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Vinegar

When I was a child, I spent a lot of time in the kitchen with my mother.
She liked to cook and so did I. Because of this, I learned my way around the
kitchen. I knew the place for everything, and I knew the uses of most
everything. There was only one paradox, in my knowledge of the kitchen: vinegar.
My mother had one bottle of vinegar for as long as I can remember. She never
used it in cooking, or taught me how to for that matter. Our bottle of White
Wine Vinegar sat in our cupboard: on the bottom shelf, enigmatically, untouched,
detached. I knew that my mother wouldn't have it without reason. It was in the
kitchen, so I concluded that it must be some sort of, rarely used, ...

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a bottle that I recognized as
having sage in it. I took a look at the label. On the label were listed the
ingredients: sage, rosemary, and southernwood leaves. When I read the front of
the bottle, I was surprised to find that I was looking at an herbal vinegar hair
rinse. Before this I never knew that such a thing existed. After my experience
at the mall, I became aware that vinegar didn't just belong in the kitchen.
This intrigued me. I decided to find out more about vinegar and its uses.
Nobody knows the exact origins of vinegar, but there are many stories
and beliefs surrounding this strange liquid.(Oster 3) The Roman Army was
recorded to have mixed vinegar with water to make a sort of Gatorade for the
soldiers. In the eighteenth and nineteenth century United States, similar
drinks known as "shrubs" or "switchels" were made by field laborers. To make
these drinks, they mixed either fruit juices or water, with sometimes salt, and
fruit-flavored vinegars.(Oster 4) The ...

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Added: 7/27/2005 11:58:16 PM
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