Vinegar


 
 
Vinegar

Vinegar (from Old French vinaigre "sour wine") is a sour liquid

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made from the oxidation of ethanol in wine, cider, beer, fruit juice, or nearly any other liquid containing sugar. Vinegar is typically three to five percent by volume acetic acid, and natural vinegars also contain smaller amounts of tartaric acid, citric acid, and others. It has been used since ancient times and is an important element in European, Asian, and other traditional cuisines of the world.

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Old French: Old French is a term sometimes used to refer to the langue d'oïl, the continuum of varieties of Romance language spoken in territories corresponding roughly to the northern half of modern France and parts of Belgium and Switzerland during the period roughly from 1000 to 1300 A.D....

Liquid: A liquid (a phase of matter) is a fluid whose volume is fixed under conditions of constant temperature and pressure; and, whose shape is usually determined by the container it fills. Furthermore, liquids exert pressure on the sides of a container as well as on anything within the liquid itself; this...

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Introduction
Production
Culinary uses
Types of vinegar
Non-culinary uses
See also
External links
 
FR: Vinaigre


 

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