VINEGAR POLL - poll of vinegars

balsamic for salad, rice for cooking

malt or balsamic. Anything else can fuck off.

It all depends on the application. I can't pick just one.

*swigs his bottle of acv*
*votes*

The most underrated of these is distilled white, tho. Great in salads. Does amazing things when you put garlic and tarragon in it overnight. Cheap enough that you can splash it around the room, water the plants etc.

hah your acv posts from today reminded me i wanted to make this poll

Apple cider.

ACV for catching bugs and for beauty purps
Red wine for salads
White for laundry
Balsamic for tomatoes

Really vinegar is a miracle liquid, sent from the gods.

truth

Balsamic, no doubt about it. Great for caprese, great for cooking. There is none higher.

if only it were alcoholic

http://i.imgur.com/RRM2CBP.jpg

all the other vinegars can fuck off, right

io otm
vinegar is one of the 5 most useful liquids to a decent human existence, water being at the obvious top of the list

water
vinegar
mountain dew
olive oil
soy sauce

amirite? wait, is ketchup a liquid y/n

blech
no

no rice vinegar?

balsamic rather overrated imo

yeah i'm tired of balsamic. rice is in the poll options if that is what you are asking?

It all depends on the application. I can't pick just one.

― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Tuesday, August 20, 2013 7:38 PM (1 hour ago)

^^^ This. I'll probably vote ACV, but I have, like, 10 different kinds of vinegar in the pantry for different applications.

Plain white vinegar is better as a cleaning product than for consumption.

oh i'm sorry i missed it

love rice vinegar as a soup finisher and a light dressing base

balsamic is just so overpowering, and super expensive to boot

does kombucha count as a vinegar? doesn't win any poll round this house but I like it just the same

Balsamic + strawberries is a nice treat

wikipedia tells us that there is in fact kombucha vinegar, who knew

i used to work at a store that sold the really expensive balsamic from modena ($100+ per bottle)

one time the bosses cracked one open for christmas and drizzled some on vanilla ice cream and chopped strawberries

now that was good

i think it was like 12 year aged

I agree that balsamic is too strong/notable for all dressings--I prefer red wine vin or, frankly, lemon juice for acid in a salad. But for tomatoes, specifically, there's not much point in substituting another acid for balsamic.

sherry vinegar is also really good in dressings

sherry vinegar is really wonderful. i like it for brightening up vegetables if i'm not in the mood for citrus.

Oh, I forgot about sherry vinegar! Yes.

ugh this is maybe the most difficult poll EVER

I love all of the vinegars! staff of life etc!

Pok Pok makes this super good honey drinking vinegar, so nice.

I can't pick just one; it's impossible.

This waiter at a local chain restaurant kept saying BASLAMIC and we were all dying from it one time

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I bought a blueberry/blackberry drinking vinegar a couple of years ago and still haven't opened it. I need to try that stuff.

One that I got a few years ago that I was surprised to dislike: Datu Puti coconut vinegar.

Apple cider used to be my go-to vinegar, but these days I prefer balsamic

I have like 8 vinegars in the kitchen and none of them are malt but malt's the answer because malt on fries is life.

what is a "drinking vinegar"?

well people used to drink a glass before bed iirc, I had somebody tell me it was good to treat reflux but that sounded like handed-down nonsense information. I have used some vinegars in cocktails though, just a teaspoon, to nice effect

It's like a vinegar fruit syrup that you mix with water (or vodka). Was called a "shrub" (maybe still is somewhere). The honey one makes a tart lemonade-ish drink.

http://food52.com/recipes/21731-iranian-persian-sekahnjebin-vinegar-mint-summer-drink

Apple cider is, like me, versatile.

apple cider has played a role in every good barbecue sauce i've ever had. I'm down with ACV

I have like 8 vinegars in the kitchen and none of them are malt but malt's the answer because malt on fries is life.

― combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, August 25, 2013 8:19 PM (50 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i know! i don't have malt at home because i don't eat fries at home.

I can't wait til results come in and we can start our poll of oils

oh it's the same as a shrub! had a strawberry one earlier this summer, fucking delightful imo

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JUSTICE

i feel bad not voting up malt now

This is the correct result and I am most pleased.