Vinegar

[jglass]

I know that Cathy and I both love vinegar. I keep red wine, white wine, balsamic, red wine with garlic, malt, apple cider and plain white vinegar in the pantry. I love different types for different applications. Red wine is my favorite for making vinaigrette. Around here champagne vinegar is so expensive I have yet to try it.
Anyone else like vinegar? What are you favs?

[chubbyalaskagriz]

I do, janie! I keep white distilled which I use as much for cleaning as I do for cooking.

Like you, I like red wine or raspberry for vinaigrettes- and I prefer cider for most all else. I do keep balsamic but I rarely use it, and only time I've kept champagne at home was when I worked places that stocked it and I was able to smuggle a bottle home now and then!

[jfain]

I also love vinegar. I have a whole shelf in my kitchen with nothing but vinegars. I make all my own salad dressing so I need to have a lot of vinegars on hand. I have all the ones that you listed plus umbe plum, rice wine, sherry, tarragon, black rice and late harvest riesling vinegars. In addition to the normal balsamic I also have a teeny bottle of the really good stuff that I keep for finishing. It's as thick as honey.

[chubbyalaskagriz]

Oh yeah- rice wine vinegar too, jfain!

[jglass]

I forgot about rice wine vinegar. I have that one to but I keep it with my asian spices.
At Krogers sherry vinegar was like $10 a bottle I think and the champange was around $15. I had some coupons my mother in law gave me for $1 off a bottle of the Star brand red wine garlic and $1 off the balsamic. I usually just get what ever kind I find at Walmart.
Have you guys ever tried white vinegar and baking powder to clean out a clogged drain? It works great and it much cheaper than Drano.
Jon hates the smell of vinegar worse than anything lol.

[chubbyalaskagriz]

Oh- poor jon! I love the smell of it- I think it smells SO clean and fresh!

[jglass]

He frowns when ever he smells vinegar and says your eating salad again lol.
One of his buddies is way over six feet tall and about 300+ pounds and he loathes the smell of vinegar. You could chase him out of his house with a pickle lol.

[shipscook]

I have been known to say, I can clean the world with vinegar and baking soda.
that mix works very good on glass coffee carafes.
I use vinegar to clean windows.
use baking soda like scouring porder on things you don't want to scratch. will take up crayon marks, all sorts of stains. great for cleaning a dry erase board.
and soda is also great for brushing your teeth.

[CanMan]

I love vinegar and its benefits. I clean with it, I rinse my hair with it, cook with it, can goods with it, and I drink it.

I did find that Hornets/Wasps love the stuff too so don't squirt it at them. Ants and most others insects hate it.

[jfain]

Have you guys ever tried white vinegar and baking powder to clean out a clogged drain? It works great and it much cheaper than Drano.
Jon hates the smell of vinegar worse than anything lol.

I always use white vinegar and baking soda to clean my drains. It works like nothing else.