"l not -l" wrote in message ...


On 28-Nov-2018, "Ophelia" > wrote:

> On Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 2:36:07 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > On Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at 5:33:56 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > >
> > > I am at a loss to understand why you have produce cheaper vinegar! A
> > > bottle
> > > of Sarsen's vinegar.here costs around 70p which is a little more then
> > > half
> > > of £1
> >
> > I was eating at my dad's house and my Swedish step-mom made some
> > cucumbers
> > in vinegar. She asked me where she could get acetic acid. She didn't
> > care
> > for the stuff in America because they had a peculiar taste and at 4.5%
> > acidity, it was too weak. She was looking for a 24% or 12% concentration
> > level. She said that you could only get 12% acetic acid in Sweden
> > because
> > at
> > 24%, "accidents" would occur.
> >
> > Accidents indeed - that stuff is dangerous! In chemistry class, I once
> > stuck
> > my nose in a bottle of glacial acetic acid and that snapped my head
> > back.
> > It
> > forever changed my approach to smelling unknown chemicals. A most
> > excellent
> > lesson!
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJXSLmYlvIQ
> >
> > ==
> >
> > Good grief! I take it you think Sarsen's is safe enough?
>
> If it's like the stuff sold in the US, it'll be around a 5% acidity level.
>
> That's fairly safe. Near as I can tell, the Swedes have some use for
> vinegar
> at higher concentrations. I can get 24% vinegar at the Korean market - my
> guess is that you don't want to get that stuff on your skin. I was
> surprised
> that she called vinegar "acetic acid." She used to work in a lab so maybe
> that's the reason.
>
> My guess is that Sarson malt vinegar is not diluted acetic acid but beer
> that is allowed to turn. My step-mom is looking for for something
> completely
> flavorless so diluted industrial acetic acid might be her cup of tea.
>
> ==
>
> I don't know about acidity stuff, I just know I like it and yes, it did
> clean old coins)

Saliva is a marvelous thing; one of its jobs is to maintain the ph of the
mouth. Put a few drops of vinegar or lemon juice in your mouth and what
happens? Your mouth is flooded with saliva to adjust the ph to a safe
level. The amount of vinegar a normal, or even slightly abnormal, person
would use in and on food is easily accommodated by a healthy person's body.

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