On 6/26/2016 9:54 AM, Doris Night wrote:

>
> I make salad dressing with balsamic and olive oil, and add a little
> bit of brown sugar. I also have been known to put balsamic vinegar on
> strawberries. Yum!
>
> Too expensive to use the good stuff all the time, though. I've got a
> 200 ml bottle of fig balsamic that cost something like $18, and I
> ration it.
>
> Doris
>

Jeff Smith (Frugal Gourmet) was a major factor in introducing Balsamc to
the rest of the world. He used in on strawberries, cheese, etc. by the
drop. Of course, others wanted to capitalize on it and introduced the
cheaper stuff we see now.
http://whatscookingamerica.net/balsamic.htm