Bought a new bottle of rice vinegar about a month and a half ago. I've used
maybe, I'd say, 4 tablespoons for sushi and also for a cucumber salad.
Opened the cupboard today and it has this transparent filmy substance on the
bottom of the bottle.

Isn't vinegar sterile? What is this muck? I'm obviously throwing the
bottle away, but I've never seen anything like this in a bottle of vinegar
before. It kind of looks like a thin jelly-fish.

kili

"kilikini" > wrote in message
m...
| Bought a new bottle of rice vinegar about a month and a half ago. I've
used
| maybe, I'd say, 4 tablespoons for sushi and also for a cucumber salad.
| Opened the cupboard today and it has this transparent filmy substance on
the
| bottom of the bottle.
|
| Isn't vinegar sterile? What is this muck? I'm obviously throwing the
| bottle away, but I've never seen anything like this in a bottle of vinegar
| before. It kind of looks like a thin jelly-fish.
|
Thinking it could be the mother. Check out

http://www.solutions.uiuc.edu/conten...Parents=0%7C28

Debbie

On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:55:53 GMT, "kilikini"
> wrote:

>Bought a new bottle of rice vinegar about a month and a half ago. I've used
>maybe, I'd say, 4 tablespoons for sushi and also for a cucumber salad.
>Opened the cupboard today and it has this transparent filmy substance on the
>bottom of the bottle.
>
>Isn't vinegar sterile? What is this muck? I'm obviously throwing the
>bottle away, but I've never seen anything like this in a bottle of vinegar
>before. It kind of looks like a thin jelly-fish.
>
>kili
>
Sounds like the vinegar "Mother"... Its supposed to be there, and it
is what makes vinegar. The vinegar is good.
A lot of really good vinegars will have this eventually, if not to
begin with.

Do a google search on vinegar mother, and it will give you a lot more
information than I can.

Christine

"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:55:53 GMT, "kilikini"
> > wrote:
>
> >Bought a new bottle of rice vinegar about a month and a half ago. I've
used
> >maybe, I'd say, 4 tablespoons for sushi and also for a cucumber salad.
> >Opened the cupboard today and it has this transparent filmy substance on
the
> >bottom of the bottle.
> >
> >Isn't vinegar sterile? What is this muck? I'm obviously throwing the
> >bottle away, but I've never seen anything like this in a bottle of
vinegar
> >before. It kind of looks like a thin jelly-fish.
> >
> >kili
> >
> Sounds like the vinegar "Mother"... Its supposed to be there, and it
> is what makes vinegar. The vinegar is good.
> A lot of really good vinegars will have this eventually, if not to
> begin with.
>
> Do a google search on vinegar mother, and it will give you a lot more
> information than I can.
>
> Christine

Huh, okay, thanks, Christine.

kili

"Debbie" > wrote in message
.. .
>
> "kilikini" > wrote in message
> m...
> | Bought a new bottle of rice vinegar about a month and a half ago. I've
> used
> | maybe, I'd say, 4 tablespoons for sushi and also for a cucumber salad.
> | Opened the cupboard today and it has this transparent filmy substance on
> the
> | bottom of the bottle.
> |
> | Isn't vinegar sterile? What is this muck? I'm obviously throwing the
> | bottle away, but I've never seen anything like this in a bottle of
vinegar
> | before. It kind of looks like a thin jelly-fish.
> |
> Thinking it could be the mother. Check out
>
> http://www.solutions.uiuc.edu/conten...Parents=0%7C28
>
> Debbie
>
>

That's what someone else said, although I've never heard of it before. I
don't know why I've never heard of it! Thanks for the affirmation.

kili

On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:55:53 GMT, "kilikini"
> wrote:

>Bought a new bottle of rice vinegar about a month and a half ago. I've used
>maybe, I'd say, 4 tablespoons for sushi and also for a cucumber salad.
>Opened the cupboard today and it has this transparent filmy substance on the
>bottom of the bottle.
>
>Isn't vinegar sterile? What is this muck? I'm obviously throwing the
>bottle away, but I've never seen anything like this in a bottle of vinegar
>before. It kind of looks like a thin jelly-fish.
>
>kili
>

Howdy,

Epicurious' food dictionary defines Mother of Vinegar as: A
slimy, gummy substance made up of various bacteria —
specifically mycoderma aceti — that cause fermentation in
wine and cider and turn them into vinegar. Known as mère de
vinaigre in French and sometimes simply as "mother" in
English, its growth is best fostered in a medium-warm
environment (60°-85°F). The mother should be transferred to
a new mixture or discarded once the liquid has turned to
vinegar.

So, I would suggest that you decant the vinegar, clean the
container, and put the vinegar back where it started.

All the best,
--
Kenneth

If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."

"Kenneth" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:55:53 GMT, "kilikini"
> > wrote:
>
> >Bought a new bottle of rice vinegar about a month and a half ago. I've
used
> >maybe, I'd say, 4 tablespoons for sushi and also for a cucumber salad.
> >Opened the cupboard today and it has this transparent filmy substance on
the
> >bottom of the bottle.
> >
> >Isn't vinegar sterile? What is this muck? I'm obviously throwing the
> >bottle away, but I've never seen anything like this in a bottle of
vinegar
> >before. It kind of looks like a thin jelly-fish.
> >
> >kili
> >
>
> Howdy,
>
> Epicurious' food dictionary defines Mother of Vinegar as: A
> slimy, gummy substance made up of various bacteria -
> specifically mycoderma aceti - that cause fermentation in
> wine and cider and turn them into vinegar. Known as mère de
> vinaigre in French and sometimes simply as "mother" in
> English, its growth is best fostered in a medium-warm
> environment (60°-85°F). The mother should be transferred to
> a new mixture or discarded once the liquid has turned to
> vinegar.
>
> So, I would suggest that you decant the vinegar, clean the
> container, and put the vinegar back where it started.
>
> All the best,
> --
> Kenneth
>
> If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."

Thank you, Kenneth. That's what I'll do! I appreciate all the input,
folks.

kili

On 2005-09-25, Debbie > wrote:

> Thinking it could be the mother. Check out

So, what's that? ...kind of a vinegar placenta? Eeooww.... "o

nb

Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:55:53 GMT, "kilikini"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>Bought a new bottle of rice vinegar about a month and a half ago. I've used
>>maybe, I'd say, 4 tablespoons for sushi and also for a cucumber salad.
>>Opened the cupboard today and it has this transparent filmy substance on the
>>bottom of the bottle.
>>
>>Isn't vinegar sterile? What is this muck? I'm obviously throwing the
>>bottle away, but I've never seen anything like this in a bottle of vinegar
>>before. It kind of looks like a thin jelly-fish.
>>
>>kili
>>
>
> Sounds like the vinegar "Mother"... Its supposed to be there, and it
> is what makes vinegar. The vinegar is good.
> A lot of really good vinegars will have this eventually, if not to
> begin with.
>
> Do a google search on vinegar mother, and it will give you a lot more
> information than I can.
>
> Christine

I have had red wine vinegar do that. I agree with christine, it's all good.

--

saerah

"It's not a gimmick, it's an incentive."- asterbark, afca

aware of the manifold possibilities of the future

"I think there's a clause in the Shaman's and Jujumen's Local #57 Union
contract that they have to have reciprocity for each other's shop rules."
-König Prüß

sarah bennett wrote:
> Christine Dabney wrote:
>> On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:55:53 GMT, "kilikini"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Bought a new bottle of rice vinegar about a month and a half ago.
>>> I've used maybe, I'd say, 4 tablespoons for sushi and also for a
>>> cucumber salad. Opened the cupboard today and it has this
>>> transparent filmy substance on the bottom of the bottle.
>>>
>>> Isn't vinegar sterile? What is this muck? I'm obviously throwing
>>> the bottle away, but I've never seen anything like this in a bottle
>>> of vinegar before. It kind of looks like a thin jelly-fish.
>>>
>>> kili
>>>
>>
>> Sounds like the vinegar "Mother"... Its supposed to be there, and it
>> is what makes vinegar. The vinegar is good.
>> A lot of really good vinegars will have this eventually, if not to
>> begin with.
>>
>> Do a google search on vinegar mother, and it will give you a lot more
>> information than I can.
>>
>> Christine
>
> I have had red wine vinegar do that. I agree with christine, it's all
> good.

Shake the bottle

Jill

On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:26:08 -0500, "jmcquown"
>Shake the bottle
>
>Jill
>
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Strain it, then use it.

Christine

Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:26:08 -0500, "jmcquown"
>> Shake the bottle
>>
>> Jill
>>
> NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
>
> Strain it, then use it.
>
> Christine

Sorry, I was being silly.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
> sarah bennett wrote:
>
>>Christine Dabney wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:55:53 GMT, "kilikini"
> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Bought a new bottle of rice vinegar about a month and a half ago.
>>>>I've used maybe, I'd say, 4 tablespoons for sushi and also for a
>>>>cucumber salad. Opened the cupboard today and it has this
>>>>transparent filmy substance on the bottom of the bottle.
>>>>
>>>>Isn't vinegar sterile? What is this muck? I'm obviously throwing
>>>>the bottle away, but I've never seen anything like this in a bottle
>>>>of vinegar before. It kind of looks like a thin jelly-fish.
>>>>
>>>>kili
>>>>
>>>
>>>Sounds like the vinegar "Mother"... Its supposed to be there, and it
>>>is what makes vinegar. The vinegar is good.
>>>A lot of really good vinegars will have this eventually, if not to
>>>begin with.
>>>
>>>Do a google search on vinegar mother, and it will give you a lot more
>>>information than I can.
>>>
>>>Christine
>>
>>I have had red wine vinegar do that. I agree with christine, it's all
>>good.
>
>
> Shake the bottle
>
> Jill
>
>

ew.

--

saerah

"It's not a gimmick, it's an incentive."- asterbark, afca

aware of the manifold possibilities of the future

"I think there's a clause in the Shaman's and Jujumen's Local #57 Union
contract that they have to have reciprocity for each other's shop rules."
-König Prüß

On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:55:53 GMT, "kilikini"
> wrote:

>Isn't vinegar sterile? What is this muck? I'm obviously throwing the
>bottle away, but I've never seen anything like this in a bottle of vinegar
>before. It kind of looks like a thin jelly-fish.

One of the recent "Good Eats" was about vinegar--I'd never heard of
the 'mother' until seeing that.

It'll be shown again on Nov. 24th.
--
-denny-

"I don't like it when a whole state starts
acting like a marital aid."
"John R. Campbell" in a Usenet post.

"Denny Wheeler" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:55:53 GMT, "kilikini"
> > wrote:
>
> >Isn't vinegar sterile? What is this muck? I'm obviously throwing the
> >bottle away, but I've never seen anything like this in a bottle of
vinegar
> >before. It kind of looks like a thin jelly-fish.
>
> One of the recent "Good Eats" was about vinegar--I'd never heard of
> the 'mother' until seeing that.
>
> It'll be shown again on Nov. 24th.
> --

We usually watch Good Eats anyway, so I'll have to remember Nov. 24th.
Thanks!

kili

"Debbie" > wrote in message
.. .
>
> "kilikini" > wrote in message
> m...
> | Bought a new bottle of rice vinegar about a month and a half ago. I've
> used
> | maybe, I'd say, 4 tablespoons for sushi and also for a cucumber salad.
> | Opened the cupboard today and it has this transparent filmy substance on
> the
> | bottom of the bottle.
> |
> | Isn't vinegar sterile? What is this muck? I'm obviously throwing the
> | bottle away, but I've never seen anything like this in a bottle of
vinegar
> | before. It kind of looks like a thin jelly-fish.
> |
> Thinking it could be the mother. Check out
>
> http://www.solutions.uiuc.edu/conten...Parents=0%7C28
>
> Debbie

My first thought too.





Shaun aRe

kilikini wrote:
> "Denny Wheeler" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:55:53 GMT, "kilikini"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Isn't vinegar sterile? What is this muck? I'm obviously throwing
>>> the bottle away, but I've never seen anything like this in a bottle
>>> of vinegar before. It kind of looks like a thin jelly-fish.
>>
>> One of the recent "Good Eats" was about vinegar--I'd never heard of
>> the 'mother' until seeing that.
>>
>> It'll be shown again on Nov. 24th.
>> --
>
> We usually watch Good Eats anyway, so I'll have to remember Nov. 24th.
> Thanks!
>
> kili

You should be able to remember it... it's Thanksgiving Day! Are you going
to be at home?

Jill