How To Make VINEGAR: One of the Cheapest, Healthiest, and Most Useful Solutions!
Vinegar is an incredible alchemy!
It is simple, delicious, and healthful, and has been respected for thousands of years as having hundreds of uses (we shared a few of our favorites yesterday). Making your own vinegar is a sustainable and fairly straightforward project, with countless options for customization!
Here's the easy HOW TO:
At the Garden of Eden, we have created unique blends from white mulberry-peach to pineapple-guava vinegar. We also make staples like strawberry and apple cider vinegar, and we use it daily!
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Vinegar is such a treat. My grandfather drank it everyday with honey and water. My family drank it the same, sometimes cold, and often hot, especially for curing and soothing sore throats and congestion.
All the flavors at the Garden of Eden have been amazing, but one of my favs is white mulberry. It's a true culinary treat to add it to any dish--my favorite is splashed on a fresh salad hand-picked from the garden. Mmmmm.. This is a GREAT post.
Thank you, we do hope it will be appreciate for the true value it holds. Vinegar making is a classic skill that deserves to be respected and shared. It utilizes food "waste" to make a great product that tastes yummy, improves health, and can be used for hundreds and hundreds of other purposes!
Vinegar is a true miracle alchemy!
It is natural by natures design and has been used for thousands of years for thousands of things!
Great post!
There are so many uses, and it's a simple process to make. It's a pleasure to share this great sustainable how-to!
This was awesome. I have always wanted to know how, and it really is super easy man. Super thanks bro.
@quinneaker is a master of ease!
How do you make it without the mother. I like the idea of making vinegar but I don,t have unprocessed vinegar to get a mother from. Cheers
Great question @mcwhackery! If you cover fruit with a sugar-water solution, put a cheese cloth over it, and set it on a shelf for awhile, it will eventually turn into vinegar because organisms from the air will start the chemical reaction. It takes longer, and results are more varied because you're not so sure about what creatures are in the air, but eventually vinegar will form.
You can also ferment the solution using yeast of any type, even baker's yeast will work. After the fermentation has been accomplished, acetobacterium will be quickly attracted to the alcohol and metabolize the ethyl-alcohol into vinegar.
If you look up "flowers of wine" you will see what this bacterium looks like and can quickly identify whether you have a mold or acetobacter.
I had no idea you could use a variety of fruits to make vinegar! How fascinating! I wish I had seen this about a week ago as I had a farmstand watermelon that tasted a little off - so we tossed it. I love these tips @gardenofeden Thank you.
Oh yes, that would have been PERFECT for vinegar! We are so grateful for even the fruit that's going "bad", because it means it's time to make a batch of homemade vinegar. If you ever make apple pie, you can use all the cores and peels to make an excellent apple cider vinegar. Knowing this skill means you can utilize a lot more "waste" produce.
I never knew making vinegar was so easy! Thanks, @gardenofeden!
You're welcome!
My first attempt at making Spiritvs Vini turned into red wine vinegar. I look forward to getting a nice vacuum pump and making distilled vinegar. :)
Thanks for sharing this post. Its really awesome that you can make vinegar out of any fruit. :D
Great post. Keep it up.
We appreciate your encouragement!