Vinegar is a very useful substance to keep around the house. It is used in cooking, cleaning, as a dye fixative, to change the pH of other things and for some health, home remedies.
Some samples of uses are...
Vinegar can add "zing" to the taste of food.
One of the good things about using vinegar to clean things is that it is non-toxic, so it's not poisonous when some residue is accidentally left on a surface where food will be.
Vinegar can be useful in several ways when cleaning clothes. [1]
Sprinkling some on your food may reduce hunger. And it may have some beneficial effects for diabetics. Topical application can reduce burns and ease stings.
Vinegar is also used to help dye Easter eggs.
It can change the acidity of the soil. Vinegar can be used to kill some weeds or to aid some desirable plants (e.g., azaleas).
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References
- HowStuffWorks? on How Vinegar Works
- Recipes Wikia on vinegar
- [Vinegar Tips
- 131 Uses for Vinegar from an Angelfire site
- 74 Little Known Uses of Vinegar (actually more because there are comments on the page, but some are not "little known") from "because you value your body | Don't aim for lighter weights, but for stronger arms" (odyb.net)
- The Vinegar Institute - Uses & Tips