[Sca-cooks] Wine vinegar in medieval Islamic cuisine

[David Friedman]

I'm pretty sure Nasrallah says that in the discussion of vinegar in her 
translation of al-Warraq.

On 11/17/14, 12:37 PM, Galefridus Peregrinus wrote:
> 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
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