Every once in a while, I make some homemade mayonnaise, but more often than
that, I just get lazy and buy a jar. Well, anyway, the recipe I use has a
tsp of lemon juice and a tsp of vinegar. I usually just use regular white
vinegar, my mom tells me that the acidic stuff is not really there for
flavor, but to stabilize the emulsion. I decided to use balsamic vinegar to
see if it would add some flavor anyway. It didn't really, I guess it is in
too small a proportion to have very much effect on the flavor.

I just looked more closely at the bottle of balsamic vinegar I bought, and
the ingredients list reads: "grape must, wine vinegar, carmel color,
contains naturally occurring sulfites." Is this what balsamic vinegar is,
souped up wine vinegar, or did I accidentally get some sort of
pseudo-balsamic vinegar.

The label says it is made in Italy, it even says "balsamic vinegar of
Modena, Italy," but I guess that doesnt really mean anything.

Brian Christiansen