Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:55:53 GMT, "kilikini"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>Bought a new bottle of rice vinegar about a month and a half ago. I've used
>>maybe, I'd say, 4 tablespoons for sushi and also for a cucumber salad.
>>Opened the cupboard today and it has this transparent filmy substance on the
>>bottom of the bottle.
>>
>>Isn't vinegar sterile? What is this muck? I'm obviously throwing the
>>bottle away, but I've never seen anything like this in a bottle of vinegar
>>before. It kind of looks like a thin jelly-fish.
>>
>>kili
>>
>
> Sounds like the vinegar "Mother"... Its supposed to be there, and it
> is what makes vinegar. The vinegar is good.
> A lot of really good vinegars will have this eventually, if not to
> begin with.
>
> Do a google search on vinegar mother, and it will give you a lot more
> information than I can.
>
> Christine

I have had red wine vinegar do that. I agree with christine, it's all good.

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