SC - Eggs graven with Vinegar
Magdalena
magdlena at earthlink.net
Mon May 15 18:39:45 PDT 2000
Morgan Cain wrote:
> Magdalena asked:
>
> >>> This brings up a question for me. How close was
> >>> period vinegar to the stuff I buy at the store?
>
> Much of today's vinegar is diluted.
>
I know. What I want to know is if they diluted their vinegar too.
>
> As for the kinds, they did not, to my knowledge, have distilled white vinegar as do we.
Actually, Plat has a section on distilling vinegar. I'm not familiar with the modern method, so I can't tell you how it compares, but he suggests using a glass vessel instead of the lead or pewter ones commonly used for distilling vinegar.
- -Magdalena
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