Absurdly, stupidly basic cooking questions (Part 2)

[ElsieD]

11 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

 

Yes. It's Cantonese rice wine of cooking quality, rather than for drinking. The Chinese on the front label reads 廣東米酒 (guǎng dōng mǐ jiǔ) in Traditional Chinese characters as still used in Hong Kong, Taiwan and much of the Chinese diaspora. The reverse label repeats this, but in the simplified characters used in the Chinese mainland.  

 

This refers to Guangdong, the Cantonese speaking mainland province opposite Hong Kong. Kwangtung is the Cantonese pronunciation for Guangdong (the Mandarin name). Mujiu is literally rice wine.  It is not vinegar (unless it's been there a vey long time).

 

The wine is mainly used in marinades and sauces with some Cantonese dishes.

 

 

Thank you.  As you can see it has an expiry  date of 2016.  I didn't think vinegar expired.  Should I be tossing it?

[liuzhou]

@ElsieD

 

I just noticed the expiry date of October 2016! It is now 8 years over that, so it may well be vinegar after all. I'd bin it. It was never intended to be vinegar.

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 02:00 AM by liuzhou (log)

[ElsieD]

7 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

@ElsieD

 

I just noticed the expiry date of October 2016! It is now 8 years over that, so it may well be vinegar after all. I'd bin it. It was never intended to be vinegar.

 

 

 

Thanks again.  Down the sink it goes!

[rotuts]

its also salted .  dump it just for that .

Edited 23 hours ago by rotuts (log)