Re: [CH] Caribbean sauce recipes (long)
Dave Drum (xrated@ameritech.net)
Wed, 13 Nov 2002 16:42:55 -0600
At 01:34 PM 11/13/2002 -0800, Doug Irvine wrote:
>>Many of the recipes call for malt vinegar -- do you think they mean the
>>"fish and chips" type, or are they referring to something else (cider
>>vinegar)? I have often found that in older cookbooks, some of the
>>nomenclature can be quite a bit different to that which we currently use.
>Matt et al....Malt vinegar is the old English fish and chip vinegar, still
>used here in Canada, as it likely is in other former British colonies. It
>has a much different flavour than "white" or pickling vinegar, and it is
>indispensible in REAL fish & chips, which can still be found in a good old
>fashioned Fish & Chip joint. Because of the fact that there is a very
>predominant English(read Limey!)population in Victoria BC there are still
>some of these around. Cheers, Doug in BC
In the Lower 48 provinces we can get Heinz Malt Vinegar at most
stupormarkups. I have a rapidly depleting bottle in my cupboard.
Alternatively, one can go to a Long John Silver's and allow the bottle of
malt vinegar to jump into one's pocket and follow you home. <GGG>
ENJOY!!!
Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
Home of Hardin Cider & Yaaaaa Hoooo Ahhhhh Hot Sauce!!!