Balsamic vinegar and aged vinegar have different raw materials, different people who like them, different tastes and different uses. Balsamic vinegar has fragrance, sweetness, stronger color and fresher taste. Aged vinegar has heavier vinegar flavor, darker color and longer brewing time.

The main raw material of aged vinegar is sorghum, and the main raw material of balsamic vinegar is glutinous rice. Vinegar is a kind of seasoning that we are more familiar with, and there can be many kinds of vinegar, aged vinegar and balsamic vinegar are one of them. Aged vinegar is a kind of brewing vinegar, which is made from sorghum, fermented by big currant and finally brewed to get aged vinegar. Balsamic vinegar is a kind of brewing vinegar, which is mainly made from glutinous rice, through fermentation, and then brewed to get balsamic vinegar.

Those who like aged vinegar are basically northerners, because northerners have a heavier taste, because the place where they live is cold, especially in winter when the climate is cold, so they like to eat some flavorful seasonings. When northern people eat dumplings, they like to use aged vinegar, adding some aged vinegar will be especially flavorful. Southern people like to eat balsamic vinegar, because the taste of balsamic vinegar is not the same as aged vinegar, its taste is not particularly heavy, and there is some slight sweetness, so it is very popular with southern people. Southerners like sweet food very much, so the taste of balsamic vinegar is more suitable for southerners, and southerners will also dip balsamic vinegar when they eat xiaolongbao.

Both aged vinegar and balsamic vinegar are brewing vinegar, which are stored for a long time, but their flavors are different. Aged vinegar has a more acidic taste because it has been aged for a longer time, so it has a heavier color and a heavier taste, and aged vinegar is more acidic than balsamic vinegar. It is because of the sour taste of aged vinegar that many people in the north like to eat it, mixing noodles, eating dumplings, eating buns, all of which use aged vinegar. The flavor of balsamic vinegar is slightly sour and sweet, which is more in line with the taste of southerners. Balsamic vinegar is not so acidic, and southerners like light, the flavor of balsamic vinegar is like this, so southerners like balsamic vinegar very much, balsamic vinegar is quite popular in the southern area. One side of the water and soil to raise one side of the people, these two different condiments, each have different people like.

Aged vinegar is usually used for coloring, because the color of aged vinegar is heavier and the sour taste is heavier, so you can use aged vinegar to make sweet and sour pork, aged vinegar mackerel and so on. Balsamic vinegar can be used for cold dishes, many cold dishes are using balsamic vinegar, because this kind of vinegar flavor is not too acidic, and some slightly sweet, you can make very refreshing cold dishes. Aged vinegar has a heavy acidic taste and color, which is suitable for coloring and dipping, and balsamic vinegar has a slightly acidic and slightly sweet taste, which is suitable for coleslaw.