On Sat, 8 Apr 2017 02:08:52 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Fri, 07 Apr 2017 13:21:11 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 16:45:24 -0500, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 05 Apr 2017 13:15:10 -0700, sf wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 14:17:25 -0500, Sqwertz >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Why would it say SALTED in big letters on the front?
>>>
>>>>> Cooking mirin wine is salted. It's the only kind of mirin available
>>>>> to most people in the U.S. Even my largest Asian grocer doesn't carry
>>>>> mirin for drinking - only the salted cooking varieties). And drinking
>>>>> mirin isn't not available in any of the large liquor/wine stores
>>>>> either. I've looked extensively for both mirin and Shaohsing wine.
>>>>
>>>>> Practicaally everyone in the U.S. uses the salted cooking variety
>>>>> since that's the only stuff available.
>>>
>>>> Why would you call it SALTED unless it specifically says so on the
>>>> front label? Going by the nit you and Cindy are picking you should be
>>>> calling every commercial product that contains salt, even if it's the
>>>> last ingredient in the list, SALTED.
>>>
>>> Cooking wines are salted to keep people from drinking them and to
>>> bypass liquor laws and taxes. They usually have a fine-print
>>> statement on the bottle saying they contain 2% salt, but certainly not
>>> in big letters.
>>>
>>> How and why you are comparing this to foods that are salted, or why
>>> "salted" is in "big letters" is a mystery. The fact is that 99% of
>>> the mirin you find in grocery stores is salted. That is the only
>>> issue at hand here. But you're going off on some other zig-zagging
>>> tangent.
>>
>> Yet the fact that it's mainly sugar water zoomed right over your head.
>> Whoosh!
>
>We were talking about salt content. Claiming "sugar flew over my
>head" to try and belittle me is pretty stupid and weird.
>
>-sw

What's stupid and weird is belittling a dwarf. hehehe