Soaking ginger in vinegar is a way to maintain health. It is recommended to use mature vinegar.

Mature vinegar

Vinegar that is stored for a long time after brewing. Dark brown, clear liquid, mellow vinegar taste, less precipitation, long storage time, and not easy to deteriorate. Shanxi mature vinegar is one of the four famous vinegars in China. Sorghum is the main ingredient. First add a large amount of distiller's yeast, ferment it with low-temperature alcohol, and then mix in the rice bran and ferment it with acetic acid. Half of the vinegar fermented grains are smoked, and the other half is drenched with vinegar. The resulting vinegar liquid is used to soak the smoked fermented grains to obtain new vinegar. The new vinegar is then made through long-term aging and concentration processes of sun-drying in summer and ice fishing in winter. The mature vinegar produced in Qingxu County won the first prize for high-quality products at the 1924 Panama International Exposition.

Main functions

Vinegar is a fermented sour liquid condiment that has been consumed in my country for more than 2,000 years. There are many types of vinegar, among which rice vinegar and mature vinegar are the best. Vinegar is one of the main condiments in cooking. It is mainly sour, aromatic, and widely used. It is the main raw material of sweet and sour flavor. It can remove fishy smell and relieve greasiness, increase umami and aroma, reduce the loss of vitamin C during the heating process of food, and can also dissolve calcium in cooking ingredients to facilitate human body absorption.

Mature vinegar is a type of vinegar. The raw materials and preliminary process are the same as ordinary vinegar, but it has gone through an aging process, such as the traditional "sun-drying in summer and freezing in winter" process. Its vinegar contains less water, has a rich color, and a fragrant taste. Its quality is unmatched by other vinegars, and it can be stored for a long time, so it is called mature vinegar, such as Shanxi mature vinegar.

Adding a little vinegar when cooking dishes not only makes the dishes crispy, tender and delicious, but also removes the fishy smell and protects the nutrients in them. However, people who are taking certain drugs, such as sulfa drugs, alkaline drugs, antibiotics, and traditional Chinese medicine that relieves symptoms of inflammation and sweating, should not consume vinegar.