SC -making vinegar (longish)

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Caointiarn asked:
>         So, if I want to make some (a little)   wine vinegar for a particulr
> recipe,  I can just mix some of  the wine I would like to use with distilled
> vinegar, and let it sit  "a while?"
> 
>     My thinking is in a closed canning jar  overnight.

Well, a bit longer than overnight. One of the period ways to speed things
up was apparently to put the vinegar-to-be barrels on board ship and
ship them somewhere.

For more information and some vinegar making directions, check this file
in the FOOD section of my files:   
vinegar-msg       (32K)  1/25/00    Vinegar in period. Making vinegar.
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Lord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas           stefan at texas.net
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