Rice Vinegar Question

"kilikini" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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| 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.
|
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Debbie

kilikini said:

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

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kilikini said:

Bought a new bottle of rice vinegar about a month and a half ago. I've

used

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"kilikini" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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| 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

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| before. It kind of looks like a thin jelly-fish.
|
Thinking it could be the mother. Check out

http://www.solutions.uiuc.edu/content.cfm?series=3&item=295&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

kilikini said:

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

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kilikini said:

Bought a new bottle of rice vinegar about a month and a half ago. I've

used

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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

Debbie said:

Thinking it could be the mother. Check out

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

nb

Christine Dabney said:

On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:26:08 -0500, "jmcquown"

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Shake the bottle 🙂

Jill

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Strain it, then use it.

Christine

Sorry, I was being silly.

Jill

jmcquown said:

sarah bennett said:

Christine Dabney said:

On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:55:53 GMT, "kilikini"
<[email hidden]> 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.

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kilikini said:

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.

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"kilikini" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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| 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

Quoted message said:

| before. It kind of looks like a thin jelly-fish.
|
Thinking it could be the mother. Check out

http://www.solutions.uiuc.edu/content.cfm?series=3&item=295&Parents=0%7C28

Debbie

My first thought too.

Shaun aRe