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I'm a damn fool - can anyone confirm for me whether I accidentally grabbed a bottle of cooking sake instead of mirin T-T?
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I’m a damn fool – can anyone confirm for me whether I accidentally grabbed a bottle of cooking sake instead of mirin T-T?


I'm pretty sure I see the kanji for osake, and I don't see the hiragana for mirin, but the English label on both this and my old bottle of mirin say "rice wine" (cooking vs sweet), so part of me is clinging to the delusion that I could be wrong. The ingredients are nearly identical. Can anyone confirm?

by burnt—–toast

6 Comments

  2. sprashoo

    It’s fine, just add some sugar to it and you basically have mirin.

  3. Welfare_Burrito

    That’s the cooking sake I use, good stuff

  4. Zwordsman

    Mix with some sugar and it’ll mostly sort out at least well enough.
    Basically just add a bit of sugar and not full amount of mirin. In recipes.

    Not perfect but still pretty good in. Most recipes.

    Or learn some new recipes and experiment time

  6. ShawnBootygod

    It’s cooking sake, like cooking wine in the US, it likely has an added salt to discourage drinking. I’d use it and add a half tsp of salt per tbsp of the sake. You probably won’t notice the difference in taste unless your using it unreduced