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wine that gave up on glamour and discovered it could dissolve almost anything.
means A sour liquid, mostly dilute acetic acid produced by fermenting wine, cider, or other alcohol, used to flavor and preserve food and to clean.
from Straight from Old French vyn egre, 'sour wine' — vyn (wine) plus egre (sharp, sour), itself from Latin acer, 'sharp,' the same edge you hear in acid and acrid. The name is just chemistry told plainly: wine that went tart, so the French called it exactly that, and English borrowed the label whole.
- ancient battery
- Powered early electroplating experiments with copper and zinc
- hannibal myth
- Legend says it cracked Alps boulders for his elephants
- french origin
- Name means soured wine, vin aigre
- forever shelf
- Acidity makes it essentially immortal in the pantry
- egg trick
- Dissolves an eggshell, leaving a bouncy naked egg
balsamic vinegar of modena — italian protected designation, aged minimum 12 years in modena, italy, with pdo status since 2000
sherry vinegar — spanish vinegar from jerez region, aged in wooden casks, protected denomination since 1994
rice vinegar — japanese vinegar made from fermented rice, key ingredient in sushi preparation for over 1000 years