[Sca-cooks] Vinegar

[AEllin Olafs dotter]

OK - so I'm an ordinary merchant class housewife in Norway *G* and I'm 
looking at a recipe that calls for vinegar. What kind do I think they 
mean? What do I have on hand?

For that matter - I actually have several recipes. Some are quite 
elegant, calling for cinnamon and the like, some are simpler, and one 
bills itself straightforwardly as "A sauce of minimal cost"  suggested 
"for simple people."  But they all just say vinegar. (In the original 
languages... I checked.)  Do I assume the same kind? Or do I have 
different ones? And what kind am I using, if/when not wine vinegar? 
Cider? Malt? Something else? (I assume I have at least some access to 
wine vinegar, but I don't know if it's in the budget on your average 
Tuesday, or if I reserve it for Sundays or Major Feasts, as I probably 
pretty much do the expensive spices.)

Yes - these recipes may well have originated in the South, but for the 
moment I don't really care what the original author meant. I'm trying to 
decide what the people cooking it all over Northern Europe are actually 
using.

Thank you.

AEllin