On Jul 11, 10:24�am, blake murphy > wrote:

> some suggest saki as a substitute, but that strikes me
> as an expensive (and unsatisfactory) solution. �again, if
> the salt freaks you out, buy an inexpensive dry sherry,
> which you can also keep around for when granny is
> feeling frisky and wants a snort.

If you have one, TJ's sells a decent dry sherry for about
$5 per fifth (No. CA). That's about $2 to $3 less than the
comparable Gallo/Almaden.

I was always told that supermarket cooking wines were
salted to discourage the hired help from nipping at them.
That never made much sense to me, since they could
just as easily get into the Scotch.