Guest guest Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I had some left over red wine, so put it in a wide-mouthed jar with a cover and left it...I agitated it every day for a while, many weeks anyway, and then I just left it...Now it has been maybe two months, and I have a solid mass, somewhat like a kombucha culture in the jar. It smells very strong. So strong I can't even tell you of what, because it twists my head to smell it....Does anyone know what I've created, and also what I can do with it? Thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 You just make some wine vinegar, the solid is the " mother " . You can use the vinegar on your salads. Keep adding wine, but keep the mother and you will have always good, non pasturised wine vinegar. If it is too strong for your taste, mix with water in your decanting bottle. Enjoy ________________________________ From: karin_aspiraling <aspiraling@...> nutrition Sent: Wed, April 20, 2011 2:32:21 PM Subject: enwine I had some left over red wine, so put it in a wide-mouthed jar with a cover and left it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Vinegar, probably. The mass at the top is a scoby, like in kombucha, usually called the " mother of vinegar " . Typically wine that can get air to it makes vinegar, and you don't have to shake it. If the mother gets submerged, it can die. So I float mine on corks in a sun tea bottle, and decant from the spigot. Good wine vinegar is amazingly good! I did have one mother go bad, and the vinegar didn't taste good, but usually it smells like very strong, very good vinegar. I decant it into another jar with a handful of garlic cloves and let it sit, then decant *that* into an old vinegar shaker/pourer bottle and have it on salads. Or in recipes, although of course it is very RED. Also I give it as gifts. On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 5:32 AM, karin_aspiraling <aspiraling@...>wrote: > I had some left over red wine, so put it in a wide-mouthed jar with a cover > and left it...I agitated it every day for a while, many weeks anyway, and > then I just left it...Now it has been maybe two months, and I have a solid > mass, somewhat like a kombucha culture in the jar. It smells very strong. > So strong I can't even tell you of what, because it twists my head to smell > it....Does anyone know what I've created, and also what I can do with it? > > Thank you!! > > > -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Where or how can I get a vinegar mother? I'd LOVE to make my own red wine vinegar - good stuff at the store is too expensive. Kathleen ________________________________ From: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 You can get an " official " mother from many homebrew stores. Add that to some wine, in a vinegar container (anything dark where oxygen can get in) and it will make vinegar. I use a " sun tea " bottle from the store, with some cloth glued over the pour hole at the top. Which was easy and cheap, and it's lasted 10 years so far. Or ... take half a bottle of wine, cover it with a piece of cloth and a rubber band, put it somewhere dark, and forget about it for a month or six (the traditional way ...). Wine really wants to turn into vinegar! All it needs is a little air. And something to keep the bugs out. On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Kathleen <kathleencsa@...>wrote: > Where or how can I get a vinegar mother? I'd LOVE to make my own red wine > vinegar - good stuff at the store is too expensive. > > Kathleen > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Does the quality of wine make a difference? A cloth glued to the pour hole of a sun tea jar??? I can't picture that Kathleen Sent from my iPod On Apr 20, 2011, at 10:52 PM, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:57 PM, Kathleen <kathleencsa@...>wrote: > Does the quality of wine make a difference? > Purists would say yes. But I can't tell. > > A cloth glued to the pour hole of a sun tea jar??? I can't picture that > Well, there is a lid on the sun tea jar. It has a little spout-hole, for pouring out the top I guess, with a little plastic lid on it. Now, if I open the cap, air can get in. So can flies. So, I took a bit of scrap cotton cloth, and just glued it over the hole. If your jar doesn't have a hole in the lid, you can just cut one out with a box-cutter-type knife. Or a drill, if you are inclined. You could also just put a cloth over the jar with a rubber-band. I don't like to have a LOT of air contact because the vinegar will evaporate, and it smells rather pungent as it is. However, if it evaporates it gets more and more condensed, which I think is part of the balsamic vinegar making process. > > Kathleen > > Sent from my iPod > > On Apr 20, 2011, at 10:52 PM, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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