[Sca-cooks] Wine vinegar in medieval Islamic cuisine

[Galefridus Peregrinus]

I'll have to research to find the location, but I have seen at least one 
medieval source stating the the Prophet thought that the best vinegar is 
that made from wine. I'll poke around a bit tonight -- maybe I'll be 
able to find it again.


-- Galefridus

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> Modernly, apple cider vinegar seems to be the vinegar of choice.  Wine 
> vinegar is a bit more problematic as there is divided opinion about 
> using anything made from wine and there appears to be general 
> agreement that any wine vinegar used must have turned naturally from 
> wine to vinegar and not have been processed to produce vinegar.
>
> Not really an area of expertise for me, so perhaps someone will 
> provide a better comment.
>
> Bear