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Weird stuff in vinegar?

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« on: June 28, 2011, 02:12:52 PM »
I have some huge moldy-webby stuff inside my vinegar bottle after not using it for a year... what is it? Is it bad? I did notice that there were -really- tiny webs when I used the vinegar regularly, I wanted to use it as an astringent but there was a -HUGE- -HUGE- black web in there, and it's leading me to believe there's a living organism in the vinegar? (But at the same time, it's vinegar, what organism that small would survive the acid properties of vinegar?)
I think it is called "mother" or whatever; there used to be a small amount of it, now there's a HUGE HUGE collection of it inside of there, is that bad?
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« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2011, 12:45:10 AM »
Mother of vinegar[1] - also called Mycoderma aceti (a New Latin expression, from the Greek μὑκης (fungus) plus δἐρμα (skin), and the Latin aceti (of the acid)[2] - is a substance composed of a form of cellulose and acetic acid bacteria that develops on fermenting alcoholic liquids, which turns alcohol into acetic acid with the help of oxygen from the air. It is added to wine, cider, or other alcoholic liquids to produce vinegar.
Mother of vinegar can also form in store-bought vinegar if there is some non-fermented sugar and/or alcohol contained in the vinegar. While not appetizing in appearance, mother of vinegar is completely harmless and the surrounding vinegar does not have to be discarded because of it. It can be filtered out using a coffee filter, used to start a bottle of vinegar, or simply left in and ignored.
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« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2011, 03:32:52 PM »
Your naturopathic scamquackery fluid has been invaded by a colony of spiders. Throw it out and beg mother Gaia for forgiveness.
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« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2011, 11:40:11 PM »
That isn't how the mother grows. What you have is a bacterial infection in the vinegar. Chuck it out and get a new bottle.
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