinegar, and it is very neutral compared to other vinegars. The rice wine bottle just says "distributed by:". I hate that. Tell me where the heck the stuff was made. You get this same shady citation/reference with olive oils.
Either way, the rice vinegar is good for the purpose of Thai sweet. All I care about at this stage.