mother of vinegar
Acetic acid culture
Mother of vinegar is the gelatinous film of bacteria that forms on the surface of alcoholic liquids during fermentation into vinegar.
This slimy mass of acetobacter converts alcohol to acetic acid.
Home vinegar makers prize an active mother and may transfer it to new batches to speed the process: Save the mother when you bottle your vinegar.
- aceticRelating to sourness
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
- cellulosePlant wall polysaccharide
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- cultureCollective social practices
pellicle · brewing · cloudy · acetobacter · sour · barrel · apple cider · gelatinous · film · kombucha · starter · murky · tangy · sediment · alive · floating · rubbery · vat
- vinegarsbalsamic, aged balsamic, acetic acid
- acetobacter
- culturesAmerican culture, African culture, Asian culture, British culture, Canadian culture
- fermentation byproductslees, dregs, pomace, marc, sediment
process stage
mother of vinegarvinegar
Acidic cooking liquid
distilled vinegar · balsamic vinegar · wine vinegar · apple cider vinegar
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