JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> "Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> > JoeSpareBedroom said...
> >
> >> "Andy" <q> wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>> Tarragon vinegar (called for in a steak marinade recipe).
> >>>
> >>> I couldn't find it until now, thanks to http://www.afoodsource.com/
> >>> and while I was there I got another slice of D'Affinois cheese
> >>> (thanks again Serene!) to kill any diet momentum (served up on
> >>> olive-oil'd broiled french
> >>> baguette coins). :d
> >>>
> >>> Andy
> >>
> >> How about just buying some decent vinegar, some fresh tarragon, and
> >> making your own?
> >
> >
> > I debated that, not knowing the ratios. Next time...
> >
> > Andy
> >
>
> It seems to vary quite a bit in the retail version. In overpriced gourmet &
> gift shops, they load the bottles with so much tarragon that there's not
> room for much vinegar. What a value, for $12.00 a bottle! :-) A bunch of
> herbs you can't use, and 3 ounces of vinegar.

And $10.00 for a glass bottle that's worth, oh... four for a buck at
the Dollar Stores.

I think herbed vinegars when purchased are nothing more than pricey
decorations or when homemade a miser's gift... I'd much rather mince
fresh herbs directly into whatever I'm preparing and simply add plain
vinegar. Years ago someone gave me a four pack of herbed vinegars...
after looking at them for months I decided to try one, it tasted
disgusting, so did the others... all were tossed in the trash,
including the fercocktah dust collector bottles.

Sheldon