Vinegar - not just for sprinkling on your chips! (Vinegar in general)

Member Name: kappari

Product:	Vinegar in general
Date:	03/10/08 (246 review reads)
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Advantages: A great and versatile substance

Disadvantages: It can be somewhat smelly!

Vinegar do we make the most of it?

Most of us have a bottle of vinegar in our cupboards and just use it now and again to sprinkle on our chips - yet it is a most wonderful, almost magical, substance and can be used for many purposes.

The word vinegar is derived from the French word 'vinaigre' which translates as "sour wine." Vinegar's role in history is well documented and it has been widely used for thousands of years.

The first records of its use start around 5000 BC. The Babylonians used the fruit of the date palm to make wine and vinegar. They used it as a food and as a preserving or pickling agent.

Vinegar residues have also been found in ancient Egyptian urns from around the time 3000 BC. Hippocrates also advocated the use of vinegar as a remedy for a variety of ailments including coughs and colds.

Caesar's armies used to drink vinegar and Helen of Troy used to bathe in it... Indeed, it was said that Jesus was offered vinegar to drink before he was crucified....

There are literally thousands of uses for vinegar - too many to mention here.

Take white distilled vinegar for example ... it is one of the most versatile and economical products there is and can be used for a variety of purposes in cooking, cleaning and gardening.

Uses for white distilled vinegar.

In cooking it can be used to tenderize meat and is especially useful for marinades or when slow cooking any tough and inexpensive cuts of meat such as stewing steak.

If you add a drop to the water when poaching eggs. It will help the eggs to form beter., .It can be used to perk up and refresh wilted vegetables by soaking them in cold water containing a spoonful of white distilled vinegar.

To make pasta less sticky and to reduce the starch just add a splash to the water.

Make onion odours disappear from your hands by rubbing with white distilled vinegar.

Add a drop to get rid of the greasy taste in food cooked in a deep fryer.

Add a tables poon to the water when boiling eggs to prevent them from cracking.Get rid of weeds and grass growing in unwanted places. Cover them with some white distilled vinegar....

Preserve cut flowers and revive wilted flowers by adding 2 tablespoons white distilled vinegar and 1 teaspoon sugar to the water in a vase.

Get rid of the crusty deposits on plant pots and saucers by soaking them overnigfht in undiluted white distilled vinegar.

Remove rust on tools, screws or bolts by soaking them for several days in undiluted white distilled vinegar.

Vinegar also can be used for many health and medical purposes. For example it can be used on insect stings and bites. Dab them with some some vinegar on cotton wool. It soothes them and stops them itching. It can also be used to soothe sunburn.. It acts as an effective antiseptic for cuts and scrapes.

So - these are just a few examples of how vinegar can be used around the home.

I hope that this article will encourage you to view the humble bottle of vinegar with great admiration!

Summary: Wonderful vinegar