Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

>> Your $11 bottle IS the cheap stuff... you mostly paid for the pretty
>> glass bottle. True Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale will cost you $100
>> and up.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balsamic_vinegar
>>
>> http://www.ilmercatoitaliano.net/Sho...al-Balsamic-Vi
>> negar-of-Modena?gclid=COX1obWoh6UCFU465QodUleQOw
>
> And the imagined difference is probably about the same I found in rather
> nasty $150.00 per bottle Champagne vs. some $13.00 per bottle stuff that
> actually tasted good...
>
> I really do think that the "snob" value in high priced fermented
> products is just that.

So I'm pretty confident that you've never enjoyed the rich, deep flavor
of thick, aged balsamic vinegar. I've got a small bottle that I dole out
by the drop and its *nothing* like the cheap thin stuff. That you don't
appreciate or recognize the difference in the two hardly means it is
"imagined". Same goes for Champagne and your preferred bubbly Kool-Aid.