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• n  sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative
• n  dilute acetic acid

• But if one looks at documentary footage of her from that period, one can still feel the spit and vinegar of the fiery peasant woman who began her fashion revolution against society .
• And in Japan, dark foods like black vinegar drinks, black soy milk and black sesame breakfast cereals are currently so popular that Hagen-Dazs even sells a black sesame ice cream.
• MADISON, Wisconsin: Scientists have found ordinary vinegar in a stellar cloud 25,000 light years from earth, a discovery that may help explain the formation of life.

• acetum

News & Articles

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• Lard pie crust
  Makes one 9-inch double-crust pie 2 1/2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup cold lard 1/3 cup ice water 2 tablespoons cider vinegar Extra flour (for sprinkling) 1 recipe mixed blueberry filling (see recipe) 1 tablespoon milk (for brushing) 1 tablespoon sugar (for sprinkling) 1. In a bowl, stir the flour and salt to mix them.        
  June 15, 2013 - Boston Globe
• Quick cuke pickles
  Many growers sell fresh white onions, which are more mild then regular onions. Use 2 fresh white onions or 1 white or sweet onion. The pickle is ready to eat after a couple hours in the fridge. It will keep for a week if you turn the slices in the vinegar from time to time. If you have pickling cukes, ...        
  June 15, 2013 - Boston Globe
• A simple test for a significant health issue
  I just read the most amazing article about detecting cervical cancer. A simple vinegar test, which can be taught to one or two women in the villages, has shown to save 150,000 lives in India.
  June 13, 2013 - Fox News

Quotes

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• Wojciech in Washington Post
  Wojciech Pstragowski, a rehabilitation specialist, said Grzewski was shocked at the changes in Poland's economy _ especially its stores: "He remembered shelves filled with mustard and vinegar only" under communism.
• Marc Dann in Columbus Dispatch
  Anytime you start to hold people accountable who have not had that for decades, if not centuries, people are going to start to be nervous,Dann said in an interview. "I think you get more bees with honey than with vinegar. I think we're...
• Alice Waters in Los Angeles Times
  What did we get from Darrell? Balsamic vinegar, white truffles and fantastic olive oils . . . and lots of beautiful ingredients from Amador County,says Alice Waters, founder of Berkeley's Chez Panisse. "Darrell opened my eyes to products...