Vinegar condiment?

[omarick1948]

Many folks like the taste of a little vinegar in/on their greens, kraut, meats and other foods. Vinegar was a historical condiment used for just about anything you can imagine.

If you ever really look closely in old photograph's of people gathered and eating together, you might notice, that there was always a bottle(s) of vinegar setting on the spread for use. I suspect maybe to cover the taste of not so great of food items, like soured or lightly spoiled meat might call for a heavy dose of vinegar to help get things down the gullet! :shocked2:

Take a look at some old Chuck wagon photo's with cowboys sitting around eating and those vinegar bottles are ever present.

Do you like vinegar on foods and do you use this condiment at camp? __ What do you like it on?

Rick

 

[tenngun]

Personally , and I can't prove it, but I don't think vinager an d spices were used to cover the taste of turned food. I think it was used for the same reason we use it today, it tastes good.
Sauces go back to the first cook books, written for wealthy people who would not have turned food.
Romans ran an empire wide fish sauce bussnes,that went in everything from brecfast to desert.Jacob made his bowl of the red, and later flavored goat to taste like game.
I like malt, red and white and cider vinegar, and tobasco on lots of stuff. Even the nastiest veggies can be made edible by pickeling.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Do you like vinegar on foods and do you use this condiment at camp? __ What do you like it on?

Yep! I keep at least 4 kinds of vinegar around the house....
Vinegar is great on Pasta, Pizza, soup, chips, crackers, eggs, salads, sandwiches and more....As well as being an ingredient in many things..... :thumbsup:

 

[George]

I like vinegar and use it quite a bit on various foods. Olive oil and balsamic vinegar to dip your bread in can't be beat. A favorite is to put some over most any kind of greens, and I always save the pot liquor when I cook collards, add some plain white distilled vinegar and dip cornbread in that. Vinegar added to a pot of white beans is good. We eat a lot of beets which I pickle with vinegar and sugar. I've also pickled a ton of bamboo shoots which grew in our yard the same way. I cook a lot of Japanese style foods, and their cuisine makes use of rice vinegar in many dish, especially sauces, and they pickle many kinds of vegetables using some vinegar.

Spence

 

[Tallswife]

Aside from picking various veggies, I love it on French fries. My son makes a bottle of hot pepper vinegar every summer when the peppers in the garden ripen.

 

[Katahdin]

Yep and when it is hot in the hay field I mix vinegar,molasses and water to drink..

 

[Obi-Wan Cannoli]

I love balsamic vinegar, I'll put it on anything.

It is my third favorite condiment behind gravy and ketchup. :hatsoff:

 

[Nativearizonan]

Vinegar is a must have for eating mustard or turnip greens. Hot pepper vinegar is my favorite for that, malt vinegar is second. I like malt vinegar on french fries (chips to the English), different kinds of vinegar on salads, but the malt vinegar with olive oil is a pretty good dressing, and easy. I add a bit of vinegar to a lot of things I'm cooking, like roasts and pinto beans. Apple cider vinegar is best for that and also in barbecue sauce. I keep malt vinegar, white vinegar, and raw apple cider vinegar around.

 

[omarick1948]

I'm surprised that no one mentioned cucumbers and sliced onions in vinegar!

 

[Loyalist Dave]

All of them's tasty...

Funny thing is I eat a lot of cucumber pickles (one has to be specific with this group, no?), as well as other pickled items..., AND often have some cider vinegar to drink with water (I omit the molasses) in hot weather, plus my diet has a lot of B vitamins and garlic. Skeeters don't bother me much if at all.

My wife also has B vitamins in her diet, and the garlic, but not the vinegar from the pickles and doesn't drink it...., and the skeeters chew her up. Now I've been told that each alone, cider vinegar, garlic, and B vitamins are a magic cure or prevention when going into the woods to ward of skeeters....I wonder if all three is really the trick?

LD

 

[coloradoclyde]

My wife also has B vitamins in her diet, and the garlic, but not the vinegar from the pickles and doesn't drink it...., and the skeeters chew her up. Now I've been told that each alone, cider vinegar, garlic, and B vitamins are a magic cure or prevention when going into the woods to ward of skeeters....I wonder if all three is really the trick?

My brother lived for ten years in the north woods.. The bears were more civilized..... The mosquitoes were relentless and as big as sparrows....He swore by vitamin B1......Said it took a week to a month to really take affect.

 

[Crewdawg445]

I can drink malt vinegar... absolutely love the stuff and will go out of my way to procure a bottle. I recently made fish and chips, bought a new bottle and between last Saturday and last Wednesday I used the entire bottle... Some have a weakness and I'd definitely say I have a vinegar weakness.

 

[gearheart]

A good Italian balsamic vinegar is even good on sliced peaches and apples.

 

[Kansas Jake]

I'm surprised that no one mentioned cucumbers and sliced onions in vinegar!

My grandsons love sliced cucumbers with vinegar, a little sugar and a little water. They don't mind the onions in there, but don't eat them. I get the onions.

I also like a malt vinegar on fried fish. I use vinegar on cooked spinach and horror of horrors, I like a splash of vinegar in chili.

I too like olive oil, balsamic vinegar and some crushed garlic for dipping fresh bread.

On top of that, my wife uses vinegar for all kinds of cleaning.

 

[coloradoclyde]

I'm surprised that no one mentioned cucumbers and sliced onions in vinegar!

My grandsons love sliced cucumbers with vinegar, a little sugar and a little water. They don't mind the onions in there, but don't eat them. I get the onions.

I also like a malt vinegar on fried fish. I use vinegar on cooked spinach and horror of horrors, I like a splash of vinegar in chili.

I too like olive oil, balsamic vinegar and some crushed garlic for dipping fresh bread.

On top of that, my wife uses vinegar for all kinds of cleaning.

Garlic + olive oil + vinegar... Never thought of adding garlic... It seems so intuitive now... :thumbsup:


I grew up with cucumbers and onions, a quick pickle.... :thumbsup: ......

 

[BullRunBear]

Don't know about covering up the taste of food past its prime but vinegar gets a LOT of use around here. Malt vinegar on fish and various root veggies. My wife brought a bunch of traditional German recipes to the marriage that feature white or cider vinegar: German potato salad, sliced cucumber and onions, wilted lettuce salad, beef stew and similar slow cooked dishes, etc. As I get older I enjoy vinegar pickled veggies of all types more and more. We make a wilted spinach dish flavored with lemon and cider vinegar that I love. I could eat it as a dessert but usually put it on rice, baked spuds, as a filling in tarts and ravioli. (Goodness, I'm getting hungry.)I use the stuff on eggs as well.

I hate hot, steamy weather but a mixture of cold water and cider vinegar helps. We use a lot of white vinegar for cleaning. It is a wonder of nature. And it tastes so darn good.

Jeff

PS: If I mention this thread to the Mrs., she'll remind me about a few dozen more uses we make if the stuff.

 

[Woods Dweller]

“Mushroom ketchup”. It is nothing like our ketchup today.
I have made this and I found it to be very good. The dry mushroom at the end of the video is very good as a flavoring in foods.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29u_FejNuks