On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:19:08 -0400, 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.

the dope i heard was that the added salt made it unfit as a beverage, so no
excise tax on the alcohol. same as the 'cooking wine' at your supermarket.

but possibly more importantly, you need no kind of liquor license in order
to sell it.

your pal,
blake