In article >,
Dave Smith > wrote:

> On 14/10/2010 3:33 PM, Dan Abel wrote:
>
> >> i also wonder why it's so hard to find the unsalted. i know you would have
> >> to pay an additional tax, but aren't there lots of people willing to do so?
> >
> > I looked it up last time this subject of salted cooking wine came up in
> > the group. The claim was that salt is a preservative.
> >
>
> Look around some more. I believe that it was also to make it unpalatable
> to alcoholics.

Do you have any suggestions where we should look? I've heard the same
stories that you have, but when I did a Google, they were strangely
absent, and the only story left was that the salt was a preservative.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA