"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
...
> 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

Huh, okay, thanks, Christine.

kili