In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

[deleted misreading about hoisin sauce]

> i would say 'sweet' in the way ketchup is sweet. that is, not terribly,
> but not salty or hot, either.

I always thought that ketchup was pretty sweet. I looked it up, and
it's 23% sugar by weight. I was thinking it doesn't taste so sweet
because of the vinegar in it. However, then I looked up hoisin sauce.
It's 27% sugar. So much for my theory.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA