Ulog 85: Making Citrus Vinegar For Cleaning

Cleaning out the refrigerator; whether scrounging for leftovers to snack on, making a new recipe for dinner or tomorrow is garbage day, I knew I had to do something with the grapefruits I had purchased a couple of weeks ago and knew we couldn't, or in my case wouldn't, eat. I don't care for grapefruit and Mr Golden D can't eat them anymore due to a new heart medication he is taking and his cardiologist clearly stated, "no grapefruit".

I do not like to waste food and I don't think the world is quite ready for grapefruit cookies yet.

So I remembered that I had seen a video recipe a couple of days prior to this citrus discovery and figured I'd give it a try.

I'm making citrus vinegar for cleaning around the homestead!

I took the two grapefruits I had plus half of a lemon I had just cut that morning to make some lacto-fermented soda and cut them up; rinds and all, and out them into a half-gallon sized mason jar. I added 1/4 cup of organic pure cane sugar, then filled the jar up with filtered water. I used spring water.

Poured the sugar over the fruit.

I'll be leaving this on top of my refrigerator; each day removing the coffee filter and stirring, with a wooden spoon, the mixture. I'll do this for about two weeks, give or take, until the fruit stays closer to the bottom and a SCOBY begins to form on the top of the liquid/vinegar.

After that, the vinegar should be done and I can use it clean.