tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471001172513022714.post8602769107856508232..comments2015-02-23T22:22:48.376+00:00Comments on green families: creating a greener world: Baby StepsGreen Familieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635246072465826713noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471001172513022714.post-64914337378329129522010-05-31T21:21:24.936+01:002010-05-31T21:21:24.936+01:00Hi, Steph!
Great question! I think distilled malt...Hi, Steph!<br /><br />Great question! I think distilled malt vinegar is made by malting barley, causing the starch in the grain to turn to maltose. Then an ale is brewed from the maltose and allowed to turn into vinegar, which is then aged. The distillation process removes the colouring and changes the flavour.<br /><br />"White vinegar is typically a distillate of ethyl alcohol. with water added. The ethyl alcohol in turn is typically made from corn or unmalted grain. It is, to a certain extent, little more than dilute acetic acid. It is, quite literally, the cheapest of the cheap."<br /><br />I was completely confused by the lack of plain white vinegar when I first moved here. During one visit back home, I even lugged regular vinegar back to the UK - how's that for a carbon footprint?! I've since found "clear vinegar" (as the ladies from How Clean is your House call it) here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000TAN7PG/ref=s9_simh_gw_p79_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=082NT6CZJYGTFV17JWAJ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467198433&pf_rd_i=468294 <br />or you can also get it in a 5 L size http://www.summernaturals.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=341<br /><br />That being said I do use the distilled malt vinegar to clean the kettle. (Let me tell you how much I hate limscale!!) It does the job and I'm happy. I just make sure and use the plain white vinegar for cleaning that requires a bit of germ killing!<br /><br />Phew. That was long - winded. Might take your question to be a separate blog post as it is a good one.Green Familieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00635246072465826713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471001172513022714.post-68961890605562548462010-05-31T20:17:14.159+01:002010-05-31T20:17:14.159+01:00Hi Jess, what vinegar do you use? Back in Oz we wo...Hi Jess, what vinegar do you use? Back in Oz we would use white vinegar and get it in big litre or 2 litre bottles but I can't find it here in the UK - does distilled malt vinegar do the same thing and have you found anywhere to buy it in bigger than the 500ml bottles from the supermarket?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03366618637955341409noreply@blogger.com