We got a nice stoneware crock with a tap at the bottom at Sur la Table. We
started it with a mother from a freind of ours, and we add the dregs of wine
bottles and glasses; sometimes we buy not so great wine for cooking and the
crock.

We try to add some wine every week, but we don't measure anything or even
see the mother.

It makes wonderful vinegar. Just toss in plenty of wine, and make lots of
salad dressing and marinades.

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Louis Cohen
Living la vida loca at N37° 43' 7.9" W122° 8' 42.8"


"Steve Shapson" > wrote in message
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> Anyone out there who is very knowledgable making vinegar, I need your
help.
>
> I have some red wine vinegar aging. The mother culture keeps getting
larger
> and larger, each time I add more wine and water.
>
> I now have about half gallon of pure mother vinegar culture. Should I
throw
> out most of it and just use a little to make more vinegar?
>
> Can I be using too large of a mother vinegar culture to make small batches
> of vinegar?
>
> Is there a formula which I can follow that tells me how much mother
culture
> to how much wine/water?
>
> --
> Steve Shapson
>
>