Vinegar, one of the important condiments for the common people, especially in summer when making coleslaw, it is indispensable to have the participation of vinegar. When you eat dumplings, there is often a small dish next to it, and this small dish contains vinegar. Sometimes my friends joke that if I have vinegar in my house, who has dumplings in their house? If you go to Shanxi or have Shanxi friends around you, you will find that Shanxi people love vinegar even more, and sometimes you can even pour the vinegar directly into the bowl and drink it while eating, which is a bit unbelievable to watch.

In the supermarket condiment shelves, you will find more varieties of vinegar, vinegar, balsamic vinegar, rice vinegar, dumpling vinegar, white vinegar, etc., which is a bit dazzling, do not know how to choose, can not buy a bottle of each kind of right? In fact, the choice of vinegar should be based on their own needs, and different vinegars have different uses?

Vinegar

Vinegar is mainly from Shanxi, which is famous for its habit of eating vinegar. An ordinary family may not eat a bottle of vinegar in a month, while Shanxi people may finish this bottle of vinegar in a week. Aged vinegar is thick brown in color and made by fermenting sorghum as the main raw material. Its brewing method is different from other vinegars, which is brewed by solid acetic acid fermentation, smoked spirits, aging and other processes after alcoholic fermentation, and new vinegar aging instead of cluster spirits aging. Aged vinegar has a strong acidic taste, suitable for highlighting the sour taste and darker color dishes, such as old vinegar peanut rice should choose to eat aged vinegar.

Rice Vinegar

Rice Vinegar is made from glutinous rice as the main raw material, with the color of rosy red or beige, and the sour taste is mellow and slightly sweet. Rice vinegar is suitable for a wide range of dishes, whether you are stir-frying or making cold dishes, rice vinegar can be well matched with the dishes. Compared with other vinegars, the flavor of rice vinegar is more acceptable, and it is also a kind of vinegar product that is consumed more by the common people.

Balsamic Vinegar

Balsamic Vinegar is best known as Zhenjiang Vinegar, which focuses on a unique aroma than other kinds of vinegar. Zhenjiang vinegar is darker in color, also known as black vinegar, and it is described in ancient times? Its color is like gold, its taste is like plum? , although black, but the color is translucent, not only fragrant, but also slightly sweet, which is also one of its characteristics. Zhenjiang balsamic vinegar is more why it is eaten as dipping vinegar, when eating dumplings, many people will take a small bowl and pour vinegar on it, this time the balsamic vinegar is the best choice, which is more able to bring out the flavor of the food.

White Vinegar

White Vinegar is made from rice or glutinous rice, and its biggest feature is that it has no color, and it is also the vinegar with the lowest calorie content, basically there are only two components, acetic acid and water, and the content of various nutrients is at the end of the vinegar family. White vinegar is mainly used in some light-colored dishes, such as vinegared shredded potatoes to use white vinegar.

Different vinegar has different ways of use, for vinegar, its biggest effect is used to flavor, not only appetizing can also reduce the food glycemic index, that is, to slow down the rate of increase in blood glucose, but also bactericidal effect. Vinegar is a kind of seasoning, and does not have the effect of softening blood vessels and lowering blood pressure. Vinegar should not be consumed directly and the daily intake should not be excessive. It is recommended that the daily intake is less than or equal to 6ml is most suitable, in order to prevent the pursuit of health care properties of vinegar in a broad sense, and lead to let their bodies due to the wrong to eat, eat more vinegar and be harmed!