I have decided to try my hand at making vinegars this year. I am not a big user of vinegars per se, but I am intrigued with the possibilities. I am thinking of some great salad dressings in the future. I had also thought about making them for Christmas gifts, but one site that I looked at didn't give me the impression that they would last that long....freshness wise...not because I would necessarily love them so much that I would eat all of it.
My first try is chive blossom vinegar. I have a bunch of chives that blooms every year, and the blooms just go to waste. Other than looking pretty in the spring. I picked all my blossoms off, washed the bugs out, dried them using my salad spinner (a tip from another website that worked very well), and added them to about 1 1/2 quarts of white vinegar. Now that I am typing this, I am wondering if I should have boiled the vinegar first....thinking I read that also. Oh well, too late now. They are to sit in a cool, dark place for 14 days prior to straining off the blooms. The jar has been put in my downstairs kitchen cabinet. I can't wait to see how it turns out.
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