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Vinegar. A variety of flavored vinegars, for culinary use, on sale in France. Vinegar (from Old French vyn egre 'sour wine ') is an aqueous solution of acetic acid and trace compounds that may include flavorings. Vinegar typically contains from 5% to 18% acetic acid by volume. [1] Usually, the acetic acid is produced by a double fermentation ...
Since vinegar is often made from fruit, it contains polyphenols — compounds in plants that are strong antioxidants. The darker the vinegar, the more polyphenols, Johnston says. The darker the ...
Apple cider vinegar, or cider vinegar, is a vinegar made from cider, [3] and used in salad dressings, marinades, vinaigrettes, food preservatives, and chutneys. [4] It is made by crushing apples, then squeezing out the juice. The apple juice is then fermented by yeast which converts the sugars in the juice to ethanol.
The Columbian exchange, also known as the Columbian interchange, was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, precious metals, commodities, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the New World (the Americas) in the Western Hemisphere, and the Old World (Afro-Eurasia) in the Eastern Hemisphere, in the late 15th and following centuries. [1]
2. Red Wine Vinegar. Red wine vinegar is made by fermenting red wine so that the alcohol turns into acetic acid. This results in a tangy and sour vinegar with a lovely rose-red color. Red wine ...
Sorghum bicolor, commonly called sorghum[2] (/ ˈsɔːrɡəm /) and also known as great millet, [3] broomcorn, [4] guinea corn, [5] durra, [6] imphee, [7] jowar, [8] or milo, [9] is a species in the grass genus Sorghum cultivated for its grain. The grain is used for food for humans; the plant is used for animal feed and ethanol production.
Trichostema lanceolatum is an annual herbaceous wildflower, growing under 1 metre (3.3 ft) in height. [1][6] The soft-hairy foliage has lanceolate leaves, 0.8–3 inches (2.0–7.6 cm) long. In hot weather the vinegar smell of the plant becomes intense as the oils in the tissues permeate the air. The bilaterally symmetrical flowers, of pale ...
A bottle and bowl of sherry vinegar produced in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Sherry vinegar (Spanish: vinagre de Jerez) is a gourmet wine vinegar made from sherry.It is produced in the Spanish province of Cádiz and inside the triangular area between the city of Jerez de la Frontera and towns of Sanlúcar de Barrameda and El Puerto de Santa María, known as the "sherry triangle".