The value of versatile vinegar
What is vinegar: Vinegar is a tingling, sour tasting liquid consisting of about 5-20% acetic acid.
How is vinegar produced: Vinegar may be produced from a variety of materials: grapes or apples (wine or cider vinegar); malted barley.
The many types of vinegar: The many types of vinegar available also use beer, sugar, and rice, among other substances, as base ingredients.
Vinegar as a drink: History records the Babylonians making vinegar as a drink from dates, figs, and even beer.
Use of vinegar in antiquity: The Greeks and Roman frequently used vinegar made from wine. And traces of vinegar have been found in ancient.
Vinegar and Jesus Christ: Vinegar is mentioned in the Bible. Matthew records that as Jesus went to the cross.
The Orléans process: By the Middle Ages, the French city of Orléans was dominating European vinegar production.
Balsamic vinegar: Meanwhile in Southern Europe, the Italians were busily creating balsamic vinegar.
Jack and Jill: In fact, malt vinegar's popularity is such that a traditional 18th-century English nursery rhyme known as 'Jack and Jill.
Arrival of malt vinegar: The medieval period also saw England produce the first batches of malt vinegar.