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Please let me know how to use this. Your help is very appreciated.

Edit: This is not a ready meal, it´s an ingredient and I am interested in what recipes to use it for.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I am probably wrong but isnt sake “rice wine”?

Why does alcohol have a picture of a child on it?

[–] MBZzZzZzZz 4 points 1 year ago

It's probably a cooking wine, so the alcohol probably evaporates, leaving the dish in a child consumable state.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It says, "granny, we're gonna eat glutinous rice wine dumplings yay!" you can see the picture of the dish on the bottle. Presumably the alcohol cooks off. And here's a recipe for them in English: https://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipe/fermented-glutinous-rice-dumpling/ugypizgsj

[–] ttmrichter 4 points 1 year ago

The alcohol content of most 米酒 (and pretty much all of it sold in supermarkets) is 0.5% or less. You'll get more alcohol from an orange that's sat out on the counter for a while on a sunny day.

This stuff is commonly used in sweet soups, often with glutinous rice dumplings, osmanthus flowers, etc. added. There's also a form called 蛋酒 (lit. "egg alcohol") that is like a sweet egg drop soup. And it's absolutely incredibly popular with children here.