gloria.p wrote on Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:06:48 -0600:

> 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.

> And to make it legal to sell when the vendor does not have a
> license to sell alcohol. Unlike California, many states do
> not allow the sale of alcohol in grocery stores or pharmacies.

I've seen "cooking wine" on sale in grocery supermarkets here since a
license to sell wine is hard to get (or maybe, expensive). Actually, the
State liquor store is just around the corner from the Giant and Safeway
groceries

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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