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Term Paper Title	Vinegar
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Vinegar

Vinegar

Chris Nacey Writing 101 Final draft 2-19-1997

     When I was a child, I spent a lot of time in the kitchen with my mother.
She liked to cook and so did I.  Because of this, I learned my way around the
kitchen.  I knew the place for everything, and I knew the uses of most
everything.  There was only one paradox, in my knowledge of the kitchen: vinegar.
My mother had one bottle of vinegar for as long as I can remember.  She never
used it in cooking, or taught me how to for that matter.  Our bottle of White
Wine Vinegar sat in our cupboard: on the bottom shelf, enigmatically, untouched,
detached.  I knew that my mother wouldn't have it without reason.  It was in the
kitchen, so I concluded that it must be some sort of, rarely used, cooking
staple.  I would never have guessed then that vinegar had so many uses.
     Just the other day, I was in the mall visiting a friend that works at
Frankincense and Myrrh.  While there, I happened upon some bottles that caught
my eye.  They were attractive looking ornamental bottles.  Each one was filled
with mysterious, colored liquids: the colors varied from red to brown to yellow.
In the liquids were berries', sprigs of herbs, and things of the such.  I
thought they looked interesting, so I picked up a bottle that I recognized as
having sage in it. I took a look at the label.  On the label were listed the
ingredients: sage, rosemary, and southernwood leaves.  When I read the front of
the bottle, I was surprised to find that I was looking at an herbal vinegar hair
rinse.  Before this I never knew that such a thing existed.  After my experience
at the mall, I became aware that vinegar didn't just belong in the kitchen.
This intrigued me.  I decided to find out more about vinegar and its uses.
     Nobody knows the exact origins of vinegar, but there are many stories
and beliefs surrounding this strange liquid.(Oster 3)  The Roman Army was
recorded to have mixed vinegar with water to make a sort of Gatorade for the
soldiers.  In the eighteenth and nineteenth century United States, similar
drinks known as "shrubs" or "switchels" were made by field laborers.  To make
these drinks, they mixed either fruit juices or water, with sometimes salt, and
fruit-flavored vinegars.(Oster 4)  The earliest recorded use of vinegar, however,
was in Babylonia around 5,000 B.C. There, it was typically made from dates, and
commonplace as a medicine.(Oster 3)
     Throughout history, vinegar has been use...

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