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Vinegar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) Vinegar is typically by volume acetic acid and natural vinegars also contain smaller of tartaric acid citric acid and others. Vinegar may be started by the addition mother of vinegar to wine or cider. Vinegar is commonly used in food preparations particularly in vinaigrettes and in the pickling process. www.freeglossary.com /Vinegar   (779 words)

Mother of vinegar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mother of vinegar is a slime composed of yeast and acetic acid bacteria that develops on fermenting alcoholic liquids, which turns alcohol into acetic acid with the help of oxygen from the air. Mother of vinegar can also form in store-bought vinegar, if there is some non-fermented sugar and/or alcohol contained in the vinegar. While not appetizing in appearance, mother of vinegar is completely harmless and vinegar does not have to be discarded because of it. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mother_of_vinegar   (144 words)

vinegar - Allrecipes Derived from the French vin aigre, "sour wine," vinegar is made by bacterial activity thats converts fermented liquids SUch as wine, beer or cider into a weak solution of ACETIC ACID (the constituent that makes it sour). Vinegar has been used for centuries for everything from beverages (like shrubS), to an odor-diminisher for strong foods SUch as cabbage and onions, to a hair rinse and softener. Herb vinegars are made by steeping fresh herbs SUch as dill and tarragon in vinegar. allrecipes.com /howto/vinegar/detail.aspx   (383 words)

All About Vinegar Cider vinegar is made from apples and is the most popular vinegar used for cooking in the United States. Distilled vinegar is a harsh vinegar made from grains and is usually colorless. Sherry vinegar is aged under the full heat of the sun in wooden barrels and has a nutty-sweet taste. www.bellybytes.com /recipes/vinegar.shtml   (754 words)

All About... Vinegar Vinegar is the result of a conversion by bacteria of alcoholic solutions in acetic acid. Of course, vinegar is much more than "wine gone bad." There are three methods of making vinegar: the slow process, the generator process, and the submerged process. There are three kinds of rice wine vinegar: red (used as a dip for foods and as a condiment in soups), white (used mostly in sweet and sour dishes), and fl (common in stir-fries and dressings). www.crisco.com /basics/all_about/vinegar.asp   (533 words)

Vinegar - Background, Raw Materials, Design, The Manufacturing, Quality Control, Byproducts/Waste The transformation of wine or fruit juice to vinegar is a chemical process in which ethyl alcohol undergoes partial oxidation that results in the formation of acetaldehyde. Vinegar is made from a variety of diluted alcohol products, the most common being wine, beer, and rice. Mother of vinegar is the gooey film that appears on the surface of the alcohol product as it is converted to vinegar. www.madehow.com /Volume-7/Vinegar.html   (1479 words)

Mother of Them All He is referring, not to a human, nor even to an animal mother, but to a vinegar mother, that curious jelly-like formation of bacteria and yeast which fosters the production of acetic acid, the key component of vinegar. Like the vine canes and wine, Ray’s relationship with his vinegar is symbiotic; he knows by instinct when all is well, or when the temperature of the mash is falling dangerously low and the mother may die. The acidity of commercial distilled white vinegar may be as high as 6%, but wine vinegar is lower -- the Vine Valley mix runs at 4.5%, making it ideal for salad dressings and braised sauces such as sauerbraten in which vinegar is an essential flavoring. www.sallys-place.com /food/columns/willan/mother_of_all.htm   (1198 words)

Gang of Pour - So, You Wanna Make Vinegar, Eh? According to Brian J. Helsaple's A - Z vinegar glossary of vinegar terms, the bacteria zoogloea appears at first as a transparent haze in the vinegar fluid. The mother should be transferred to a new mixture or discarded once the liquid has turned to vinegar. Seen on the left, the Mother is quite disgusting to look at and most people are not sure they would like to try the final results after they take a peek into the crock. www.gangofpour.com /diversions/vinegar/vinegar1.html   (677 words)

Alcoholic Drinks of the Middle Ages - Vinegar Vinegar has been around and in use for considerably longer than would be suggested if one only goes as far back as the introduction of the methods of production put forth in the next section. Vinegar was known to the Egyptians and it was drunk by Caesar's armies. Vinegar generators grew in size, thus increasing the distance which the mash would travel over the porous materials and thereby increase the oxygen reaching the mash as well. mysite.verizon.net /mshapiro_42/cvinegar.html   (1239 words)

Mother of All Vinegar Contest Vinegar Connoisseurs International, The International Vinegar Museum and the Committee for the Advancement of Roslyn and Eden (C.A.R.E.) are proud to announce the 2003 International Vinegar Festival in Roslyn South Dakota to be held Saturday, August 21, 2004 in Roslyn South Dakota. Each vinegar is given a number and a bit of it is poured into a small clear vessel with a corresponding number. The points are then totaled and awards given for each category and the “Mother of All Vinegars” As you know, there are not a lot of competitions for vinegar, so I don’t think I have to tell you what winning this award for your vinegar could do for your promotional efforts. www.vinegarman.com /MOAVContest.shtml   (486 words)

Learn a little about about Vinegar mother   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) How vinegar is made is probably not one of the top things most people have in mind to learn about, but vinegar happens to be one of the more frequently used condiments in a cook’s kitchen. If you have ever had a bottle of vinegar “go bad” as in the taste is too acidic, you have probably seen vinegar mother. This will in no way harm their supply of vinegar mother as vinegar mother will grow as long as it has sufficient oxygen and food (sugar) and is kept at an acceptable temperature. www.learnalittle.com /food/vinegar-mother.htm   (600 words)

How to Make Vinegar There are many ways to make vinegar and many of them are covered in our fun easy to read reference book on the subject. The vinegar in the culture keeps out the other molds and bacteria until the vinegar bacteria have had a chance to take firm control of the juice. OK, we have a vinegar culture, a container to put it in, some food for it and lot's of warm air available to it. www.vinegarman.com /VinegarMaking.shtml   (495 words)

Habeas Brulee » Blog Archive » Homebrew Vinegar Vinegar is made by allowing a culture of acetobacter aceti to grow in your alcohol. Mother of vinegar forms a layer at the top of the vinegar in order to get air and to protect the vinegar underneath. Once your mother sinks, the best thing to do is to salvage it and mix it in with more wine or juice to start a new vinegar going, or pass it on to someone else who wants to do the same. habeasbrulee.com /2006/03/09/homebrew-vinegar   (953 words)

Making Vinegar with Acetobacter Mother of Vinegar Vinegar making at home can be a rewarding hobby and you will appreciate the superb quality of the vinegar you make. Once your vinegar vat (a one gallon glass jar) is activated it will produce vinegar for as long as you supply left over wine. Once you begin to harvest your vinegar we have supplied a 375 ml (12 oz.) wine bottle with rpour spout to store and serve your finished vinegar. www.leeners.com /vinegarmaking.html   (540 words)

The Vinegar Institute - Frequently Asked Questions Vinegar is made by two distinct biological processes, both the result of the action of harmless microorganisms (yeast and “Acetobacter”) that turn sugars (carbohydrates) into acetic acid. Although acetic acid is the primary constituent of vinegar aside from water, acetic acid is not vinegar. Cider vinegar or Apple vinegar is made from the two-fold fermentation of the juices of apples. www.versatilevinegar.org /faqs.html   (1090 words)

Make Your Own Vinegar at Home However, to make mother of vinegar, expose a mixture of one-half vinegar and one-half cider to a temperature of 80 degrees for a few days. The thin scum that forms on the surface is mother of vinegar. Vinegar can be made from apples (cider vinegar), grapes (wine vinegar), berries, other fruits, or even from a 10 percent sugar solution. www.naturemoms.com /homemade-vinegar.html   (2346 words)

Apple Cider Vinegar - Alternative Medicine When a mixture of cider vinegar and water is taken before a meal (particularly food served in restaurants or at picnics where the preparation or duration of food left uncovered and not refrigerated is questionable), it seems to prevent diarrhea or digestive upsets. Cider vinegar can also be beneficial for symptoms such as tooth decay and splitting of the fingernails, which are symptoms of potassium deficiency. Cider vinegar is thought to be beneficial in the treatment of arthritis, as a beverage or with compresses soaked in hot vinegar applied directly to the joints. www.bellaonline.com /articles/art8171.asp   (1369 words)

Bragg Health Science Books - Apple Cider Vinegar excerpts Mother of vinegar will naturally occur in vinegar products as the result of the vinegar bacteria itself. Mother is actually cellulose (a natural carbohydrate which is the fiber in foods like celery and lettuce) produced by the harmless vinegar bacteria. To meet this demand that vinegar must be clear, light colored and free from the brownish, cobweb "mother" is the reason producers distill their vinegar. www.geocities.com /pathways2eden/apple-cider-vinegar.html   (1395 words)

Vinegar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wine vinegar is made from red or white wine, and is the most commonly used vinegar in Mediterranean countries and Central Europe. The most popular variety, Chinkiang vinegar, originated in the city of Zhenjiang, in the eastern coastal province of Jiangsu, China[10], and is also produced in Tianjin and Hong Kong. Cider vinegar is a natural remedy for yeast infections, when diluted with water and used as a douche. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vinegar   (3238 words)

Making Cider Vinegar at Home, HYG-5346-97 Lower temperatures do not always produce a usable vinegar, and higher ones interfere with the formation of the "mother of vinegar." Mother of vinegar is a mat that forms on the bottom of fermenting wine that has gone bad. When the vinegar is fully fermented, filter the liquid through several layers of fine cheesecloth or filter paper--a coffee filter works well for this. You will be tempted to display flavored vinegar; however, be sure to keep your bottles out of direct sunlight, which will destroy the flavor, acidity, and color of the vinegar. ohioline.osu.edu /hyg-fact/5000/5346.html   (810 words)

What is vinegar? Information about the history and use of vinegar. Today we use vinegar as spice for salads and food and the production of good vinegar is not so simple and requires a little effort. Vinegar brings you a young and nice look, because it activates the circulation of blood in your skin. Vinegar is made from fruit vine with the help of the vinegar bacteria (mother of vinegar), which could be found everywhere in the nature. www.vinegar.at /info.html   (437 words)

Apple Cider Vinegar "Mother"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) This is a 'slab' of mother generated on a large vinegar tank over about 6 months. It is a tough, rubbery, slippery residue from the aecetic bacterial colony, which is primarily a cellulose material the bacteria generate to provide their environment on the surface of the liquid along with the other 'detritus' of the colony, including live and dead bacteria. Our Apple Cider Vinegar is always filtered to crystal clarity, though exposure to the air may allow the bacteria still present to begin working again and generating the first wispy strings of new 'mother', which may be removed by simply pouring the product through a couple layers of cheesecloth. mars.ark.com /~squeeze/mother.html   (162 words)

Vinegar 'Mother' - Harvest Forum - GardenWeb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) The white vinegar mother was meant for light colored rose or other white wines, It was started from a very light apple cider type wine, and looked almost like a cider vinegar. In general, starting with the smallest barrel, as much vinegar as is necessary to restore the previous year's level (which decreased through evaporation) is taken from an adjacent larger cask; the level of this cask is in turn restored by a nearby cask, and so on down the line. The vinegar is eventually drawn from the smallest cask in the battery. forums.gardenweb.com /forums/load/harvest/msg03124656868.html   (2200 words)

Mother of Vinegar / making wine vinegar - ChefTalk Cooking Forums I understand you can try to make a mother (of vinegar) by putting the wine in a large-mouth jar covered with cheesecloth and placing in a warm spot for several weeks -- or until it smells like vinegar. OK I reached my dear friend who is retired and travels a bunch....he started his mother in 1979 took him several trys and 3-4 monthes.....open jar of wine in a cupboard...needs to be room temp, the cupboard eliminates some of the junk you don't want. I have also had 'mothers' developing in half used jugs of commercial wine vinegar that have stood unused for some time. www.cheftalk.com /forums/showthread.php?t=2733   (549 words)

Mother Vinegar on Solarise Records Mother Vinegar is Karl Engelmann- a multi-instrumentalist playing guitar, bass, drums, sitar, and claw-hammer banjo. Karl now resides in Brasstown, N.C. where he is involved in a dynamic new band made up of local and regional friends aside from his role as Mother Vinegar. Mother vinegar a star is born 10310 bright light big city corporate scum rollin on pow wow solarise records unsigned artists and bands unsigned music unsigned bands independent record label www.solariserecords.com /artists/indie/mothervinegar.html   (431 words)

Bragg Live Foods Apple Cider Vinegar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) Contains the amazing Mother of Vinegar which occurs naturally as strand-like enzymes of connected protein molecules. Bragg Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar is made from delicious, healthy, organically grown apples. Processed and bottled in accordance with USDA guidelines, it is Certified Organic by Organic Certifiers and Oregon Tilth; and is Kosher Certified. www.bragg.com /products/applecidervinegar.html   (201 words)

Mother of Vinegar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) "Mother of Vinegar" is a preliminary study for The Banks of the Sea, and it develops the main character and consolidates some of the ideas in the novel. The mother gave him a pack of chicken sandwiches. He could be a poet, or a dealer who had gotten the side of his head bashed in. www.jhedge.com /story/fiction/vinegar.htm   (2623 words)

mother It is the mother in her showing itself. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a mother: to be the mother of; give origin or rise to. www.infoplease.com /dictionary/mother   (244 words)

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