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We know that there are milder vinegars than malt vinegar, but when adding
malt vinegar to a salad; apart from diluting it with water, what might be
added in to take the 'acidy' edge off the taste?
 
john reeves wrote:


I've never chosen to use malt vinegar in a salad.

In any case, to take the acidy edge off vinegar in a salad, use
less of it. My (Sicilian) mother always said to use two parts
olive oil to one part vinegar in a salad dressing. This was assuming
the usual 5% to 6% wine vinegar.


Steve
 
On 16/02/2011 23:27, john reeves wrote:

Steve's idea is good or, if you've already made up a bunch, you could
add a tiny bit of sugar. Just a pinch at a time until you get the taste
right.

-Jen
 
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:11:57 -0000, "Ophelia"
wrote:


I'm on the other side of the pond- It isn't *hard* to find, but it
isn't in every grocery store either. I only use it on fried or
roasted potatoes.

What other things do you use it for on your side?

Jim
 
On 2/17/2011 8:11 AM, Ophelia wrote:
Malt vinegar seems to achieve "gourmet prices" here and, in fact, I only
saw one variety, Heinz. I have some but keep it for fried potatoes. I
rather like white balsamic vinegar for salads. There does not seem much
difference in price from malt.

--
James Silverton, Potomac
 
On 2/17/2011 9:11 AM, Ophelia wrote:

Really a Pondian difference! Ordinary vineagar, in my part of the world,
is usually uncolored cider vinegar.

--
James Silverton, Potomac
 
On Feb 16, 6:27?pm, "john reeves" wrote:

Why not dilute it with water? I do that all the time for salad
dressings.
(In practice, though, it's more of a "substitute a little water for
some of
the oil. My standard vinaigrette is 1 part vinegar, 1 part water, 2
parts oil.)

Cindy Hamilton
 
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:23:24 -0000, Janet wrote:


Cost more than Windex- a popular commercial cleaner- over here. I
use my white vinegar [and a newspaper] for that.

BTW-- Did you see who won the Westminster dog show? How big are
your frigging deer on that island? [our deer dogs are 1/2 the size
of the Scottish Deerhound that won]

Jim
 
On 2/17/2011 10:58 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
There are red deer in Europe and America. The Scottish subspecies is a
bit smaller than the European whose stags can be 4 ft at the shoulder.
They are all quite big animals (even the the British version is their
largest wild animal) and nothing to engage in unarmed combat!

--
James Silverton, Potomac
 
In article ,
[email protected] says...

Big enough to kill a man if challenged at close quarters.

http://www.shoarns.com/Red Deer.html

[our deer dogs are 1/2 the size

and she's only a bitch.. the males are even bigger. Reminds me of a
house we once went to view for sale, that included all fittings and a
huge deerhound. (The owners were emigrating without him). His so-called
dog bed, was a people bed.

Janet.
 
Re: [email protected]

john reeves wrote:


There are sweeter vinegars than malt, rice wine vinegar for example.

This may sound counterintuitive but try reducing the vinegar, and use some
lemon juice. While it is quite tart, it also has a natural sweet element
which to me tastes better than adding straight sugar. And as others have
pointed out, reduce the ratio of vinegar and tart ingredients to the rest of
the dressing.

MartyB
 
Ophelia wrote:

Absolutely! Have to have it on fish and chips or something is really
missing. (You need newspaper, of course.). Malt vinegar is also
good for pickling onions, beets,
 
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