Vinegar: The User Friendly Standard Text, Reference and Guide to Appreciating, Making, and Enjoying Vinegar
Authoritative reference work on vinegar for beginners, hobbyists, and professionals.

Vinegar is one of the most common, yet unique and wonderful, substances known to mankind. Think for a moment. What other substance can you name that can be found on the shelves of kitchens all over the world and in small villages as well as large cities? What else can be used almost irrespective of cultural or religious belief, as food, medicine, beauty aid, cleaner, and preservative? And finally, what other substance with all its uses, complexities and varieties can be simply, safely, and economically made at home? I know of none except vinegar.

This book will attempt to cover the subject of vinegar well enough to live up to its title Vinegar, The User Friendly Standard Text Reference and Guide to Appreciating, Making, and Enjoying Vinegar.

To keep the book as exciting as vinegar itself, much of the scientific jargon has been distilled away. That which remains is quite necessary to truly understand vinegar. Many photos and diagrams have been included to make it even more enjoyable.

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Vinegar: The User Friendly Standard Text, Reference and Guide to Appreciating, Making, and Enjoying Vinegar
Authoritative reference work on vinegar for beginners, hobbyists, and professionals.

Vinegar is one of the most common, yet unique and wonderful, substances known to mankind. Think for a moment. What other substance can you name that can be found on the shelves of kitchens all over the world and in small villages as well as large cities? What else can be used almost irrespective of cultural or religious belief, as food, medicine, beauty aid, cleaner, and preservative? And finally, what other substance with all its uses, complexities and varieties can be simply, safely, and economically made at home? I know of none except vinegar.

This book will attempt to cover the subject of vinegar well enough to live up to its title Vinegar, The User Friendly Standard Text Reference and Guide to Appreciating, Making, and Enjoying Vinegar.

To keep the book as exciting as vinegar itself, much of the scientific jargon has been distilled away. That which remains is quite necessary to truly understand vinegar. Many photos and diagrams have been included to make it even more enjoyable.

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Vinegar: The User Friendly Standard Text, Reference and Guide to Appreciating, Making, and Enjoying Vinegar

Vinegar: The User Friendly Standard Text, Reference and Guide to Appreciating, Making, and Enjoying Vinegar

by Lawrence J Diggs
Vinegar: The User Friendly Standard Text, Reference and Guide to Appreciating, Making, and Enjoying Vinegar

Vinegar: The User Friendly Standard Text, Reference and Guide to Appreciating, Making, and Enjoying Vinegar

by Lawrence J Diggs

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Authoritative reference work on vinegar for beginners, hobbyists, and professionals.

Vinegar is one of the most common, yet unique and wonderful, substances known to mankind. Think for a moment. What other substance can you name that can be found on the shelves of kitchens all over the world and in small villages as well as large cities? What else can be used almost irrespective of cultural or religious belief, as food, medicine, beauty aid, cleaner, and preservative? And finally, what other substance with all its uses, complexities and varieties can be simply, safely, and economically made at home? I know of none except vinegar.

This book will attempt to cover the subject of vinegar well enough to live up to its title Vinegar, The User Friendly Standard Text Reference and Guide to Appreciating, Making, and Enjoying Vinegar.

To keep the book as exciting as vinegar itself, much of the scientific jargon has been distilled away. That which remains is quite necessary to truly understand vinegar. Many photos and diagrams have been included to make it even more enjoyable.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780595147168
Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/20/2000
Pages: 324
Sales rank: 672,807
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements9
Introduction13
Section 1Appreciating Vinegar
Chapter 1The Cultural History19
Chapter 2The Legal History41
Chapter 3The Production History49
Section 2Making Vinegar
Chapter 4Understanding the Process71
Chapter 5Production of Vinegar Stock121
Chapter 6Making Vinegar133
Chapter 7Post Production Vinegars155
Chapter 8Trouble Shooting159
Chapter 9Balsamic Vinegar171
Section 3Enjoying Vinegar
Chapter 10Food Uses181
Chapter 11Medical Uses211
(Humans)
(Other Animals)
Chapter 12General Uses233
Chapter 13POP and Superstition246
Chapter 14Vinegar as a Hobby253
Appendices
Raw Materials262
Woods for Aging268
Vinegar Flavoring Materials270
Taste Discriptors272
Vinegar Composition274
Technical Data278
Vinegar Score Sheet287
Suppliers of Materials289
Bibliography290
Footnotes297
Index
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