[Ansteorra] the Blessings of vingar

[Stefan li Rous]

On Jan 17, 2010, at 1:54 PM, willowdewisp at juno.com wrote:

> Did you know Vingar will kill Black mold.
> willow

What's special about black mold? Or does it work on other colors of  
mold, too?

For cleaning, use the cheapest vinegar you can find. No reason to use  
the good stuff. Most modern vinegar is standardized to a 5% solution.   
The cheapest distilled vinegar is actually made from petroleum. Sure  
surprised me when I heard that, but look at the label. Not really what  
I want to put on my salad!

For some more on vinegar, both today and in period:

Vinegar-NJFCC-art (18K) 10/23/01    "Vinegar: Not Just for Cleaning  
Coffeepots"
                                        by THL Mirin ben DhIarmait.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/Vinegar-NJFCC-art.html
Vinegar-art       (20K)  6/26/01    "What's so special about Vinegar?"  
by
                                        Mistress Christianna MacGrain.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/Vinegar-art.html
vinegar-msg      (110K) 12/ 5/09    Vinegar in period. Making vinegar.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/vinegar-msg.html

Another medieval sour juice that you may have heard of is verjuice,  
usually made from unripe grapes or crabapples.
verjuice-msg     (130K)  3/25/09    Medieval verjuice. Modern  
substitutions.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/verjuice-msg.html

Stefan
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