I was trying not to horn in on the OP’s thread, but I’ll answer. We don’t sell them. No mags, no peekers. But I haven’t seen a store (other than a dedicated porn store) in years that had porno mags out in the open, for customers to peruse - they’re ALWAYS behind the counter, in my recent experience.
Joe
Since I’m a c-store, not a dedicated liquor store, it’s much more a judgment call. If the over-21 has one beer, and the minor has chips, I’ll sell. If it’s likely a parent-child situation, I’ll sell. But if multiple young people go to the beer coolers, huddle up and discuss their purchase, but only ONE person brings the beer up, I must ask for all IDs, not just the purchaser. If I have reason to think the beer will go to a minor, I can’t sell it legally.
This situation causes the most shit hurled may way, more than simple one-person no ID stuations.
Last week, I had this situation happen, and I asked the kid in the background for ID, and he said matter-of-factly, “Oh, I don’t have ID, I’m from Sacramento.” Like there’s a black hole in the state capital, where they JUST DON"T ISSUE IDs.
Joe
Woody, great thread. What do you drink?
Well, your friend won’t actually be charged unless she actually IS providing alcohol to a minor. But where I live, she may well be refused service. And put simply, providing alcohol to a minor IS a crime. Even if you just want to cook with a bottle of Woodpecker cider. The USA is pretty tight-assed about this stuff :rolleyes:
Joe
There is, didn’t you know that? I thought it was common knowledge that there is a black hole that our elected reps throw money into on a regular basis. 
AA is for quitters.
Some states allow parents/spouse who are of age to give alcohol to their underage child/spouse. Some states also have exeptions for culinary education. In my high school gourmet food class we were allowed to cook with real (not cooking) wine.
F’in pussys.
Sauce is like everything else in life. You run it or it runs you. No offense to those who go to meetings. If it works for you, for you and those you loves sake, do it. It’s a slow hard death, sauce. So many better ways to meet your maker. How does it go? Better to die on your feet than live on your knees. K sarah, sarah.
Well right now since I’m in savings mode(moving to Chicago in less than a month) I’ve been taking it easy, Fosters,Rolling Rock, Old Style if I need beer in quantity. As for liquors, Sailor Jerry’s rum, Grey Goose, Makers Mark, Dewar’s, Jameson,Capt. Morgan, and many many more. I don’t like one thing in particular but I can be picky if I feel like it. Oh but no gin whatsoever. Worst Booze Ever.
On an upside I put my 2 weeks in today.
Agreed - gin tastes like ass. Yuck!!
p.s. I was surprised that you listed peppermint schnapps as one of the most popular alcohols. I thought it was just used as a mixer - do people drink this straight up or what?
Yeah straight up, its an 80 proof liquor without the liquor taste. Also helps if you are driving.
God I can’t wait to quit this job
Could you ball park what percent of your daily gross is from hardcore alkies?
surprisingly little. I would imagine since their purchases don’t usually leave the 5-20 dollar range. Most of our real business comes from the middle-upper class people (Whirlpool world HQ is in my town so we get a lot of that). They’re the ones dropping 20-50 every day. Some of them are hardcore drinkers but they manage to be much classier about it.
Mmmm, Founders. Try their Breakfast Stout. They have lots of good ones, though, in all kinds of varieties.
But cooking wine is real wine.
Personally, I won’t put any wine I wouldn’t drink into a recipe.
To many of my friends, “cooking wine” is just whatever happens to be cheap and is approximately the correct color.
Either way, it’s still “real” wine, made with grapes and fermented.
Cooking wine generally has salt added as a preservative.
I thought the salt was to prevent cooks from nipping from the bottle. I can’t imagine something that can be successfully cellared for decades needs additional preservatives.
Probably not, but by rendering it basically undrinkable with salt, this cooking wine can be sold in supermarkets in jurisdictions that only allow beverage wine sales in government or specifically-designated liquor stores. It is also likely that this salted cooking wine is is not subject to beverage alcohol excise taxes. Just a WAG, but that may be the reason for the salting.
For Mr. Goob and the others upthread, I present to you:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0801071drunk1.html
I was perusing thesmokinggun.com website the other day and saw this photo. Funny shirt for someone getting their 2nd DUI. Except that wasn’t the funniest part. I know her. I’m tempted to make a blog post of all the mug shots of people I know.
What is her phone number?
(In the interest of science of course).