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  • This is non-brewed condiment.

  • It's water, ethanoic acid, plus a few colourings and flavourings.

  • And in almost the all the chip shops up and down Britain,

  • this is the "vinegar" you'll get on the counter.

  • And in the modern world, it has some advantages.

  • It can be made from a concentrate,

  • which is fine provided the owner of the chip shop

  • actually remembers to dilute it.

  • That went wrong a couple of times.

  • It's also halal, because there isn't the tiny amount of alcohol in it

  • that brewing regular vinegar causes.

  • And some brands of it are actually gluten-free,

  • which regular malt vinegar most definitely isn't.

  • I've seen this sold at a premium as "gluten-free vinegar".

  • But none of those are the reason that it's caught on.

  • There are claims that it started in the temperance movement,

  • the people who were against alcohol in the late 19th and early 20th centuries,

  • but I can't find a reliable source for that

  • -- ha, "sauce" --

  • I can't find a reliable authority for that.

  • The reason is, chucking some chemicals together

  • is significantly cheaper than actually brewing vinegar.

  • This stuff has been around for a long time,

  • there's a reference to it in a 100-year-old report from Her Majesty's Inspector of Foods.

  • Now legally, it can't be described as vinegar.

  • Trading Standards, the local government agencies that enforce food laws,

  • are really clear on that.

  • It cannot be put in the traditional little bottles that people associate with vinegar.

  • Except: every chip shop, up and down the country, doesn't care.

  • And Trading Standards...

  • they could go into every chip shop in the country

  • and get an easy prosecution -- but they don't.

  • They've got better things to do,

  • like tracking down food that will actually injure or harm you,

  • and it's not like they'd see any of the money from fines anyway, that's not how it works.

  • And most people don't know this isn't vinegar.

  • And those of us who do know... actually don't care.

  • It's not like margarine and butter,

  • where the chemical make-up and health effects are actually different,

  • it's just a slightly different taste and a slightly different make up.

  • But no one cares. No one minds. Up and down the country,

  • everyone agrees: it's fine. This is vinegar.

  • So here's my question: does it matter?

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This is non-brewed condiment.

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英國炸魚薯條店裡的假醋。 (The Fake Vinegar In British Fish and Chip Shops)

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    林宜悉 發佈於 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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