"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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> On 9/3/2011 2:17 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sat, 03 Sep 2011 06:43:05 -0600, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 09:04:37 +0100, "Ophelia" >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Ophelia" > wrote
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I use Sarsons but I boil it to reduce the liquid (driving off some
>>>>>>> of the
>>>>>>> water?)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am interested to see the responses.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> O in UK
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You are driving off the water, but you are also driving off the
>>>>>> acetic
>>>>>> acid at the same time. "The boiling point of vinegar is only 213
>>>>>> degrees
>>>>>> at a 5% solution. Does the boiling leave maltose behind? What does it
>>>>>> do to the flavor?
>>>>>
>>>>> Tastes fine I still don't believe diluting the vinegar with a lot of
>>>>> water is safe, which was the original question.
>>>>
>>>> Save your breath. They don't care. They just want to out **** each
>>>> other with data and then go ahead a do what they want. Hopefully the
>>>> OP won't feed it to anyone but himself.
>>>
>>> Am I one of the ones ****ing? I don't know if I should be offended
>>> or not. I brought up the same points as Ed did and am still sondering
>>> about the flavor. I wasn't really concerned about the safety as I
>>> wasn't assuming Ophelia was using her boiled vinegar to pickle for
>>> long shelf storage. In that case it isn't safe. In that case the
>>> "data" were "****ing" about IS very important. And I don't see
>>> anybody ****ing except you.
>>
>> I am using the same process as did my mother and grandmother before her.
>> They lived long lives.
>>
>> I bring my vinegar to the boil and allow it to reduce, but not even by a
>> quarter. I pour it over the eggs and clamp on a lid.
>> The vinegar is harsh but after a couple of months standing time, it
>> mellows and tastes very good.
>>
>> The original question was about adding a 'lot' of water to the vinegar
>> which I suggested is very dangerous.
>>
> I don't think your mother and grandmother did any harm by boiling the
> vinegar but they didn't really "reduce" it. They might as well have
> started with less vinegar.

Let us just say, we (that is they and I) ended up with a little less vinegar
than we started with. Since you weren't there ...

You don't mention the question from the OP ...

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