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Where can I buy plain (distilled?) vinegar?

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  • #62
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,654 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Mellor wrote: »
    I buy a small bottle of 15% acetic acid in the asian shop.
    Essentially triple strength, white vinegar. It would be diluted to a normal strength, or probably used as-is, seing at it gets diluted anyway.

    I have this in my [Canadian] kitchen right now:

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    It's 5% acetic acid.

    According to this, both white vinegar and distilled vinegar as suitable for cleaning etc. However, white vinegar is usually stronger, so it works a little better. You wouldn't put generally white vinegar on your food, I'd imagine. But distilled vinegar is weaker so can be used for food and pickling etc.
    1. White and distilled are types of vinegar. They differ fundamentally in their acetic acid content.
    2. White, also known as spirit vinegar, has 5% to 20% acetic acid. This is generally higher as compared to distilled vinegar’s 5%-8%.
    3. White is made by natural fermentation of sugar cane extract or by combining acetic acid with water. Distilled can be made from any time of vinegar, wherein more ethanol is separated from the base mixture.
    4. Both distilled and white can be used in cooking, cleaning, food preservation, and for medical and laboratory purposes. However, since white is stronger than its counterpart, it is more suitable for cleaning and disinfecting. Distilled vinegar, on the other hand, is better for cooking, flavoring, food preservation and as a natural home remedy.
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  • #63
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 38,998 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Faith wrote: »
    I have this in my [Canadian] kitchen right now:

    It's 5% acetic acid.

    According to this, both white vinegar and distilled vinegar as suitable for cleaning etc. However, white vinegar is usually stronger, so it works a little better. You wouldn't put generally white vinegar on your food, I'd imagine. But distilled vinegar is weaker so can be used for food and pickling etc.
    5% is pretty weak though. Same as the standard vinegar for chips. I'd imagine the white/spirit vinegar by Heinz in the OP is for eating.

    The stuff I have is 15%. Bought in the food section of an asian supermarket. I've use it for food only. :eek:
    I use cheap stuff in the washing machine sometimes.


  • #64
    cooperdunlea
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭cooperdunlea


    Not yet. I'll see if I can find one.


  • #65
    raemie10
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭raemie10


    I bought this - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00TZT6GQE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 primarily for cleaning (also bought a giant container of bicarb soda)

    I find vinegar amazing for getting the stench out of dog blankets etc (and of course for doggie accidents!)


  • #66
    Speedwell
    Registered Users Posts: 3,809 ✭✭✭Speedwell


    Today I was in Dublin for a certification test at the New Horizons facility, and I just found concentrated spirit vinegar (25%, dilute with five times the amount of water before use) at the Han Sung Market just below it (it's also known as Han Yang and I bet the restaurant in the back makes the best Korean/Chinese food on the island), on the bottom shelf near the rice vinegars.


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