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Saturday, February 24, 2007

Chinese Rice Wine (Michiu 750 ml.)

Item Purchased: Chinese Rice Wine (Michiu 750 ml.)
Location Purchased: Chicago Food Market / 2245 S. Wentworth Ave. / Chicago, IL
Price: $3.75 + tax

Review: The label on this bottle of rice wine says "Not For Beverage Use."

I don't especially like it when my groceries tell me what I should or shouldn't do. I mean, that's the best part about moving out of the parents' place and buying your own groceries. Those bags of Fritos and Mello-Yello don't tell you what to do! Besides, with a warning like that on a liquid with 19.5% alcohol content, all I could think of on the way home was what a glass of this stuff would taste like. Of course, I know better and realize that it would taste worse than rubbing alcohol shots from a bottle cap, so I didn't. It seems like my groceries think I'm an idiot.

This wine does taste good (or it adds flavor rather) when used in a black bean vinegar sauce in sparing amounts. Though, not the fanciest or most fragrant wine to use in stir fries or other dishes, this inexpensive bottle of michiu will last me a long time and serve to spice up many dishes.

Rating: 3.5 / 5

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2 Comments:

Blogger Frau Blasebalg said...

In the last couple of years I notice that there's a growing number of products that bear warning messages. In fact, here in Germany we suppose that they are coming over to us from the US like so many other things we copy from you. Sometimes we make fun of the (no offense!) stupid americans, who need to be told that hot coffee is hot, that you shouldn't put your hamster into your microwave to dry it and other strange warnings. I'm very glad to learn that there are americans who consider that annoying, too!
(Well, to be honest I think it's not so much that americans are more stupid than other people - I think it's rather because american justice gives higher compensations to damages than it would be possible here. Don't know if that's understandable... lack of specific vocabulary... ;-)

Monday, February 26, 2007 10:37:00 AM  
Blogger Kevin said...

Oh don't worry.. I make fun of the stupid Americans too. (It should also be known that I make fun of generalizations and nationalists just as much).

Yes, this land of opportunity is also quite the land of litigation, which leads everyone to cover their ass as much as possible.

The odd thing about this wine is that it doesn't say "cooking wine" or "wine" at all anywhere on the bottle (in English), yet it clearly lists what it is "not for"

Monday, February 26, 2007 3:26:00 PM  

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