On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 11:39:13 -0600, US Janet >
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>On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 12:06:12 -0400, Sheldon Martin >
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>>Vinegar has about a two year shelf life, and it begins to get cloudy,
>>won't harm you but begins to look sickly. I buy white vinegar in
>>gallon bottles and usually can use it all before it clouds. Any
>>begins to cloud I use it for cleaning, good to remove mineral deposits
>>on faucets, shower heads, and glass shower doors.
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>That is the "Mother" beginning to form. Many people cherish the
>mother to use in making their own vinegar by adding wine.
>From Wiki: "Mother of vinegar can also form in store-bought vinegar if
>there is some non-fermented sugar and/or alcohol contained in the
>vinegar. This is more common in unpasteurized vinegar. While not
>appetizing in appearance, mother of vinegar is completely harmless and
>the surrounding vinegar does not have to be discarded because of it.
>It can be filtered out using a coffee filter, used to start a bottle
>of vinegar, or simply ignored."
>A neighbor keeps a Mother in a jug. It gets all the leftover wine.
>Janet US

Vinegar *might* develop mother, an I certainly recall seeing it when I
was a kid....you know, 60+ years ago.

Frankly, most of my vinegars will outlive me.

https://www.eatbydate.com/other/cond...-vinegar-last/