On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:30:33 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>>
>> it's good you put in 'provided you can get all the ingredients.' i
>> might not have something like white wine vinegar on hand (just to pick
>> an
>> example. one of the other half-dozen vinegars will have to do).
>
> Yup - that's why I put that in. I've seen plenty of recipes posted here
> that call for ingredients that aren't readily available over here - and
> I either have to ask the group what to substitute (or look it up on
> that "Cook's Thesaurus" website. Nifty site that, I hafta admit).
>
> Heh. I just checked my cupboards. At the moment I have 4 types of
> vinegar: white wine, red wine, balsamic and a bottle of clear vinegar
> that just claims to be 'grape' vinegar (don't ask me what kind of
> grape, it doesn't say. <grin>
>
> I also have a bottle of very el cheapo 'spirit' vinegar - but that only
> gets used for de-scaling the lime build-up from my tea kettle element -
> and cleaning other stuff in the kitchen, not for cooking or salad
> dressings...

i have a bottle of white that i only bought fairly recently to clean stuff.
there aren't many food items i'd use it in, preferring something more
interesting.

your pal,
blake